Business: Should We be Marketing KNX B2C?
By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. Very recently, my best friend contacted me. Steffen, from Stuttgart in Germany, needed to know more about KNX. He works in the marketing industry, and recently came across a potential client who was related to the home automation business. This company manufactures smoke detectors, and he wanted to know if […]
MyKNXStore Celebrates 1st Birthday
MyKNXStore.co.uk the UK’s newest KNX resource and e-commerce site, celebrates its first birthday this month. MyKNXStore.co.uk was launched in March 2014, and since then has been on a whirlwind of an adventure, which is sure to continue for the foreseeable future. Hand in hand with our on-line launch, we also became the UK’s newest KNX […]
Transparency Market Research Expects Home Automation Market to Reach US$21.67 Billion in 2020
Transparency Market Research adds new report “Home Automation Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020” to their data store. The global home automation market was valued at USD 4.41 billion in 2013, growing at a CAGR of 26.3% from 2014 to 2020 to account for USD 21.67 billion […]
Berg Insight Finds Number of Homes with Smart Thermostats Doubled in 2014
According to a new research report from Berg Insight, the number of North American and European homes with a smart thermostat grew by 105 percent to 3.2 million in 2014. The North American market recorded a 107 percent growth in the installed base of smart thermostats to 2.5 million. In Europe, the total number of […]
At the Sharp End: Tendering for KNX Projects
By Rafal Borek, Home of Technologies. There is much talk about what are the best products, the best projects and the best solutions, but there is little discussion about the best way to win a project in the first place. Are there useful techniques that can be employed, or is it just a question of […]
Trade Talk: Making the Case for KNX in Your Business
By Sophie Thomas, Ivory Egg. Whilst we all get excited about the fantastic products that we, as an industry, sell and install, the bottom line is that we have businesses to run. The decisions that installers make about which protocol to use for a project or which brands to push are, for the most part, […]
Business: Opportunities for the KNX Market in 2015
By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. I feel very fortunate. I have spent the last three years travelling all over the world doing work related to KNX. Being in touch with enthusiastic KNX Partners from different cultures and continents has provided me with interesting information. This, together with macroeconomic indicators and specialist reports, helps me to […]
Berg Insight Finds Number of Homes with Smart Thermostats Doubled in 2014
According to a new research report from Berg Insight, the number of North American and European homes with a smart thermostat grew by 105 percent to 3.2 million in 2014. The North American market recorded a 107 percent growth in the installed base of smart thermostats to 2.5 million. In Europe, the total number of […]
MyKNXStore Appoints Paul Kinghorn as General Manager
There is a nice glow around the myKNXstore office at the minute, fresh back from Christmas (how long ago does that seem?) we’re looking forward to the year ahead and more importantly are pleased to announce Paul Kinghorn as General Manager. Paul, who had been Technical Manager at MyKNXStore.co.uk, will be in charge of promoting […]
Frost & Sullivan Finds Touchless Sensing Technology Represents the Next Paradigm in Human-Machine Interface
These sensing solutions will transform industries ranging from consumer electronics to gaming Touchless sensing technologies were initially used in applications such as bathroom dispensing units and automatic doors which required motion sensing in order to create response. With advanced touchless sensing technologies like gesture sensing, voice commands, brain wave sensing and eye tracking coming to […]