Navigant Research Expects Commercial Building Automation Systems to Exceed US$86 Billion in Annual Revenue by 2023

The revolution in energy efficient lighting is helping to drive the overall market for building automation, report finds A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for commercial building automation systems (BASs), including global market forecasts through 2023. The devices and systems that control a building’s lighting, maintain its climate, and ensure the […]

MarketsandMarkets Expects the Smart Cities Market to be Worth US$1,134.84 Billion by 2019

The report “Smart Cities Market by Smart Home, intelligent Building Automation, Energy Management, Smart Healthcare, Smart Education, Smart Water, Smart Transportation, Smart Security, & by Services – Worldwide Market Forecasts and Analysis (2014 – 2019)”, defines and segments smart cities into various sub-segments of technologies, solutions, services and regions with in-depth analysis and forecasting of […]

ABB, Bosch, and Cisco Collaborate on Open Software Platform for the Smart Home

ABB, Bosch, and Cisco to Establish Joint Venture / Partner ecosystem to be open to all appliance manufacturers and service providers New software platform allows simple exchange of data between different types of devices enabling a new range of services „Partner ecosystem to be open to all appliance manufacturers and service providers ABB, Bosch, and […]

MarketsandMarkets Forecasts Building Automation and Controls Market to be Worth US$55.48 Billion by 2020

According to a new market research report “Building Automation & Controls Market by Product Segment (Lighting control, HVAC control, Security & Access control), Application Vertical (Residential, Commercial, and Industrial), and Geography (North America, Europe, APAC, and ROW) – Trends & Global Forecasts to 2014 – 2020”, published by MarketsandMarkets, the total building automation and controls […]

Going Green: Low-Cost KNX and Emerging Countries

By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. Many people in the industry will not agree with the sentiment of this title, but two things happened to me over the past few weeks that made me reflect on this subject. Prepaid Electricity Meter Like the vast majority of the houses in South Africa, I had a prepaid electricity […]

Niko Group Acquires KNX Member M. Züblin AG

Niko Group, a Belgian company, has taken over M. Züblin AG, a family-owned group of companies, headquartered in Wallisellen (Switzerland), from the founder Mr Michael Züblin. M. Züblin AG (founded in 1986) is active in lighting control sensors as well as in luminaires for specific applications for the residential housing and apartments segment and commercial/industrial […]

Basalte Opens Flagship Store in Beijing

Basalte, the Belgian manufacturer of design products for home automation, recently opened its first flagship store in China. This is a new milestone for the young and fast-growing smart home company. The store is located in Cofco Plaza (Beijing), an impressive shopping mall housing all kinds of interior design stores. There were numerous guests attending […]

Navigant Research Expects Wireless Control Systems for Smart Buildings to Reach US$434 Million in Annual Revenue by 2023

The convergence of building automation, information technology, and wireless communications is driving growth in this market, report concludes A recent report from Navigant Research examines the state of the global wireless building controls industry, including global market forecasts for wireless node unit shipments and revenue through 2023. Wireless controls can be used to link devices […]