Ivory Egg Launches Subsidiary Company to Serve ANZ Market

The successful KNX wholesaler Ivory Egg is delighted to announce the launch of its subsidiary company to serve the ANZ market. Ivory Egg will supply KNX products from a range of selected suppliers with products including a full range of actuators, interface, pushbuttons and sensors. Gira and Basalte are two premium manufacturers whose products are […]
eu.bac Updates its Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme for Home Controls and Building Automation Products
eu.bac, the European Building Automation and Controls Association, developed in 2014 a voluntary labelling scheme in order to improve the readability and the understanding of its previous one. However, in order to avoid some potential confusion between the European energy labelling scheme and the voluntary eu.bac labelling scheme concerning products for home controls and building […]
MarketsandMarkets Forecasts Smart Lighting Market to be Worth US$56.05 Billion by 2020
According to a new market research report “Smart Lighting Market by Component (Relays, Occupancy Sensors, Actuators, Transmitters, Receivers), Lighting Type (LED, FL, CFL, HID), Connectivity Technology (Wired, Wireless), Application (Commercial, Industrial, Public, Government, Residential) & Geography – Global Forecast & Analysis to 2014-2020” published by MarketsandMarkets, the smart lighting market is expected to grow at […]
Zpryme Forecasts the Worldwide Building Energy Management Systems Market to be Worth US$24.2 Billion in 2021
GLOBAL BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MARKET VALUE, 2013-2021 Although building automation has existed in various forms for many years, the industry is now undergoing unprecedented and rapid change. Today’s energy management systems (EMS) comprise sophisticated software and hardware designed to increase energy efficiency and cost savings in commercial and industrial environments. But how much are […]
Futurasmus Publishes its Top Selection of New KNX Devices from Light+Building 2014

As it has already become a tradition, Futurasmus KNX Group, an international KNX wholesaler, is releasing its much-appreciated summary of the most important new KNX devices presented during this year’s edition of the light+building fair. A number of members of the Futurasmus team, mostly KNX tutors from China, South Africa, Middle East, Germany and Spain, […]
Business: Sowing the Seeds of Success – Out of Europe

By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. ‘Out of Africa’ is the name of a popular shop in South Africa. It is present in all the South African airports, and it is about all the gear and souvenirs related to the local culture and, of course, stereotypes about this side of the African continent. On this occasion, […]
Interview: Mehdi Darabi, Parto Negar Parand

Parto Negar Parand Company is an IT and building automation company based in Tehran, Iran. Its Chairman and Founder, Mehdi Darabi, has worked in IT for more than twenty five years in the Middle East and in Asia, specifically in the research and development of geographic information systems, macro and mini computers, RISC machines, networking […]
CEA Study Finds Almost all Home Technology Installations Increased in 2013
Home technology trends highlighted in HGTV Smart Home 2014 Almost all installations of home technologies in new homes increased or held constant in 2013, indicating the built-in home technology market has a strong, stable foothold in the U.S. The 12th Annual State of the Builder Technology Market Study, was released today by the Consumer Electronics […]
MarketsandMarkets Forecasts the Smart Cities Market to be Worth US$1,266.58 Billion by 2019

The report “Smart Cities Market (Smart Home, Building Automation, Energy Management, Industrial Automation, Smart Healthcare, Smart Education, Smart Water, Smart Transportation, Smart Security), 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 revenues. It […]
Mark Warburton Joins Design Innovation as Operations Director
Home automation specialists Design Innovation expands its team once again to welcome Mark Warburton as their new Operations Director. Mark joins them after 3 years at top KNX wholesaler Ivory Egg, and his knowledge and expertise in smart home technology will be a great asset to the company. Mark is being put through his paces […]