Interview: Wim Voet, RTI

Wim Voet spent much of his professional career in the consumer electronics industry. He has been active in the custom install market since 2000 and in control products since 2006. Currently he is the international sales manager in the EMEA region for Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) and its Pro Control division. RTI is a US-based […]

MarketsandMarkets Expects the Total Building Automation & Controls Market to Reach US$49.5 Billion by 2018

Key Players are CLC bio (Denmark), Biomatters (New Zealand), Partek (U.S.), Genomatix (Germany), Knome (U.S.), and DNASTAR (U.S.) and others. According to a new market research report “Global Building Automation & Controls Market (2013 – 2018): By Product (Lighting, Security & Access, HVAC, Entertainment, Outdoor, Elevator Controls, Building Management Systems (BMS)), Application & Geography (Americas, […]

Allied Market Research Forecasts Global Smart Homes and Buildings Market to Reach US$35.3 Billion by 2020

Allied Market Research today announced the most critically analyzed report titled “Global Smart Homes, Buildings (Energy Efficient, Automated) Market (Applications, Technologies, Products and End-User), Size, Share, Trends, Analysis, Research, Future Demand, Scope and Forecast, 2013 – 2020”. The study concludes that the global smart home and buildings market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 29.5% […]

Navigant Research Forecasts Shipments of Communications Nodes for Building Automation Systems Will be 387 Million Annually by 2021

Integrated building management and building automation systems (BASs) rely on networks of sensors, switches, fans, alarms, and other devices, along with powerful software tools, to provide a real-time view of the current state of a building. The market for networked building controls is expanding as building owners and operators realize the cost savings offered by […]

Country Profile: KNX China

By Tony Cha, KNX China. KNX China was established over five years ago jointly by Siemens, ABB, Hager and Schneider. Its day-to-day running and secretariat is managed by the Promotion Centre of Instrumentation Technology & Economy Institute, P.R.C. In addition to the four founder member companies, there are currently more than forty other member companies, […]

KNX Association Announces 2.1 Release of the KNX Standard

It has been already more than four years since KNX proudly presented Version 2.0, in which a large number of KNX system extensions – that were previously documented in Application Notes – were fully integrated into the body text. Now we are happy to announce the 2.1 Release of the KNX Standard. Four years have […]

IHS Finds US Building Automation Market Primed for Growth

Could Help Commercial Structures Cope with Rising Energy Costs The U.S. market for building automation equipment is set to grow by more than 40 percent within a five-year period ending in 2017, spurred by the need in commercial buildings for more efficient energy consumption, according to a new report from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). With […]

Frost & Sullivan Expects Sensor Technologies to Become an Integral Part of Buildings

Focusing on minimizing false readings and improving accuracy will quicken widespread adoption Growing interest in energy conservation and reducing carbon dioxide emissions has encouraged research in energy-efficient buildings and stepped up the use of sensors in building applications. In fact, the construction of green buildings has become easier with the advent of smart sensors and […]