Interview: Stephan Erasmus, Futurasmus
Originally from Germany, Stephan Erasmus moved to Spain over ten years ago and founded Futurasmus with his wife Anablanca. Having been a KNX enthusiast for a number of years, in 2000 Stephan completed his KNX training in Germany and decided to open his own KNX company (EIB at the time) in the then virgin Spanish […]
Weinzierl Engineering Becomes the 10th KNX Accredited Test Lab
On 19th till 21st of June a successful audit was conducted by the KNX audit team at the newly founded KNX test lab at Weinzierl Engineering in Germany in order to check its conformity to ISO 17025 as well as its aptitude to conduct KNX conformity testing. Consequently, Weinzierl Engineering – already well-known as one […]
Futurasmus Announces New KNX Distribution Office in China
Futurasmus is now present in the Chinese market, not only online with a dedicated web site, but also with headquarters in Beijing. In this country, where KNX has been formally approved as “The Technical Specification of HBES Control Network – Home and Building Control System”, Futurasmus will be the official distributor of the following KNX […]
Design Innovation Appoints Diana Stickland as Business Development Manager
KNX UK systems integrator member Design Innovation has appointed Diana Stickland as Business Development Manager. Diana has extensive experience in building services and electrical engineering. She has joined the company from Wieland where she held positions in sales and project management. Nick Gale, Design Innovation’s Managing Director, commented, “Our KNX business continues to expand successfully […]
Sustainability: Why Architects and Builders Should Plan for KNX Home Control
By Paul Russell, Schneider Electric. The electrical industry is changing faster than ever before. New technology advancements aligned with changes in legislation and government incentives have ensured that the issue of energy efficiency has risen up the social agenda. The recently-launched Green Deal scheme in the UK is one example and allows homeowners to make […]
Research: Smart Home Market in Denmark
By Piero Russo & Oleksiy Danilin, BSRIA. In this series of reports, we highlight key findings of our European Smart Home Market Study which was carried out during 2011 with a view to anticipating how the market will develop over the coming years. We undertook the research by interviewing and exchanging information with the top […]
Country Profile: KNX Brazil
By Geny Caloisi, KNXtoday. Brazil has a strong economy, not only within South America but also on a global scale. It is one of the surging economic powers which make up the BRIC group, the others being Russia, India and China. Miguel José Gamboa Soares, Manager at Eurodomótica and KNX tutor in Brazil, has been […]
TÜV Rheinland Opens its first KNX Accredited Test Lab
TÜV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH has opened its new KNX Test lab accredited for KNX Interworking and Functionality Tests. The global testing service provider is pleased to extend its competence in the area of product security with this additional service. www.tuv.com www.knx.org/knx-certification/test-labs/
Interview: Edwin Hannink, Theben
Edwin Hannink has been involved with KNX since 1997. The following year he became a member of the KNX Association of the Netherlands and since has always worked for companies which offer KNX products. Hannink is now Technical Commercial Advisor and Manager at Theben Netherlands, and has been developing the KNX side of the business […]
Vesternet Brings Zipato Zipabox Z-Wave/ZigBee/KNX Home Automation Solution to the UK
Home automation specialists Vesternet announce partnership with Croation company Zipato to bring innovative all-in-one home automation solution to the UK market for the first time at an affordable price UK home automation specialists, Vesternet, have today announced a partnership with Croatian company Zipato that brings the cutting edge Zipabox to the UK for the first […]