Thinking Ahead: KNX offers an opportunity for landlords, including damage limitation
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Pull up a sandbag and let me tell you a story – it’s about mains pressure water. One of many reasons why I have always worked with electricity and electronics is because, by and large, when it goes wrong there’s a bang, a breaker trips somewhere or a component […]
A Fresh Perspective: three ways that KNX changed my opinion of ‘smart’
By Luke Thomas, Ivory Egg. Until joining Ivory Egg, my idea of a smart home was smart plugs, off-the-shelf ‘intelligent’ lightbulbs, a few clever widgets on my phone and some home assistant speakers dotted about the house. Please feel free to scoff at my ignorance now! Fast-forward a few months and KNX has unravelled this […]
Zennio Confirms Imminent Availability of Z40 Touch Panel
Last month we explored some of the new products that Zennio will be releasing in the first half of 2021 including the Z35 big brother, the Z40. As release of this product is now imminent we wanted to throw some more light on it. In essence, Z40 is a bigger Z35, with a 4.1” colour […]
ABB i-bus KNX Technology Provides Transformational Home Automation for Specialist Disability Accommodation Project
An ambitious Specialist Disability Accommodation project includes a suite of automated features that give residents control and independence Sometimes a name embodies the ethos of an entire undertaking. So it is with DPN Casa Capace: casa is ‘home’ and capace is ‘to be able’ or ‘having the ability to achieve’ in Italian, the root word […]
Elsner Elektronik Introduces CasaConnect KNX Central Unit for Smart KNX Buildings
The new Smart Home & Living solution for more living comfort, security and energy efficiency in the KNX world is the central unit CasaConnect KNX. Using the touch screen and the smartphone app, effortless central operation of the building technology is possible. The central unit is communicative right from the set-up stage: the service technician […]
Basalte Ships Chopin Mechanical Keypad
Early this year, Basalte introduced Chopin, their first mechanical keypad after 12 years of exclusively making touch-sensitive keypads. Today, Chopin is shipping worldwide for KNX as well as a low voltage dry contact closure version. In a way, using Chopin feels like playing the piano. Push the levers up and down to intuitively dim the […]
Elsner Elektronik Announces KNX eTR Push-Button Series for Price-Conscious Building Projects
The design of the KNX eTR 101 forms the basis for the new KNX eTR series. This means a fresh design, intuitive and internationally usable and awarded the iF Design Award 2020 and the Red Dot Award: Best of the Best 2019.That makes the series not only suitable for private residential buildings, but also and in particular for offices, public buildings and hotels with a […]
Basalte Ships Flagship Fibonacci Keypad
The new Basalte flagship keypad, Fibonacci, is now shipping for KNX and Crestron control systems. With an avant-garde design that is inspired by the golden ratio, Basalte again raises the bar in the integrated controls market. Basalte is a Belgian manufacturer of design products for the intelligent home. They are best known for their luxury […]
Case Study: world’s largest sports air dome completed in one month
By Flavio Sanches, ComfortClick. Connacht GAA (Connacht Provincial Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association) is the governing body for Gaelic games that are played in the province of Connacht, Ireland. It had been planning an indoor playing facility for some time, and in 2017, decided that this would be in the form of an air […]
Zennio Confirms Committment to Innovation with New Product Releases in Q1 2021
Despite a rather complicated 2020, Zennio has made a huge effort to keep up with manufacturing, developing and innovating at the same levels as previous years. Committed to innovation, Zennio has announced the release of 4 new KNX products in the first quarter of 2021, with many others to follow throughout the year. Zennio Q1 […]