ABB Provides i-bus KNX Intelligent Building Control to Empower Digital Lighting for Shijiazhuang Metro
ABB will provide ABB i-bus® KNX intelligent building control system for Shijiazhuang Metro Line 1 phase II and two-direction extension of Line 3 Phase I, integrating DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) Control Unit to realize smart management of station lighting, improve efficiency and reduce operation costs. This investment will eventually provide a solid guarantee for […]
Eelectron Announces New 9025 Range of KNX Switches and Thermostats
Multiple functions in the two different lines of buttons (Standard and RGB) and KNX Thermostats – also with Humidistat – with the possibility of customization with interchangeable icons (CUSTOM Version). 9025 CAPACITIVE KNX SWITCH – 3 MODULES – STANDARD RANGE The KNX® 9025 – 3 MODULES – switch range consists of 4 – 8 – […]
Elsner Elektronik Announces New KNX Actuators
Actuators are an essential component of the KNX system. As interfaces to electrical loads and drives, they receive KNX commands and convert them into actions. While doing so, they are not visible to the users of the building: They are installed in a separate control cabinet or on site in a flush-mounted box. Elsner Elektronik […]
Product Article: Upgrading Existing Buildings with Wired and Wireless KNX Devices
By Thomas Weinzierl, Weinzierl Engineering GmbH. Using KNX to upgrade existing buildings may seem like a contradiction to some installers because often, it is not an option to open walls to lay bus lines. However, a detailed analysis of the existing inventory and installation can provide interesting solutions. Important installation points can, in many cases, […]
Enertex Announces Availability of EibPC² DIN Rail Mounted PC for the KNX bus
The perfect smarthome control center for a smart future: our new EibPC². An integrated bus interface gives the EibPC² and the ETS access to the KNX bus. The EibPC² is powered directly from the KNX bus, no dedicated power supply is needed! Integrated real-time webserver, VPN, 65.000 configurable functions, logging of KNX bus traffic, e-mail, […]
Business Opportunities: Transitioning between Residential and Commercial Projects
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. When it comes to the built environment, it’s a big old world out there. Every town or city has myriad different buildings designed for countless different uses. Some buildings are even completely repurposed to fulfil a current market need – office buildings being converted to flats is a great example […]
Case Study: KNX Promotes Recovery and Energy Saving in the Defence National Rehabilitation Centre, Loughborough, UK
By Ben Patterson and Paul Murphy, Intecho. The Defence National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC) is a newly-constructed GBP300 million world-class medical facility that is located centrally on the Stanford Hall Estate, close to Loughborough, UK. Operated by the Ministry of Defence, the facility provides cutting-edge treatments to injured members of the armed forces for complex injuries, […]
ABB Electrifies Leading Italian Educational Institution
Inaugurated in October 2018, the new Campus in Lodi of University of Milan, ensures smarter, safer and more reliable power for over 2,400 students and staff with low and medium-voltage solutions from ABB. From switchgear to circuit breakers, a range of low- and medium-voltage solutions from ABB have been selected by the new University Campus […]
WAGO Announces flexROOM Room Automation with KNX and SMI Interfaces
WAGO‘s flexROOM® Application was specifically designed for user-friendly room automation, allowing a building’s lighting, shading and temperature to be quickly and easily controlled. In addition to WAGO‘s standard I/O modules and building-specific DALI and EnOcean systems, both the SMI and KNX interfaces are integrated into flexROOM®, enabling a large number of room control units to […]
ProKNX Announces realKNX O-two Ceiling Mounted Stand-alone Voice Control System
realKNX – Autonomous Voice Control for Hotel – Private-by-Design realKNX O-two is a Smart Speaker/Mike for Voice Control in Hotels. It is mounted in the ceiling and unlike competing solutions, the realKNX system is autonomous – all software runs on the device. realKNX O-two does not require Internet or Cloud Services. ProKNX’s Smart Home Server […]