Energy Management with KNX: from energy efficiency to full management in a digitalising world
Casto Cañavate explains how the focus is changing from simple energy efficiency to strategies for a sustainable world through digitalisation and energy management using KNX. There has definitely been a positive change in people’s approach to being more energy efficient and sustainable. Thirty years ago, these issues were nowhere on the agenda. A decade later, […]
Heat Control: using sensors to move from the subjective to the empirical
Simon Buddle explains how investing in some basic temperature sensing equipment can avoid climate control issues with customers and provide supportive data to the KNX professional. Temperature is probably one of the most emotive areas, in our world, with which we deal. Any parent will know the challenge of trying to keep a coat on […]
ABB Uses i-bus KNX Building Control to Support Sustainable Manufacturing in China
ABB reduces carbon footprint at a manufacturing site in Beijing, which will decrease the annual greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 400 tons, supporting the company wide objective to achieve carbon neutrality across its own operations by 2030. ABB has unveiled a new solar power generation and renewable energy integration system at its manufacturing site […]
Case study: intelligent lighting control for Swiss rail company RhB
Katrin Rosenthal explains how the Swiss rail company, RhB, has automated the lighting in its largest building using B.E.G. detectors to save energy whilst providing a safe and comfortable working environment. The Rhaetian Railway (RhB) operates a network of around 100 stations in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Its newly-constructed infrastructure base in Landquart […]
ABB i-bus KNX Building Control System Provides Expected Energy Savings of 15% to NDB Bank Headquarters
ABB has supported the construction of the New Development Bank (NDB) Headquarters in Shanghai by installing an intelligent and integrated building controls system to manage indoor lighting, electric curtains and windows that involve more than 8,000 control circuits. Energy savings of more than 15 percent compared to conventional systems can be expected. Covering an area […]
View from America: sustainable infrastructure using active site technology
By Philip R. Juneau, ATC. A little over six years ago, I was honoured to co-author an article entitled Active Site for the longstanding publication ABB Review. This explained how renewable energy, together with on-site generation and storage on an industrial or large campus site (i.e. microgrid), can provide energy independence whilst using the energy […]
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 […]
Interview: ABB’s President of Smart Buildings, Oliver Iltisberger, on a comfortable, secure and sustainable future
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday. ABB and Busch Jaeger have a very long history with KNX. ABB was one of the founding members of KNX Association thirty years ago, and launched its first KNX product three years later. There have been many innovations since. The company‘s products now range from electrical installation with switches, socket outlets, […]
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 […]
ABB’s Smart KNX Building Solutions Bring Energy Efficiencies to Hospitals
Well-run hospitals are essential for all cities. Increasingly, they must be more cost-efficient in energy and resource use processes while delivering more effective and ever-improving patient experiences. ABB has partnered with Australian intelligent building control integrator, mySmart , to deliver world-class building automation solutions for the largest KNX Health Care project in the Southern Hemisphere. The […]