Hermos Joins KNX Association
HERMOS is an international group of companies active in the fields of automation and information processing. Headquartered in Mistelgau and present in eleven other national and six international locations, HERMOS plans and implements automation and integration solutions for buildings, facilities, industry, energy and environment. HERMOS offers all services under one roof: design and engineering, software […]
City College Plymouth’s KNX Training Facility Wins BCIA Award for Contribution to Training
The KNX Training Facility, based at the ABB Energy Centre at City College in Plymouth, has won the award for Contribution to Training at the recent BCIA Awards 2013. Held at St John’s Hotel, Solihull, UK, on 9 May, and sponsored, among others by KNX UK, the awards focus on key areas of manufacture and […]
Interview: Tarek Zakaria, ABB
Having studied electrical engineering, Tarek Zakaria joined ABB in 1988 as manager for building automation in Heidelberg, Germany, where he developed the export market for ABB within Western Europe. The ABB Group of companies operates in over 100 countries and employs 145,000 people. Its power and automation technologies are designed to enable utility and industry […]
Country Profile: KNX South Africa
By Geny Caloisi, KNXtoday. KNX has had a presence in South Africa for more than eight years, but the KNX National group office only opened at the end of 2012. Over the course of time, training and education, along with the tireless work of both distributors and integrators, have helped to grow KNX’s presence and […]
China Approves KNX as GB/T 20965-2013 National Standard for Home and Building Control
In April 2013, the National Standardization Management Committee of the People Republic of China, formally approved “The Technical Specification of HBES Control Network – Home and Building Control System”, as standard number of GB / T 20965-2013. To promote this historic event, the Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC124) organized a press conference at the Diaoyutai State […]
ScreenTronic Joins KNX Association
ScreenTronic GmbH specializes in the development and distribution of electrical accessories for blinds. A particular focus is the control of blinds in insulated glass. The product range includes DC switching power supplies, standard/KNX controllers, standard/KNX shutter switches and accessories such as connecting cables, push contacts, cable transitions and housing. An application for iOS (iPad / […]
KNX Consultants Provides Training for UK Worldskills Candidates
KNX Consultants, a member of the KNX UK Association, has had a major involvement with Team UK in the build-up to the WorldSkills 2013 competition. The company gave training in KNX intelligent building technology to two potential members of the team: young electricians Adrian Canning and Matthew Crane. Matthew Crane has subsequently been selected to […]
Elbex Technologies Joins KNX Association
Elbex Technologies is the official daughter company of the Elbex Holding, mainly active for distribution in the Benelux, as well as worldwide service for the group. Elbex Technologies is a part of the Elbex Japan group who has been developing for the past 10 years a Residential Automation Optic System which is based on using […]
Theben Universal Dimmer Voted KNX Product of the Year by KNX UK Association
The KNX UK Association members have once again chosen a Theben design as Product of the Year. The winner for 2012, announced last month [March] at the KNX Association 2013 AGM was the Theben Universal Dimming Actuator. At the same meeting, Stephen Payne, UK Sales Manager for the Theben KNX range was voted KNX Champion […]
EMT Controls Joins KNX Association
EMT Controls Electronic (lzmir, Turkey) committed to design and manufacture outstanding quality products to create glamorous touch panel solutions that would fit in ultra-luxury environments, serving World’s best hoteliers such as The Ritz Carlton, Capella, and Falkensteiner. EMT Controls produces extremely reliable products that are incredibly easy to use even at a glance. EMT Controls […]