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 […]
Z2 GmbH Joins KNX Association
Z2 GmbH has been founded in 2002 by Dr. Antoni Przygienda, a former member of IBM Research Lab in Zurich, Switzerland, and Bell Labs, USA. Z2 focuses on KNX/IP development, consulting and deployment. Its KNX product line encompasses an advanced KNX/IP gateway offering large-scale, world-wide secure access to KNX. The platform is used for remote […]
Qing Cables Joins KNX Association
Qing Cables has over 25 years of successful trading behind it, and pride on striving to offer a service that is second to none. Their stock profile has expanded organically, Audio Visual and BUS Cables including KNX Cable sit alongside the wide range of communication cables they have always held. Large inventories held in the […]
Guangzhou Electrical Building Technology Features KNX Association
Guangzhou Electrical Building Technology (GEBT) opens on June 9 with 20,000 sqm of confirmed exhibition space Leading suppliers share their goals for the 2013 show A comprehensive selection of fringe events provide an engaging experience to all attendees Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Guangzhou Electrical Building Technology will take place from 9 – 12 June, renewing […]
KNX Invites its Scientific Partners to Take Part in its ‘The Technical Vision for the KNX system in 2020’ Contest

KNX, the worldwide STANDARD for home and building control, invites its Scientific Partners to take part in the contest: “The Technical Vision for the KNX system in 2020”! The world changes and KNX changes as well. KNX is currently facing many challenges that affect the energy efficiency in the buildings: Renewable Energies, Smart Grids, Urbanization, […]
Tapko Technologies Becomes KNX Accredited Test Lab
At the end of April 2013, Tapko Technologies, successfully completed the ISO 17025 audit conducted by the KNX audit team of its newly set up KNX test lab. Tapko Technologies is now only the second European and the third worldwide, KNX accredited test lab to achieve this accredited both for Interworking/Functionality as well as Lower […]
LARS Andrzej Szymanski Joins KNX Association
Since the company’s founding in 1984 by engineer Andrzej Szymanski, LARS developed from gas heating systems, two years later to lightning, temperature controllers and shortly afterwards pump controllers (formerly known as Euroster). Over the years the company’s offer has been enriched with air conditioners, biometric locks, lightning tests and measurements services. LARS is specializing in […]
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 […]