Case Study: Northumbria Specialist Care Hospital Pushes KNX into the IoT
By Chris Topham, Abtec Building Technologies. The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital is England’s first 24/7 emergency care hospital. Modern approaches to care have been reflected in the hospital’s design with most of the beds in single en-suite rooms. That modern approach extends to the building’s environment and lighting controls – behind the scenes the […]
ThebenHTS Announces Flexible, Flat and Feature-Rich PlanoSpot KNX Presence Detector
With the new PlanoSpot 360 KNX DE, ThebenHTS is presenting the first presence detector on the market whose detection area can be displaced mechanically. As a result, the PlanoSpot KNX is the ideal presence detector for rooms where a flexible layout is important. But the PlanoSpot KNX impresses not only because of the variable, square […]
IMP Introduces Latest KNX Products from Vimar
IMP is proud to introduce the latest KNX products released from Vimar SpA, the Italian producer of decorative wiring devices, automation products and KNX certified devices. The new products have been developed to embrace modern project demands and to further enhance Vimar’s extensive KNX product lines and technology. Furthermore, complimented by the Eikon 4D luxury […]
JUNG Offers Precise Measurement of Weather Data in a Compact Design with its KNX Weather Station
Wind, brightness, rain, air pressure and temperature – the JUNG weather station combines all the important sensors for the capture of meteorological data in a compact device. Its main area of deployment here is in automatic, weather-dependent shade control for façade protection. The shade management of up to eight façades of a building in parallel […]
Trade Talk: KNX and Smart Metering
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. The scrap metal business in the UK is about to get another significant and sizeable quantity of metalwork heading its way. It will, this time, come through a slightly more orthodox route than some of the lead that they have received from the top of church roofs. There won’t […]
Case Study: The King’s School Science Learning Centre, Sydney Australia
By Alistair Grice, mySmartCTI. Founded in 1831, The King’s School is Australia’s oldest and one of its most prestigious independent schools. Located on 148 hectares in the Sydney suburb of North Parramatta, The King’s School is home to around 1500 students, from kindergarten to Year 12. Construction started on the AUS$20M Science Learning Centre in […]
Warema Presents its climatronic KNX Weather Central Control System at ISH 2015
Solutions from Warema represent a responsible and economic approach to using energy resources From 10 to 14 March 2015, Warema will present its newly available OptiControl room automation solution and the new Warema climatronic® KNX weather central control system at the KNX Association group booth A49 in Hall 10.3. Both solutions are ideally suited for […]
Case Study: ABB’s New HQ in France Saves 25% in Energy Costs
By Edouard Vidoudez, ABB France. The new ABB headquarters in France is located outside Paris in Cergy Pontoise. It was converted from a factory into an office building, and is now fully equipped with advanced building automation systems including centralised monitoring. To bring the site into line with safety standards, ABB took the opportunity to […]
EMT Controls Presents New Features for its RealPresence+ Occupancy Detector at ISH 2015
EMT Controls will be present at the most important Trade Fair for HVAC in Europe, the ISH fair. The fair will be held in Frankfurt, Germany between the 10th and the 14th of March. We will be highlighting RealPresence+® our patented 100% occupancy detection system for hotel application. RealPresence+® now has: – direct interface with […]
Theben Offers New Solutions Brochure for Presence and Motion Detectors
Theben AG has included a huge variety of application examples for their presence and motion detectors in a comprehensive new solutions brochure . Planners can gain a detailed overview for various applications giving energy-efficient lighting control, indoors and outdoors. With almost 80 pages, the Theben solutions brochure presents a selection of the most common applications […]