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 […]

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 […]

Elsner Elektronik Introduces Sewi KNX Indoor Monitor

The Sewi KNX indoor sensor monitors not only the presence of persons and the brightness, e.g. to switch light in an energy-optimized way, but also measures temperature, air humidity and CO2 for ambient climate control. The sensor is mounted on the ceiling or wall and is available in different variants as single or combined unit. […]

Kottmann Technology Introduces KOTT-SMART A Electronic Shower Display with KNX Support

Just in time for the start of the new year, Kottmann introduces its product innovation KOTT-SMART® A. With KOTT-SMART® A, we developed an electronic shower display, which not only displays the water consumption during showering, but also determines the efficiency class resulting from this and motivates the consumer to save water. Due to the detailed […]

B.E.G. Offers Almost Invisible PD11-KNX-FLAT Occupancy Detector

The design-oriented PD11-KNX-FLAT occupancy detector for ceiling installation is almost invisible, with a surface height of only 0.85mm. Its innovative construction helps it to blend in unobtrusively with any interior decor. It extends the KNX detector family by providing a discreet solution for monitoring areas up to 9m in diameter. This occupancy detector is the […]

How to Solve it: Motion and Presence Detection in a Bypass Situation

By Jan Magnus, EIBKon BVBA. The Problem Imagine a private home in which lights are switched on using motion detection, but they should be kept on for cleaning purposes. Working in parallel on the binary output of the motion detector using the same group address works, but it fails when somebody walks through the detection […]