Sponsor’s Article: the productivity paradox and the promise of automated configuration
By Chris Irwin, J2 Innovations. Nearly every building’s HVAC controls are different; even retail chains, whose formula for new shops typically requires the same fit-out equipment and services, typically find that the local building’s shape, size, and condition makes each implementation different. This reality has meant that building automation systems manufacturers have had to ensure […]
View from America: the first KNX intelligent commercial building in the USA
By Philip R. Juneau, ATC. My previous article talked about complete commercial field applications across multiple trades and protocols with a streamlined IP interface to the overall building energy management system (BEMS). The good news is that we’ve accomplished this in a newly-installed ABB facility in Highland Hills, Ohio. As the HQ for ABB’s market-leading […]
KNX Association Announces Availability of ETS Inside for Linux
The ETS Inside extended the reach of smart homes and smart buildings to a broader audience, allowing the commissioning and programming of a whole KNX installation with a tip of a finger. Never has it been easier to realise a KNX installation, thanks to the intuitive user-interface of the ETS Inside, which requires no training. […]
KNX Thermostats: intelligence in heating control
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. It’s getting cold out, well in the Northern Hemisphere anyway, so it must be time for an article about heating control. The decentralised nature of KNX makes it ideal for heating control, particularly in systems with many zones and device types. Integrating UFH with radiators for boost, along with air-conditioning […]
Security: safeguarding your customers’ networks
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. I’ve been around long enough to know a time when people left their front doors unlocked during the day. People would pop in for a tea and chat, children running between houses to gather up the gang before heading off down to the river or out into the fields […]
Sponsor’s Article: reconstructing a KNX home configuration out of the ETS project file to quickly retrofit voice control, visualisation apps and the IoT
By Urban Marovt, 1Home Solutions The global home automation market is going crazy at the moment, to the point where it seems that soon, every device we bring into our homes will be smart. Over the past three years, the IoT has gained a lot of traction due to its user-friendliness and the fact that […]
KNX Launches a Free Virtual Solution
A quick start into the world of KNX: thanks to KNX virtual, it’s easier than ever! Driven by the many advantages of a smart home or smart building, the demand for comprehensive, intelligent and safe automation of buildings using KNX is increasing worldwide. An increasing number of system integrators, installers and artisans are joining the […]
Sponsor’s Whitepaper: Energy Harvesting Switch radio protocols
By Simon Ziegler, ZF Friedrichshafen AG. Due to the rising connectivity of mobile devices, industrial applications, smart home applications and vehicles, the importance of wireless technology for data communication is increasing continuously. As a result, wireless technology grew by 32% in 2018 compared to the previous year, and now accounts for 6% of the total […]
Overview: predictive building management relies on intelligence and standards
By Philip R. Juneau, ATC. The international community is truly in an interesting mindset these days; with the nearly endless streams of information flooding through our conscious state, we rarely have time to quiet our minds in order to think creatively, innovatively, or even rationally. I’m a member of Generation X, which means that as […]
KNX Association Introduces KNX Virtual Simulation Software
Create your digital smart home with KNX Virtual Are you new to the KNX technology? Do you want to become more familiar with creating routines and connecting devices with the ETS software? Thanks to KNX Virtual, you can start with KNX in only a few clicks! KNX Virtual is a Windows-based application simulating a KNX […]