Energy Management with KNX: from energy efficiency to full management in a digitalising world
Casto Cañavate explains how the focus is changing from simple energy efficiency to strategies for a sustainable world through digitalisation and energy management using KNX. There has definitely been a positive change in people’s approach to being more energy efficient … [READ MORE]
Heat Control: using sensors to move from the subjective to the empirical
Simon Buddle explains how investing in some basic temperature sensing equipment can avoid climate control issues with customers and provide supportive data to the KNX professional. Temperature is probably one of the most emotive areas, in our world, with which … [READ MORE]
Case study: intelligent lighting control for Swiss rail company RhB
Katrin Rosenthal explains how the Swiss rail company, RhB, has automated the lighting in its largest building using B.E.G. detectors to save energy whilst providing a safe and comfortable working environment. The Rhaetian Railway (RhB) operates a network of around … [READ MORE]
View from America: sustainable infrastructure using active site technology
By Philip R. Juneau, ATC. A little over six years ago, I was honoured to co-author an article entitled Active Site for the longstanding publication ABB Review. This explained how renewable energy, together with on-site generation and storage on an … [READ MORE]
Case Study: world’s largest sports air dome completed in one month
By Flavio Sanches, ComfortClick. Connacht GAA (Connacht Provincial Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association) is the governing body for Gaelic games that are played in the province of Connacht, Ireland. It had been planning an indoor playing facility for some … [READ MORE]
Interview: ABB’s President of Smart Buildings, Oliver Iltisberger, on a comfortable, secure and sustainable future
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday. ABB President of Smart Buildings, Oliver Iltisberger. ABB and Busch Jaeger have a very long history with KNX. ABB was one of the founding members of KNX Association thirty years ago, and launched its first KNX … [READ MORE]
View from America: reducing our energy consumption via demand-side management
By Philip R. Juneau. I write this article just as the results of the election are coming in here in the USA, and have decided to focus on demand-side management (DSM), i.e., the monitoring and controlling of our energy consumption, … [READ MORE]
View from America: net zero-carbon buildings – a challenge that KNX can meet
By Philip R. Juneau. These are clearly tumultuous times around the world, and here in America, we seem to be muddled in the midst of it all. Living with COVID-19 has awoken a survival mode in every one of us, … [READ MORE]
View from America: getting back to basics for a safer future
By Philip R. Juneau. As building structures become bolder, with more complex building functions, building equipment and associated controls become ever more strategically important to the future planning and development of buildings. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is a … [READ MORE]
Saving the Planet: the all-electric house
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. So, I have officially ridden more miles on my bicycle this month than I have driven in my van, and with this hot weather, the shower has been in use a lot. We have … [READ MORE]