CEDIA: training is key to integrating KNX systems with AV for complete home automation
Matt Nimmons, Managing Director of CEDIA EMEA, explains how integrating KNX technologies with home entertainment can bring opportunities for installers and benefits to clients. The smart home sector continues to evolve. CEDIA grew out of the home entertainment industry, driven by the consumer demand for professionally installed and integrated cinema, TV and high-quality music systems […]
Best Practice: labelling your panels to be safe for all
Simon Buddle explains how using the correct labelling helps to make KNX panels safe for everyone to use. It’s difficult to comprehend our world if you are looking in from the outside. We have at our fingertips one of the great control systems of our time. The possibilities with KNX are nearly endless, and I […]
Home Shading: the benefits of jalousie
Andy Ellis explains why more of us should consider the jalousie for managing solar gain and security in a KNX-controlled environment. A jalousie is a blind with adjustable slats for admitting light and/or air whilst excluding direct sun and rain. The first patent for a jalousie window was applied for in 1902 by Joseph W […]
Case Study: KNX award-winning smart castle in France
Systems integrator Lionel Armand describes the automaton of a castle that won the KNX Award 2022 for Smart Home – Europe. La Folie Boulart is a Belle Époque-era castle in Biarritz, in the Basque Country, France. It has been restored as a five-star rental property boasting eight bedrooms, a large reception room, lounge bar, billiard […]
Light + Building 2022 Show Report: Part 4 – user interfaces, gateways, servers and tools
In this last article of her four-part series on Light + Building – the world’s leading trade fair for home and building automation, Yasmin Hashmi gives a flavour of what’s new in the world of pushbuttons, touchpanels, gateways, servers and tools. Pushbuttons and touchpanels Whilst plenty of new product announcements have been made since 2018, […]
Light + Building 2022 Show Report: Part 3 – trends in the KNX market
In Part 3 of her four-part series on Light + Building – the world’s leading trade fair for home and building automation, Yasmin Hashmi gives an overview of the larger players in the KNX market and what trends are being set. Overarching everything at Light + Building 2022 was a green theme, and this was […]
Light + Building 2022 Show Report: Part 1 – KNX Association overview
In Part 1 of her four-part series on Light + Building – the world’s leading trade fair for home and building automation, Yasmin Hashmi gives an overview of KNX Association’s presence at the show. It’s quite shocking to think that the last time we were at Light +Building was four years ago in 2018. Having […]
Light + Building 2022 Show Report: Part 2 – KNX Association focus on Energy Management, the IoT and Security
In Part 2 of her four-part series on Light + Building – the world’s leading trade fair for home and building automation, Yasmin Hashmi reports on KNX Association’s three special areas for energy management, IoT technology and cybersecurity. As a global community, one of the most pressing matters of our time is climate change. Given […]
Home Control: award-winning projects featuring residential automation
Among the recent KNX Awards 2022 winners were some outstanding projects that showed just how versatile and flexible KNX is for installations in the home. Yasmin Hashmi gives an overview of two of these winners, with quite different project briefs. Winner of KNX Award for Smart Home – Africa, America, Australia: JMS Villa in Iguaçu […]
Residential Lighting: the advantage of using KNX drivers for LEDs
Controlling lights is a major part of the world of KNX, and now that LED lighting is ubiquitous in homes, Simon Buddle discusses where the drivers should be placed and what types of driver to use. Lighting is fundamental in all homes – we all have it and use it on a daily basis, but […]