KNX Australia and the NECA Partner to Promote Compatible Platforms Across the Electrical Industry in Australia
The KNX National Group and the National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) are proud to announce that they will be working together in Australia to promote the move towards compatible platforms across the electrical industry. KNX is the worldwide standard for home and building control and automation and NECA is the peak body of the […]
Case Study: Astor Barn Smart Home Project in Berkshire, UK
By Simon Allen, Bespoke Automation. Astor Barn is the last of seven restored barns that originally formed part of the Model Farm built by Lord Astor of the Cliveden Estate, Berkshire, UK. Property developer Trenec Estates engaged International Lighting Solutions (ILS) and Bespoke Automation, to design and install a KNX home automation system, which is […]
Best Practice: Organising Your Projects
By Simon Buddle, SMC. Whilst doing research for this article, I came across the words ‘the eightfold path’ on the Wiki page for Best Practice. Somewhere lost in the mists of time and my memory, a small box opened and the word ‘Buddhism’ yawned, dusted itself down and wandered into my consciousness. It’s a long […]
Product Review: Seven Inspirational Designs for Smart Home Control
By Jevgeni Maiorov, Smart Electrix Smart homes are growing in popularity, and as an architect or interior designer, you could be a part of this. ‘What is a smart home?’ you may ask. It is the integration of control of the whole house into one system that will make your client’s life more comfortable, efficient […]
Research: Smart Home Market in UK
By Piero Russo & Oleksiy Danilin, BSRIA. In this series of reports, we highlight key findings of our European Smart Home Market Study which was carried out during 2011 with a view to anticipating how the market will develop over the coming years. We undertook the research by interviewing and exchanging information with the top […]
Country Profile: KNX Greece
By Geny Caloisi, KNXtoday. For the past few years, Greece has been going through economic uncertainty and recession. Fortunately, its main industry, tourism, is expected to boost its third-quarter GDP, and the country seems to have had some respite in the second quarter of 2013, according to the country’s statistics body. In these tough economic […]
Interview: Henk Hazeleger, Leertouwer
Henk Hazeleger is an electrotechnical engineer and one of the earliest adopters of EIB (pre-KNX) in Holland. He works for Leertouwer in Barneveld, the Netherlands. Leertouwer is a systems integrator which has been using KNX for the past 15 years. With 150 employees across the Netherlands, the company specialises in security, ICT solutions and telephony […]
Dr KNX: ETS Apps
By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, Just like the apps that we already know from smartphones and tablets, KNX also offers apps in order to extend the functionality of ETS (Engineering Tool Software) – the KNX programming software package. Sure, the ‘standard’ ETS has more than enough functionality in itself to bring KNX installations alive and […]
Entech Wins KNX UK Association’s Installation of the Year Award for ITV Offices
The KNX UK Association’s ‘Installation of the Year’ award was given to Entech for the ITV (Orange Building) Offices in Salford Quays. EnTech was asked by client BAS to streamline the design and delivery process of the building control system to be installed at the offices. EnTech’s design team suggested a full KNX field bus […]
Tapko Releases KNX Communication Stack for STM8 and STM32 Microcontrollers
STMicroelectronics (ST), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and Tapko Technologies, a leader in KNX solutions for home and building control, have released a KNX communication stack for all ST’s STM8 and STM32 microcontrollers. This initiative will speed up development of smart-building systems for automatic lighting, heating and other […]