
Trade Talk: The Third Amendment – A Change to UK Wiring Regulations
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Summer is here; schools are winding down, the exams are over, the holiday beckons. It has been a busy

Trade Talk: KNX and Smart Metering
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. The scrap metal business in the UK is about to get another significant and sizeable quantity of metalwork heading

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

Best Practice: KNX RF – a Wireless Solution for Retrofit
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. In the world of technology there is a persistent and rising noise – a noise that tech-heads have heard

Trade Talk: Wired Versus Wireless
By Sophie Thomas, Ivory Egg. 2014 saw a tremendous surge in innovation and interest in smart homes, mainly thanks to simple, easy-to-use wireless solutions. This

Best Practice: Panel Power
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. It is pretty dull when you get called out over the weekend and travel to site only to find

Product Article: The JUNG F50 Range of Push-button Interfaces – an Impressive Combination of Design and Technology
By Andrew Taylor, JUNG. In 1912, Albrecht Jung GmbH & Co. KG was founded in Schalksmühle, Germany. Over the last 100 years, the company has

Show Report: Five Things Learnt from Light+Building 2014
By Duncan Greene and Chris Topham, Abtec Building Technologies. This year, there were two good reasons for us attending Light+Buidling: the KNX TOP Event in

Case Study: The Monarch I – Turning an Old Office Block into a Shining Example of Energy Efficiency using KNX
By Remco Hoveling, BAM Techniek – Regio West. The Monarch is an office development in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. Ultimately, it will comprise

Best Practice: Global Control and Remote Access
By Simon Buddle, SMC. It’s 05:00, I’m tired, and I have a long drive ahead of me. Dorset is several hours away, even on quiet