Articles: power & wiring

Trade Talk: The Third Amendment – A Change to UK Wiring Regulations

16/07/2015

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

15/04/2015

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

10/03/2015

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

09/02/2015

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

12/01/2015

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

28/11/2014

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

Show Report: Five Things Learnt from Light+Building 2014

23/04/2014

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

23/04/2014

By Remco Hoveling, BAM Techniek – Regio West. The Monarch is an office development in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. Ultimately, it will comprise