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, […]
Home Control: KNX user interfaces offer beautiful form and superb function
Light + Building brought us many new user interfaces, and for those in the UK that were not able to travel to Germany, distributor Ivory Egg put on a dealer event, from which Simon Buddle gives his top picks. The problem with engineers is that, typically, they are more interested in what is under the […]
KNX Hackathon 2023: win big by proving how KNX can help build a more sustainable future!
KNX Hackathon 2023 will provide a great opportunity for the KNX world to back up its claims about energy saving with hard evidence. Stella Plumbridge explains how anyone can enter this competition, and why they should. We all know that KNX can help make homes and buildings more energy efficient, but if we want our […]
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 […]