Business Opportunities: long-term service and maintenance contracts
Professional installer and service engineer, Andy Ellis, focuses on the longevity of KNX systems and explores the benefits of service and maintenance contracts. KNX recently celebrated its 30th birthday. It is remarkable to think that there are KNX installations out there that are decades old, yet are still relevant. Indeed, our service team regularly attends […]
Trade Talk: integrating audio into KNX systems
Simon Buddle looks at how audio systems can be integrated with KNX and what types of control make sense. There are sounds and images that stick with us throughout life: the first bike; watching the Moon Landing; the birth of a child. For me, one of my early musical memories is The Carpenters. Karen Carpenter […]
View from America: KNX and intelligent renovation
Our U.S. Correspondent, Philip Juneau, discusses how a KNX system in a renovation or retrofit application is the most cost-effective, time-efficient and future-proof platform, assuring transparency and operational effectiveness for the building owner. In today’s world, we are faced with a multitude of technology choices, ranging from how we purchase our goods, navigate ourselves to […]
Constantly on the Move: KNX Association reviews 2020 and previews 2021
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday In this brief interview with KNXtoday, KNX Association personnel give their views on how 2020 changed the KNX world, and what we can look forward to in 2021. Franz Kammerl, President KNXtoday: Were there any positives to come from 2020? FK: I am very proud of how everyone involved with KNX […]
Thinking Ahead: KNX offers an opportunity for landlords, including damage limitation
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Pull up a sandbag and let me tell you a story – it’s about mains pressure water. One of many reasons why I have always worked with electricity and electronics is because, by and large, when it goes wrong there’s a bang, a breaker trips somewhere or a component […]
View from America: sustainable infrastructure using active site technology
By Philip R. Juneau, ATC. A little over six years ago, I was honoured to co-author an article entitled Active Site for the longstanding publication ABB Review. This explained how renewable energy, together with on-site generation and storage on an industrial or large campus site (i.e. microgrid), can provide energy independence whilst using the energy […]
A Fresh Perspective: three ways that KNX changed my opinion of ‘smart’
By Luke Thomas, Ivory Egg. Until joining Ivory Egg, my idea of a smart home was smart plugs, off-the-shelf ‘intelligent’ lightbulbs, a few clever widgets on my phone and some home assistant speakers dotted about the house. Please feel free to scoff at my ignorance now! Fast-forward a few months and KNX has unravelled this […]
The Colours and Shades of KNX: helping the customer to decide
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Choice is an interesting thing. When faced with limited options, it’s often easy to work out what you want. Presented with just two options, you could decide on the flip of a coin. Regardless of the actual result, by the time the coin has landed you will know your preference. […]
System Design: balancing the James Bond effect with function
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. It is beginning to feel like a very long year. This office desk of mine has spent far too many days confused by my Zoom shirt/shorts dress combination. It, like me, could do with a few days off from the ongoing low-level stress and isolation. We are, after all, […]
Case Study: world’s largest sports air dome completed in one month
By Flavio Sanches, ComfortClick. Connacht GAA (Connacht Provincial Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association) is the governing body for Gaelic games that are played in the province of Connacht, Ireland. It had been planning an indoor playing facility for some time, and in 2017, decided that this would be in the form of an air […]