Show Report: Trends at Light+Building 2014
By Sophie Thomas, Ivory Egg. Fresh off the plane from Frankfurt and the world’s largest trade fair for lighting and building technology – Light+Building 2014, the Ivory Egg team is full of enthusiasm for what we have seen. With two ‘first-timers’ in the Ivory Egg group, namely Nikita Thompson and Matt Emberson, and our long-lost […]
12th KNX Apprentice Championship at Light+Building 2014 Attracts 162 Participants
162 Participants took part at the “12th KNX Apprentice Championship” at the BZL-Lauterbach booth at light+building 2014. The championship was successfully organised by BZL Lauterbach in cooperation with FEHR (Association of Electronic and Information Technology Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate). The winners of the competition received 700€ as first prize, 500€ as second and 300€ as third. The KNX […]
Navigant Research Expects Annual Revenue for Commercial Building Automation Networking and Communications Equipment to Reach US$34.7 Billion by 2021
Web-based dashboards and IP-enabled devices are key market enablers Offering automated, granular, real-time control of every major system within commercial buildings, networked building controls can provide building owners and operators with significant cost savings through the more efficient use of energy. As large commercial buildings are increasingly targeted by national and local energy efficiency policies, […]
WAGO Upgrades its KNX IP Controller for Building Automation
A faster processor, SD card slot and improved software make the new KNX IP controller the innovative solution for modern automation of rooms and systems. Powerful performance even for complex projects: WAGO’s 750-889 KNX IP Controller has been upgraded with a more powerful processor than its predecessor. This, combined with a program memory that has […]
10th KNX Award Ceremony Honours KNX Projects from all Over the World
Proud winners receive awards during TOP Event at light+building trade fair The KNX Award Ceremony started out 18 years ago as a relatively modest event at a KNX trade fair stand; since then it has metamorphosed into a spectacular party – the “TOP Event”, part of light+building, the world’s biggest trade fair for light and […]
IDC Energy Insights Expects Global Smart Building Technology Spend to Reach US$21.9 Billion in 2018
New Global Smart Buildings Forecast presents state of the market, drivers for technology adoption, and business value derived from smart building development IDC Energy Insights has announced the availability of a new report, Global Smart Buildings Forecast 2013-2018 (Doc #EI247447). The new report presents the state of the market, drivers for technology adoption, and the […]
AMC Datensysteme Joins the KNX Association
AMC Datensysteme GmbH was founded in 1999 and specializes in the development of human-machine interface (HMI) software systems for monitoring, controlling and visualization of technical processes in industrial and building automation. This includes the connection between the software underlying automation systems for the efficient acquisition, processing and visualization of process data in scalable, secure and […]
B.E.G. Presents its KNX Application 5.0 for KNX Occupancy and Motion Detectors
Many new options with KNX With its new KNX Application 5.0 for KNX occupancy and motion detectors, B.E.G. is leading the way as a specialist in individual solutions: users now have a wide range of new functions and capabilities. With the new application, detectors now have an extra three freely-programmable channels over and above the […]
B.E.G. Offers its KNX-RSB Room Sensor Box with Connections for KNX, DALI and 230V
Error-free, fast and economical installation Previously, retrofitting of KNX systems for lighting control has always been a major task, as each element‘s KNX bus had to be connected to the junction box. With the B.E.G. KNX-RSB room sensor box, cabling now only has to be laid as far as the room ceiling. This is not […]
ABB and Busch-Jaeger Expand Networked Building Automation Solutions
With the Newron System solutions for building automation, ABB and Busch-Jaeger are continuing to expand their customer-oriented competence in the area of networked building automation. ABB and Busch-Jaeger already have numerous innovative KNX solutions for building automation in their programme. They range from lighting, shading, movement and presence-detection control, to room-temperature controllers. Until now, the […]