KNX Members at Light + Building 2018 Video

At the 2018 edition of the Light + Building fair, 27 KNX Members from 8 different countries were exhibiting with their own panels at the KNX booths in hall 8 and hall 11.1. You can watch the video to see the innovations they presented.

KNX at Light + Building 2018 Video

At this year’s Light + Building fair in Frankfurt/Main KNX again underlined in style its strong international position as the worldwide leading technology for smart homes and buildings. At prominent spots in several halls, the distinctive logo with the three letters caught visitors eyes: for instance, at the well-visited Galleria, on a surface of approximately […]

KNX Award Ceremony 2018 – the Winners

This year, at the largest Light + Building event, the KNX Awards were presented for the 12th time. Two thousand guests were in attendance for the occasion. Thirty-eight KNX projects in the field of building automation were selected and nominated from a large number of applications by a top-class jury. Eight of them ended up […]

CEDIA Light + Building Exhibition 2018 Podcast

Sam Woodward of Lutron and Mark Warburton of Ivory Egg both attended “L&B” in Frankfurt, Germany, and they’ve got info on the latest lighting tech. Peter Aylett (Archimedia) also joins in. “Going back over the past 14 years, and you’d be hard-pressed to find much in the way of LED. Now it’s dominant; it’s everywhere.” […]

Trade Talk: Tuning LED Lights

By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. There’s something amazing about the fairground when you’re young. It comes once a year and is the only place to be during its time in town. The smell of candyfloss mixed with generator fumes. Pure joy coupled with terror as rides spin, whirl and accelerate at mind-bending speeds. Centrifugal […]

Opinion: Smart Living from an IT Perspective – why KNX is the Logical Choice

By Thanos Derempeis, AD Networks Ltd. After years of working as a freelance IT engineer, I formed AD Networks Ltd in 2002. The initial line of business was B2B IT consultancy, hardware/software supply and support for businesses varying from 5 to 50 users. Networking infrastructure was obviously at the core of our offerings as it […]

Highlights from Light + Building 2018 – Part 3: Servers, Gateways and AV

By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday If you were looking for a particular type of KNX server or gateway, there was so much choice at Light + Building 2018 that it is impractical to cover it all here. As expected, there were plenty of dedicated gateways for protocols such as DALI, ModBus, BACnet etc, but there was […]

Highlights from Light + Building 2018 – Part 4: KNX User Interfaces and Sensors

By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday If your interest is in KNX user interfaces or sensors, there was plenty at Light + Building 2018 to tempt you. Switch designs were on show in a wide choice of styles and finishes with varying degrees of customisation possible. There was also a wide choice of dedicated stand alone sensors, […]

Highlights from Light + Building 2018 – Part 5: KNX Secure

By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday In Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this five-part series on highlights from the recent Light + Building show in Frankfurt, we presented a selection of KNX products and technologies ranging from new user interfaces, to HVAC, lighting and shading; system programming, servers, gateways, sensors and the IoT. The common […]

Intesis Software Announces New Partnership with DMS Controls Group in North America

Intesis Software, a member of the HMS Group, is pleased to announce the addition of DMS Controls Group to its North American Distribution network. This agreement will allow customers to have unprecedented access to the Intesis solution set for the integration of HVAC systems to building, hotel, industrial, and home automation systems. With the outstanding […]