Thinka for KNX is Apple-certified for Five New Features
The Thinka voice control and visualisation system for KNX is now Apple-certified for five new features. As of now, Thinka is Apple-certified for 5 new features: ● Push buttons allow you to trigger actions in HomeKit by pressing KNX buttons. ● Use the colour lightbulb service for any light that can change colour. ● Use […]
Country Profile: KNX in Spain
By Michael Sartor, KNX Spain During the deep financial crisis in 2013, the residential sector in Spain dropped by around 60 – 70%. The commercial sector also decreased a little, but by far not as dramatically as the residential sector. Now, the residential sector is growing again, and buyers are looking for value for money, […]
Project Haystack: a Boon to Bringing Order to Group Address Naming Conventions?
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. So much of what we do as an industry requires absolute precision. From the choice of actuators for a specific function, to communication devices that control third-party products. Is it Modbus RTU or Modbus ASCII? Buy the wrong device and not only are you unable to communicate with the […]
Lighting Design: Why KNX Provides the Opportunity for Greater Things
By Dharmendra Patel, KNX Controls. The advent of LED lighting a few years back has been the biggest challenge to lighting controls, ever. The lack of capable dimming products on the market is still an issue. The notable exception is KNX. With a new of generation products designed for the task, KNX gives me, as […]
Assisted Living: using Voice Control in a KNX System
By Neil McCarry, IDES Ltd. Our long-term client, a young lady who has been severely physically disabled and recently bedridden, lives in a KNX-automated house that was originally installed eight years ago. On good days, she has a little movement in her hands, which allows her to use a specially-adapted tablet that sends IR commands […]
KNX Association Celebrates its 29th Birthday with 29% off all ETS5 Products in April
Were you planning to order new ETS products or maybe updates of the ETS products you already own? April will be the right month as KNX Association will celebrate its 29th birthday and offer a reduction of 29% on all its ETS5 products (Professional, Lite, Supplementary) and ETS Inside either on new licenses or updates. […]
KNX UK Announces its 2019 Award Winners at Annual Conference
A rousing speech from Lord Chris Holmes, Paralympic swimmer and campaigner for the use of technology to promote inclusiveness caught the ‘Sprit of the Age’ at the KNX UK Annual Conference. Chris spoke about how the London Olympics campaign focussed minds on the importance of inclusiveness and reminded us just how wide the market for […]
Smart Building Conference 2019 Sets the In-Building Technology Agenda
Senior executives from world’s highest profile smart building companies share their insights ISE 2019 saw the Smart Building Conference run for the ninth year in a row at what has become one of the show’s ‘must attend’ conferences. Held the day before ISE 2019 opened, the twin-track event (commercial and residential) – ‘Making Buildings Smart, […]
Future Cities Show 2019 Tackles Role of IoT, AI, Blockchains in Building Smart Cities
Global market for smart city ICT seen to reach USD 994.6billion by 2023 Market to witness 15.8 percent CAGR In MENA region, smart city spending forecasted to double by 2022 The global market for smart city information and communications technology (ICT) is forecasted to hit the USD 994.6-billion mark by 2023 from USD 476.7 billion […]
KNX IoT Enables Smart Energy Management
With KNX IoT, sector coupling has become a reality In order to achieve meaningful climate protection goals, it is essential that we take a holistic view of energy consumption across a number of sectors, including electricity use, heat generation and transport. The aim is to promote the use of green electricity and accelerate the take-up […]