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We start this issue with a case study by Ewald Burkhart of Elektro Ewald of a Gira-based installation in a holiday lodge in South Tyrol. Next, Simon Buddle suggests that we should be aiming for at least a C grade in energy efficiency in all of our installations. KNXin's Jesús Arias García then encourages the KNX market to look further afield than Europe, and suggests that there is everything to play for internationally.

Our Solutions column by Sophie Thomas of Ivory Egg, looks at KNX in a BMS world, and suggests when and how KNX should be used with other building management systems. This is followed by an Interview with Mehdi Darabi of Parto Negar Parand, whom we met at the recent Light+Building show. With embargoes still on Iran, there are major challenges facing systems integrators, but KNX work is being done, especially in energy-saving applications. Finally, our resident 'Mr Fix It', Dr KNX, deals with a problem in opening the ETS4 database.

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ARTICLES

PRIORITY NEWS

KNX Association Holds Successful Training Conference in Portugal (12/05/2014) - More than 50 delegates from training centres around the world (including Lebanon, Israel, Brazil, India and various European countries) listened carefully to presentations held by KNX Association. Mr. Unal explained the major recent changes in the requirements for training centres …

Somfy Offers animeo KNX RS485 for Precise Control of its New Digital Motors (16/05/2014) MarketsandMarkets Forecasts the Smart Cities Market to be Worth US$1,266.58 Billion by 2019 (14/05/2014) KNX Professionals Polska Consolidates the KNX Market in Eastern Europe (07/05/2014) 2014 Shanghai Intelligent Building Technology Show Features KNX Technical Seminar (30/04/2014)

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