CEDIA Publishes ‘The Integrator of 2027’ White Paper

About every five years, CEDIA’s Technology Advisory Council releases a white paper with in-depth predictions of what we believe the landscape will look like for the integrator five years in the future.  When the paper first began, there was a large focus on the technology itself as the landscape was beginning to explode with the Internet of […]

MarketsandMarkets Expects European Smart Home Market to be worth US$41.2 Billion by 2027

According to a research report “European Smart Home Market by Product (Lighting Controls, Security & Access Controls, HVAC Controls, Smart Speakers, Smart Kitchens, Home Appliances, Home Healthcare), Software & Service (Proactive, Behavioral) and Geography – Global Forecast to 2027”, published by MarketsandMarkets™, the European smart home market is projected to grow from USD 26.7 billion in 2022 to USD 41.2 […]

Business: KNX Association welcomes startups with KNX Startup Incubator

Jesus Arias explains how the KNX Association’s KNX Startup Incubator programme provides resources and visibility to innovative companies committed to developing KNX IoT-based solutions. The KNX Association is committed to spreading KNX technology far and wide, which is why we started the KNX Startup Incubator in 2021. The release of the KNX IoT specifications, which […]

Security: IP-BLiS on the IoT security landscape

As building control systems become part of the IoT, Bruno Johnson looks at the approach IP-BLiS is taking to security. Building control systems are vulnerable to attack, both from within the building and from the outside. This means that building control systems must employ security frameworks that require all users and all equipment to be […]

Future Market Insights Expects Building Automation Systems Market to Grow at 7.8% CAGR Between 2021 to 2031

As per a recent market survey by ESOMAR-certified consulting firm Future Market Insights (FMI), the global building automation systems market totalled US$44.6 billion in 2021. Rapid advancements in building automation systems, coupled with the emergence of connective technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cloud computing will continue augmenting market growth during the forecast period. FMI projects the market to […]

Certified: VDE Approves KNX Secure

Top testing and certification organisation approves KNX Secure for its cyber security and robustness against attacks. The VDE (Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies) is one of the largest technical and scientific associations in the world. It offers testing and certification services and is well known for its competence and adherence to high technical […]

KNX IoT: Broadening the KNX Development Landscape

Jesus Arias discusses how KNX IoT makes it even easier to create products, solutions and services, and explains the main features of the KNX IoT 3rd Party API server and the KNX IoT Point API device. Developing a KNX solution was a very straightforward exercise 30 years ago: a KNX device was, in a simplified […]