ABB Smart Lighting Saves Energy for Sweden’s Smartest School
When students and teachers at Kattegatt high school in Halmstad returned after the summer holidays, it was to a state-of-the-art, newly built school equipped with Sweden’s first brain gym. An automatic control lighting system from ABB helps to make the new school both energy-efficient, safe and comfortable. After many years in older, dilapidated buildings and […]
Steinel’s Sensor Technology Improves Energy Efficiency and Guest Services in the Hotel Industry
The quest for sustainability and more efficiency for the environment as well as increased cost pressure are moving intelligent sensor solutions into focus in the hotel sector. The presence of guests in their rooms plays a key role here. The True Presence® presence detector from STEINEL provides this information digitally with absolute certainty. It can […]
ABB iBus KNX Technology Achieves Quick Return on Sustainable Energy Investment in Upscale Self-Consumption Community
Until now quick return on investment from sustainable energy has been a challenge. However, project manager, EPZ Elektroplaner, turned to ABB to achieve just that. ABB’s simple to use, flexible, state-of-the-art technology has transformed the landscape by installing a complete energy management system for multiple homes – across all utilities – brought together through an […]
Energy Efficiency: controlling window coverings intelligently using KNX
According to the UN Environment Programme, buildings use about 40% of global energy, so Andy Ellis looks at how controlling window coverings intelligently can help make buildings more energy efficient. The reason for covering a window opening is either to provide privacy or to block light. When we block the passage of sunlight we also […]
Smart Homes, Buildings and Cities: there can be no energy transition without KNX
Yasmin Hashmi provides highlights from the ‘Smart Energy Management with KNX’ panel discussion at the recent Smart Energy Summit, which discusses the importance of KNX in transition from fossil fuel to zero carbon. Managing energy flows in a building has been an area of interest for KNX since its inception. It soon expanded its focus […]
KNX Builds a Pioneering Bridge Between Smart Building and E-mobility
From the photovoltaic system to the charging station to the electric vehicle: intelligent, safe and cost-saving control of charging processes with KNX energy management For the European Commission, electromobility is a crucial pillar on the way to an emission-free economy in 2050. It can make road traffic and transport cleaner and cheaper. But it can […]
KNX Association Focuses on Energy Management at sustainabilityknx.org
From international summits to local community groups, the interest and support for the need to manage our energy use in a more sustainable way is growing. The KNX standard can of course be used to help build a more energy efficient future and the KNX Association has produced a microsite at sustainabilityknx.org to focus on […]
Exploiting KNX Data: monitoring telegrams using graphs to add value to your installation
Andy Ellis explains how data generated from a KNX system can be used in graphical form to provide greater insight into a system’s performance to benefit installers and clients. The article also contains useful practical examples. KNX is such a versatile, robust system that, in my view, it should be specified as an integral part […]
KNX-Driven Climate Protection: KNX Takes Energy Management to a New Level
Energy management systems based on KNX: The latest solutions and projects demonstrate great potential for active energy savings and sustainability. Energy management is playing an increasingly central role in smart home projects. Cost savings and the protection of the climate using efficient, sustainable generation, storage and use of energy are the main drivers here and […]
ABB i-bus KNX Technology Supports Residents Living with Multiple Sclerosis
Residents living with multiple sclerosis are in control thanks to automated assistance technology ABB i-bus KNX Building Automation System installed by SyncWise at MS Queensland’s Springfield Apartments has given 18 residents affected by neurological conditions greater independence and control in their everyday lives. 18 residents living with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological conditions are […]