Interview: ABB’s President of Smart Buildings, Oliver Iltisberger, on a comfortable, secure and sustainable future
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday. ABB and Busch Jaeger have a very long history with KNX. ABB was one of the founding members of KNX Association thirty years ago, and launched its first KNX product three years later. There have been many innovations since. The company‘s products now range from electrical installation with switches, socket outlets, […]
Zennio Confirms Committment to Innovation with New Product Releases in Q1 2021
Despite a rather complicated 2020, Zennio has made a huge effort to keep up with manufacturing, developing and innovating at the same levels as previous years. Committed to innovation, Zennio has announced the release of 4 new KNX products in the first quarter of 2021, with many others to follow throughout the year. Zennio Q1 […]
ABB’s Smart KNX Building Solutions Bring Energy Efficiencies to Hospitals
Well-run hospitals are essential for all cities. Increasingly, they must be more cost-efficient in energy and resource use processes while delivering more effective and ever-improving patient experiences. ABB has partnered with Australian intelligent building control integrator, mySmart , to deliver world-class building automation solutions for the largest KNX Health Care project in the Southern Hemisphere. The […]
Ekinex Introduces Delégo for Complete Building Control Ensuring Safety, Wellness and Comfort
Many functions, one solution A system that allows you to manage all the technology of a property in a simple and intuitive way. Manage the lighting, control the climate, create a scenario, monitor safety and consumption: these are just some of the functions managed by Delégo. The system offers the possibility to realize scenarios, logical […]
View from America: reducing our energy consumption via demand-side management
By Philip R. Juneau. I write this article just as the results of the election are coming in here in the USA, and have decided to focus on demand-side management (DSM), i.e., the monitoring and controlling of our energy consumption, especially regarding our building infrastructure. During the election, discussions regarding the phasing out or elimination […]
View from America: net zero-carbon buildings – a challenge that KNX can meet
By Philip R. Juneau. These are clearly tumultuous times around the world, and here in America, we seem to be muddled in the midst of it all. Living with COVID-19 has awoken a survival mode in every one of us, which can take us over and cause mayhem and panic. To add insult to injury, […]
View from America: getting back to basics for a safer future
By Philip R. Juneau. As building structures become bolder, with more complex building functions, building equipment and associated controls become ever more strategically important to the future planning and development of buildings. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is a surge of concern regarding poor indoor air quality (IAQ) due to insufficient or improperly-designed/applied HVAC […]
Saving the Planet: the all-electric house
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. So, I have officially ridden more miles on my bicycle this month than I have driven in my van, and with this hot weather, the shower has been in use a lot. We have been encouraged for years to have a shower rather than a bath – and for […]
Looking Past the Current Crisis: practical examples of helping the environment with KNX
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday. As I write, the world is facing two obvious crises; COVID-19 and the climate. In both cases, the most pressing imperative is to save lives. The second, arguably, is to balance a sustainable world economy with a healthy environment. This is where KNX plays an important role. My publisher, Stella Plumbridge […]
Case Study: KNX saves energy whilst providing a luxurious hotel guest experience in New Delhi, India
By Bhavesh Doshi, Entelechy. The Hyatt Andaz, an award-winning upscale/luxury lifestyle brand hotel, was opened in New Delhi, India in 2018. The hotel has 401 rooms and 200 apartments. We started working on this project in 2012 with a mock up. Being luxury hotel, the details were quite elaborate. Entelechy Systems, the most experienced and […]