ekinex Expands its KNX Product Range for HVAC Applications
ekinex®, the Italian SBS brand focused on the manufacturing of KNX devices, is expanding its range of HVAC solutions. The ekinex® KNX product range includes pushbuttons with thermostat function, room temperature controllers (also with humidity sensor) for many different applications, touch-displays, actuators / controllers for fancoil and electrothermal actuators, controllers for mixing groups as well […]
HDL Introduces KNX Omnisense Multifunctional Sensor Capable of Detecting Light Intensity, Movement, and Temperature
One sensor to rule them all Sometimes you need a sensor that just does everything – that’s why HDL has developed the KNX Omnisense sensor. With automation solutions becoming ever more unified and connected, HDL believes that truly smart sensors are the key to making automated buildings even more efficient, convenient, and secure. Standard sensors […]
Trade Talk: Getting Involved with Heating Plant – is it any of our business?
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. It is once more the turning of the season’s tides. The long grey is finally giving up and the days are, at last, beginning to brighten and lengthen. And with it comes the day-by-day rise in ambient air temperature, solar gain and sudden and often dramatic temperature drops late […]
Hands On: Retrofitting a Home with KNX
By Paul Foulkes, EchoHouse Energy. Just before Christmas in 2015, the family and I moved house. The building we purchased required a lot of work – we knew this from the beginning, but it had a great ‘footprint’ and would become a wonderful home. The need for this work gave me an ideal opportunity to […]
Profile: Rafal Borek, Home of Technologies
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday. Rafal Borek is the director of Home of Technologies (HoT), a value-added distributor of electrical and engineering components with a focus on building and home automation. He is a KNX and PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) solutions expert and head teacher at the HoT training centre, and his main focus is to […]
HDL Launches New FCHC Actuator for KNX HVAC Installations
The Future of FCU Control HDL has just announced the launch of its new KNX FCU controller, the HDL FCHC Actuator. Bringing KNX users a powerful control solution for air conditioners, fans, compressors, and underfloor heating, the HDL KNX FCHC Actuator supports up to seven digital temperature sensors, while utilising unique active and passive control […]
GEZE Demos the Networking of Automated Window Systems at ISH 2017
Automated doors and windows in building automation – GEZE innovative system solutions complete ‘Smart Buildings’ Heating, air-conditioning, lighting and shading aren’t everything when it comes to smart buildings! GEZE is complementing traditional technologies in building automation with new innovative solutions, since a building is truly ‘smart’ only if automated doors and windows are integrated. GEZE […]
Siemens Shows New KNX Components for Desigo Room Automation Applications at ISH 2017
ISH 2017, Frankfurt, Germany, March 14–18, 2017, Hall 10.2, Booth C55 Intuitive operation and increased flexibility for Desigo building management system -Desigo Control Point for graphical operation of HVAC plants -Room pressure and fume hood control for laboratories and clean rooms -More flexible scope of use thanks to new hardware components The Siemens Building Technologies […]
Theben Offers VARIA 826 S WH KNX Multi-Functional Display with Room Thermostat
Ideally suited to modern decor, Theben offers the elegant VARIA multifunction display and control unit in flat glass design in a flush-mounted socket. All room functions such as heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting and sun protection are easily controlled and operated using VARIA. Up to seven pages can be displayed and, if necessary, adapted to […]
GEZE Launches New BACnet and KNX System Solutions Designed Specially for Façade Installation
At the BAU trade fair 2017, GEZE presented new, innovative products and system solutions that turn buildings into Smart Buildings. GEZE introduced complete door and window systems as ‘smart solutions’. They improve the comfort, security and energy efficiency of our work and home environments. The highlights of the trade fair presentation included an innovative building […]