Trade Talk: Be Prepared for a Little Bit of DIY
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. With the seasonal holidays comes time for a little DIY. The outside tap pipe needs to be lagged, and there’s wood to be chopped for the fire. Then there is the shaver socket in the bathroom that needs to be rewired – the previous owners of the flat thought […]
B.E.G. Wins “Choice of Installers” Award at 2015 KNX PlugFest for its PD11 Super Flat Occupancy Detector
On the occasion of the “PlugFest events” that took place in Moscow during the trade fair Interlight 2015, manufacturers of building automation and smart home systems from America, Russia, Europe and Asia provided their products to professional installers for public testing. Organizers are the KNX User Club, the Moscow State University for Building (MGSU) and […]
Light Control Exhibits KNX Products for Home and Building Automation at ISE 2016
Light Control will exhibit its KNX products for home and building automation at ISE 2016 for the first time in conjunction with its dealer Domonetio at stand 12-E72. Light Control is a new KNX member, based in Israel with all products made in Italy. The product range includes: – the LC-A12 and LC-A04, multi-function actuators […]
Trade Talk: Making Sense of Energy-Saving Codes in the UK
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. It’s easy to understand why the incandescent lamp has become obsolete and it’s equally easy to see the reasons why those who knew of its failings kept them very quiet. I’m not sure that I have ever worked with a product that is 95% inefficient before and nor am […]
How to Solve it: The Lighting Table Tool for Successful Lighting Design
By George Lazos, Quantum KNX++ Training Centre. The Problem Lighting is an important part of a building’s character. Its control is crucial, as it affects the occupants’ mood and helps them experience their way of living in a more interesting way. A successful lighting design must fulfil the customer’s needs, not only functionally, but aesthetically […]
Memoori Research Expects Global Commercial Lighting Controls Market to Reach US$3.67 Billion by 2020
Our new research report “Smart Buildings: The Lighting Controls Business 2015 to 2020″ is an objective assessment of the global commercial lighting controls market; which brings together all the factors that influence this industries future. The world value of commercial lighting control products in 2015 will be approximately $2.2 billion at factory gate prices. Memoori […]
Theben Presents theLuxa P300 KNX External Motion Detector
Detecting everything in a wide range With theLuxa P300 KNX, Theben presents a true all-rounder among the KNX external motion detectors: Apart from the large detection area and the pivoting sensor head for wall and ceiling installation, the new theLuxa P300 KNX scores with logic, universal, and motion channels, with scene functions, a time switch […]
Solutions: Simple-to-use Lighting
By Charlotte Blissett-Griffiths, Ivory Egg (UK) Ltd. Great lighting can significantly add to the enjoyment of a home, and is much easier to control with the right user interface design. In order to help the user to achieve the perfect ambience in their home, they need to be able to easily control and operate the […]
Altenburger Electronic Offers TH-EIB/P and TH-EIB/P-0 KNX Performance Dimmers
KNX – Performance Dimmer 5 KW/KVA – 5000W Dimmer – Leading Edge – Scene TH-EIB/P – Leading edge dimmer (phase-controlled) 5 KW/KVA with integrated programmable KNX-Switch-Dim-Actuator, Backplate-mounted in cabinets (optional wall-mounted or wall-recessed housing) for the control of incandescent lamps, low-voltage halogen lamps with wire-wound transformers, high-voltage halogen lamps and dimmable power LEDs (230V). Backplate […]
Siemens Adds Modules for Decentralized Room Automation to its Gamma Instabus KNX Portfolio
The Siemens Building Technologies Division has expanded its modular installation system by three modules for decentralized, multi-discipline room automation. The new RL 125/23 power supply unit with a rated current of 80 mA makes it possible to create decentralized solutions based on the room automation box that provide for the autonomous automation of a single […]