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 […]
Trade Talk: KNX – 25 Years Young
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. The silver anniversary is a pretty big deal in any household. Every home will have seen some massive changes in that quarter of a century. Children grow up and fly the nest, mobile phones appear, teasmades disappear (although not according to the Internet), and adults dress in over-sized romper […]
Case Study: Northumbria Specialist Care Hospital Pushes KNX into the IoT
By Chris Topham, Abtec Building Technologies. The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital is England’s first 24/7 emergency care hospital. Modern approaches to care have been reflected in the hospital’s design with most of the beds in single en-suite rooms. That modern approach extends to the building’s environment and lighting controls – behind the scenes the […]
ThebenHTS Announces Flexible, Flat and Feature-Rich PlanoSpot KNX Presence Detector
With the new PlanoSpot 360 KNX DE, ThebenHTS is presenting the first presence detector on the market whose detection area can be displaced mechanically. As a result, the PlanoSpot KNX is the ideal presence detector for rooms where a flexible layout is important. But the PlanoSpot KNX impresses not only because of the variable, square […]