View from America: strategies for a safer and more humane built environment
By Philip R. Juneau. Thanks to COVID-19, we are experiencing change in so many ways, which has left us feeling uneasy, to say the least. As we very cautiously enter back into social and business environments, we are not sure what our future interactions will be like. With so much information being thrown our way, […]
Future-proofing: beware of smart home products with a limited lifespan
By Paul Foulkes, Theben and KNX UK. Not having to worry whether your technology is functioning as it should, whether it be your car starting, the fridge running or the boiler supplying heat and hot water, engenders a sense of security. If these functions are interrupted or fail to happen, the consequences can be challenging, […]
Zennio Announces Availability of NarrowDIM X4 4-Channel Universal Dimmer
Zennio would have loved to present NarrowDIM X4 at Light & Building 2020, but the current situation has demanded our reinvention – and reinvention is exactly what NarrowDIM X4 stands for. With our DIMinBOX still being widely used all over the world, LED lighting was asking for a more subtle dimmer and we answered. NarrowDIM […]
Lithoss Adds New KNX Rotary Sensor to its Dimmer Switch Collection
The Lithoss KNX rotary sensor is used for controlling dimming, switching, and blind actuators, as well as for adjusting the target value of a temperature controller. This KNX rotary sensor follows the well-known operating concept and Lithoss look of a rotary dimmer with incremental encoder. The rotary sensor has three extension inputs for connecting conventional, potential-free contacts […]
B.E.G. Launches KNX Occupancy Detectors with Human Centric Lighting Control
The intelligence for light control and light quality: occupancy detectors With its KNX Generation 7, B.E.G. is launching KNX occupancy detectors on the market that feature outstanding innovations in the control light quality. These include the integration of an HCL control system. HCL stands for “Human Centric Lighting”, a lighting control system that puts the […]
DINUY Introduces 8-Channel Dimming Actuator
DINUY introduces its new and powerful 8-channel universal dimming actuator suitable for RLC+LED loads: LED lamps, incandescent and halogen lamps. Capable of loads of up to 250W on each of the eight channels, incorporates two dimming technologies: leading and trailing edge. Both technologies can be selected via the parameterisation with the ETS. Each channel can […]
Elsner Elektonik Announces New KNX Lighting Controller for DALI
Broadcast control simplifies maintenance The KNX DALI L4 bc 16 A lighting controller from Elsner Elektronik controls four DALI channels by broadcast command and can switch off each channel via a relay. Staircase light switching, scenes and colour control in the RGB(W) and HSV colour spectrum are just some of the possibilities of the KNX […]
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 […]
Virtual Show: a selection of Spring KNX product previews and launches
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. With everything going on around the world, it is really inspiring to see the way people and communities are working together to support each other and those that are less able or fortunate. Even seeing how businesses are reacting is a source of positivity, with a huge number of companies […]
Lime International Launches New Compact KNX Universal Dimmer 7625530
The LIME KNX UNIVERSAL DIMMER is a compact 230V dimmer with 1 dimming output and 2 binary inputs. The dimming actuator can be used for dimmable electric lights supplied with 230V mains. To cover a wide range of usable electric lights the Universal Dimmer 7625530 can operate with trailing or leading-edge dimming. Besides controlling the […]