Park Electrical Distributors and Vitrea Technologies Announce Exclusive Partnership

Partnership lights the way for building technologies division The building technologies division of Park Electrical Distributors, the North East’s leading independent electrical wholesaler, has announced an exclusive partnership with home automation specialist, Vitrea Technologies of Israel. Building technologies manager, Paul Kinghorn, said: “With advanced wired and wireless technology, Vitrea is changing the landscape of home […]

New Bauhaus Dessau Museum Uses ABB i-bus KNX for Safe and Smart Building Technology

ABB smart technology puts prestigious Bauhaus art in the right light at the new Bauhaus museum ABB cooperates with Bauhaus Dessau to equip the new museum building with safe and smart building technology. On the occasion of the 100 years celebration the new museum building provides the appropriate home for prestigious art from several decades. […]

Abtec Building Technologies Introduces ARGOHub for Management of Emergency Lighting Systems

New SaaS technology delivers powerful control, management & fault reporting of emergency lighting systems – plus secure data storage Our new technology, ARGOHub provides building managers with robust monitoring, management and fault reporting of emergency lighting systems across one or more sites. In response to an urgent market need for secure, robust emergency lighting reporting […]

OSRAM Advanced Lighting Invigorates the Beijing Daxing International Airport

OSRAM connected lighting solution gives the world’s soon-to-be largest aviation facility a human-centric atrium LED lights interconnect with the vast KNX control system for a greener infrastructure On September 30th, the long-awaited Beijing Daxing International Airport will make its debut and then becomes the largest of its sort on the planet. With total investment of […]

Looking Ahead: does the wireless light controller spell the end for the dimmer rack?

By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. We still rely heavily on copper in our industry. It forms the backbone of any system we install. Power and communications travel back and forth from switches to dimmer panels to lighting fixtures. It’s all very ordered, and everyone knows what to expect from the respective parts. The dimmer […]

Sponsor’s Whitepaper: Energy Harvesting Switch radio protocols

By Simon Ziegler, ZF Friedrichshafen AG. Due to the rising connectivity of mobile devices, industrial applications, smart home applications and vehicles, the importance of wireless technology for data communication is increasing continuously. As a result, wireless technology grew by 32% in 2018 compared to the previous year, and now accounts for 6% of the total […]

Case study: Porto Mykonos – a hotel operating at half power in Greece

By Nick Gliatis, GDS Digital Systems. Comprising 90 rooms, Porto Mykonos is a luxury hotel located at the famous and bustling port of Mykonos Town on the Greek island of Mykonos. This is where all the action happens, both by day and by night. The hotel was to undergo major renovations, including expansion, so a […]

B.E.G. Announces Indoor 140L-KNX-DX Wall Occupancy Detector

The all-rounder – now also available for KNX Occupancy detector, night light, orientation light, main light push-button and temperature sensor all in one The wall occupancy detector Indoor 140L-KNX-DX is a true all-rounder. Behind the lens in the middle is a powerful occupancy detector that enables presence-dependent light control. Above and below the lens there […]

DINUY Introduces Range of KNX RF S-Mode Devices

In addition to the current portfolio of KNX RF E-Mode products, DINUY has launched the new RF S-Mode range, with interesting wireless sensors and actuators. The first products include: MI K5X 001 Switching actuator RE K5X LE1 Dimming actuator for LED lamps K5X LE2 Dimming actuator for LED strips RE K5X DA1 Dimming actuator for […]

Vivo Suisse Offers MoMi KNX 4-Fold Touchbutton with Temperature Probe

The Vivo® MoMi KNX 4-fold Touchbutton is a KNX device for on/off switching of loads, dimming of lighting devices, controlling of motor drives or other programmable switching and control functions. Thanks to the integrated temperature probe it can serve as room or area temperature controller. It is equipped with an integrated KNX bus communication module […]