Advice for Architects, Designers and Building Planners: Integrating Community Energy – Part 2
By Paul Foulkes, EchoHouse. Our use of energy is a major issue for the world. As Leonardo DiCaprio put it in his recent Oscar acceptance speech, “Climate change is real, it is happening now, it is the most urgent threat facing our species, and we need to work collectively and stop procrastinating.” As architects, designers […]
Advice for Architects, Designers and Building Planners: Integrating Community Energy – Part 1
By Paul Foulkes, EchoHouse. Technology for buildings could be about to take a leap forward. You can control your heating from an app on your phone, and your lights, and even home security cameras. But can you do it from ONE app on all phones? Is there one system that can do it all? We […]
KNX Association Presents KNX City Concept at Open Metering System Conference
KNX is one of the founder members of the OMS-Group, a community of manufacturers with the goal to increase the interoperability between meters of different manufacturers based on the M-Bus technology. Traditionally KNX Radio Frequency and M-Bus Wireless share a common wireless solution, the S-Mode, according to the EN 13757 standard series. On 23rd of […]
Trade Talk: KNX and Smart Metering
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. The scrap metal business in the UK is about to get another significant and sizeable quantity of metalwork heading its way. It will, this time, come through a slightly more orthodox route than some of the lead that they have received from the top of church roofs. There won’t […]
Case Study: The King’s School Science Learning Centre, Sydney Australia
By Alistair Grice, mySmartCTI. Founded in 1831, The King’s School is Australia’s oldest and one of its most prestigious independent schools. Located on 148 hectares in the Sydney suburb of North Parramatta, The King’s School is home to around 1500 students, from kindergarten to Year 12. Construction started on the AUS$20M Science Learning Centre in […]
Case Study: The Monarch I – Turning an Old Office Block into a Shining Example of Energy Efficiency using KNX
By Remco Hoveling, BAM Techniek – Regio West. The Monarch is an office development in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. Ultimately, it will comprise four office buildings, one of which, the Monarch I, is a refurbishment of an existing building. The Monarch I is the largest KNX project in Benelux. The aim of the […]
Solutions: Why Metering is Key to Reducing Energy Use in the Home
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Active metering is key to reducing demand on natural resources and reducing utility bills. By including metering and a method to easily view data – for example, on a smartphone as part of a KNX installation – your customer will be able to review both live and historical water, electricity […]
Case Study: Sleepy Hollow Residence, Prestbury, Cheshire, UK
By Paul Murphy, Intecho UK. Intecho was commissioned to devise a home technology solution for Sleepy Hollow; a stunning, architect-designed and environmentally-friendly luxury home in the village of Prestbury, Cheshire. The client – award winning property developer Hillcrest Homes – understood that the inclusion of a comprehensive home intelligence system was an essential element to […]
Best Practice: Fault Finding
By Simon Buddle, SMC. There’s some sort of strange magic afoot in this here system. Mops and buckets are dividing themselves spontaneously, and that there mouse fellow has no idea how to solve the problem. Don’t put on the wizard’s hat if you don’t have the wherewithal to use it, that’s my advice. It is […]
Going Green: Imitating Nature
By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. Commuting by bicycle is not easy in Cape Town. Here, car and taxi drivers are not happy to share the tarmac with you, but there are also other factors that make the ride a challenge. If it is winter, you have to deal with cold temperatures and rain, so wearing […]