Thirty Years of KNX: whatever its age, your system will not be obsolete
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes It is the 30th year of the KNX standard. Celebrations have been ongoing for most of the year, and KNX continues to grow as the dominant smart building standard across Europe (I think the UK is still in, currently, but I just read that my biometric passport will soon […]
View from America: reducing our energy consumption via demand-side management
By Philip R. Juneau. I write this article just as the results of the election are coming in here in the USA, and have decided to focus on demand-side management (DSM), i.e., the monitoring and controlling of our energy consumption, especially regarding our building infrastructure. During the election, discussions regarding the phasing out or elimination […]
Adapting to the New Reality: KNX is the ideal standard for market-leading building control projects now and in the future
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg Over the last few months we have all had to make some major adjustments to our lives and businesses in order to cope with the challenges being posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst this is an extremely challenging time for many, there are some positives that have emerged. The recent […]
The Bigger Picture: how to avoid protocol soup through building-wide networks
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes Three days ago, it was a balmy 24°C, but now I am looking at the beginning of the ‘long grey’. The holiday season is over too – at least what there was of it. In Europe, we the British are blessed that almost everyone can speak our language in […]
View from America: net zero-carbon buildings – a challenge that KNX can meet
By Philip R. Juneau. These are clearly tumultuous times around the world, and here in America, we seem to be muddled in the midst of it all. Living with COVID-19 has awoken a survival mode in every one of us, which can take us over and cause mayhem and panic. To add insult to injury, […]
IT GmbH Shows Latest Developments for Elvis Visualisation Software and KNX Tools at KNXperience
Visit us at our booth at the KNXperience online exhibition from 28th September – 2nd October 2020! Our highlights: Recorder – our new tool suite for telegram recording Elvis Wear OS – operate your Smart Home via your Smart Watch. The Elvis Viewer is now available for Wear OS Smartwatches. Highlights include the freely designable […]
STMicroelectronics Releases KNX-RF Software for Power-Conscious Building Automation
Online demonstrations scheduled for KNXperience (Sep 28-Oct 2) STMicroelectronics has released KNX software for the S2-LP ultra-low-power radio transceiver to enable energy-saving standardized wireless connectivity for smart-building controls. Ready to run on an STM32* microcontroller (MCU) or alternatively on a BlueNRG-2 Bluetooth® Low Energy System-on-Chip (SoC) that embeds an Arm® Cortex®-M0 core running at 32MHz […]
JUNG Presents KNX Secure Solutions and Apps at KNXperience
Security in the field bus and IP network The discussion about data protection also does not stop at a smart building. Because everything you can operate digitally yourself, can theoretically also be controlled by unauthorised third parties. This is where KNX Secure comes in. The system is secure, reliable and quick to install using apps. […]
iRidium mobile Releases New Controller to Create Smart Homes and Offices in 1 Day
When automating apartments and offices with KNX, complicated logic or custom interfaces are not required. Integrators dream of launching such projects without programming or additional costs. But remote control, integration of IP-cameras and SIP are required. A new controller by iRidium mobile – KNX Home Server – combines all of these components. A project is […]
View from America: getting back to basics for a safer future
By Philip R. Juneau. As building structures become bolder, with more complex building functions, building equipment and associated controls become ever more strategically important to the future planning and development of buildings. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is a surge of concern regarding poor indoor air quality (IAQ) due to insufficient or improperly-designed/applied HVAC […]