Siemens Enables Digital Building Transformation with New Version of Desigo CC
• Integration of more devices for advanced building management• Better user experience with improved Flex Client• Enhanced cybersecurity with IEC62443-3-3 SL2 compliance Siemens Smart Infrastructure has updated its Desigo CC smart building management platform to version V5.0, which marks the software’s opening for more systems and devices. The platform now offers improved connectivity and support […]
Thinka Launches Thinka KNX PRO for Apple HomeKit Integration
Smart Home company Thinka launched their first product, Thinka HomeKit for KNX – Bridge in 2016. Thinka KNX connects KNX building and home automation systems, with Apple HomeKit and other market leading Home Assistants. Today, the Amsterdam-based Smart Home company launches Thinka KNX PRO; a HomeKit for KNX Bridge with a built-in IP Gateway and Secure […]
View from America: early adoption of KNX is more risk-free than you think
Philip Juneau discusses the unifying nature KNX-based building control and how to change mindsets in order to hasten its adoption in the USA. I recently participated in a CEDIA podcast on awareness of KNX and its adoption in America. It was not scripted and was open to spontaneous Q&As. During the dialogue, it became crystal […]
Siemens Ensures Sustainability and Safety of The Circle Complex at Zurich Airport
Building technology installed in all rooms of “The Circle” complex End-to-end solution for energy supply of all buildings Certified LEED Platinum by the US Green Building Council The Circle at Zurich Airport is a new 30,000 m2 building complex that features shops, restaurants, services, hotels and a conference center under one roof. Siemens installed over […]
Top Tips: interfacing with external systems and choosing the most suitable products
Mark Warburton outlines the different ways in which KNX systems can communicate with non-KNX systems, and offers some tips on choosing the best product for a given application. As a technical distributor, we are regularly asked to come up with control solutions to meet specific customer or product requirements. With KNX providing such a powerful […]
View from America: KNX and intelligent renovation
Our U.S. Correspondent, Philip Juneau, discusses how a KNX system in a renovation or retrofit application is the most cost-effective, time-efficient and future-proof platform, assuring transparency and operational effectiveness for the building owner. In today’s world, we are faced with a multitude of technology choices, ranging from how we purchase our goods, navigate ourselves to […]
Ekinex and Control4 Present The Total Smart Home Webinars
Ekinex and Control4 are joining forces to offer free training webinars on delivering the most meaningful Smart Home solution for your customers, blending internationally awarded Smart Home technology and design for all your projects. All webinars will be available in English. 1. WebinarTuesday, 16th February – 9.30 am CET – 45 minTuesday, 16th February – 3.30 pm CET […]
J2 Innovations FIN microBMS Supports the Creation of Control Systems for Prefabricated Buildings
Flat-pack buildings with pre-installed intelligence According to Fortune Business Insights, the global modular construction market size was valued at $67.4 billion in 2019 and is projected to reach $106.22 billion by 2027*. Prefabricated construction, a manufacturing process where the walls, roofs, floors and modules of a building are built off-site in strictly regulated-environments, offers many […]
ABB i-bus KNX Technology Provides Transformational Home Automation for Specialist Disability Accommodation Project
An ambitious Specialist Disability Accommodation project includes a suite of automated features that give residents control and independence Sometimes a name embodies the ethos of an entire undertaking. So it is with DPN Casa Capace: casa is ‘home’ and capace is ‘to be able’ or ‘having the ability to achieve’ in Italian, the root word […]
Weinzierl Celebrates 30 Years of KNX With Cyber-Secure Cabled, Wireless and IP Products
The KNX Association celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. In the world of technology, thirty years is a very long time. Most technical standards from the 1990s have long since been replaced by more powerful technologies. So how can it be that the core of the KNX standard is still valid today? That devices from […]