The objectives of KNX Association are oriented towards the development and promotion of an international communication standard for Home and Building Electronic Systems by :

• Developing a single stable and affordable system technology with the goal to improve overall market acceptance and expand the today’s market (mostly in commercial buildings) into the residential market.

 

• Encapsulating today’s existing Home and Building Electronic Systems into one common standard which serves as a platform for future evolution.

 
 

• Defining and improving the KNX specification related to :

   

  • Protocol.
  • Different media.
  • Configuration modes.
  • Application specifications.

In respect of its coherence in communication interworking amongst devices and interoperability between applications.

• Standardising system requirements, including test methods.

 

• Managing the relevant system related intellectual property rights, establishing trademarks and issuing trademark licenses.

 

• Setting-up an appropriate certification system to enable certification of “products” (hardware, software, components) and services in order to guarantee system compatibility, interworking and interoperability.

 

• Introducing this standard into the appropriate international HBES standardisation bodies and actively promoting it to become THE NORM.

 

• Managing (including development, sales support of) an appropriate common Engineering Tool Software (ETS) and other KNX related tools.

 

• Promoting KNX certified training for professional users such as contractors, designers and installers.

 

• Defining the long term KNX strategy.

 

• KNX marcom activities realted to the standard (corporate image, market surveys, trade fairs, conferences, journal, website, flyers,...).

 

• Ensuring cooperation with the scientific world.

 

• Organisation of KNX working groups.

 

• Technical development support related to the KNX Standard.

• Winning new partners from industry, training and science.

• Founding of KNX userclubs and national groups.