KNX Association Newsletter - January 2010

• KNX Top Event
  On Tuesday, 13th April 2010 at 18:30 (6.30pm) at the "Forum" Building at the Frankfurt Fair grounds (between Hall 3 and 5, next to the Marriott Hotel) the KNX Top Event at the Light and Building fair 2010 will be organized for the
• Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of KNX/EIB
• Granting of the KNX Award 2010
• Official Presentation of the new ETS 4.0

This international event with participants of over 50 countries will be organized in close co-operation with the L&B Fair Association. Although the official invitations will only be sent out in January, we would like you to mark this day in your 2010 calendar for light+building. We would like to invite you personally and your guests at your convenience. .

• KNX at light+building - 8.0/F98 and 11.1/C97
  KNX will be presenting new KNX applications, new transmission media and a new ETS 4 beta version at its main booth in Hall 8 - which is twice the size compared to the last light+building edition . Members of the KNX Userclubs from different countries will be showing KNX applications put into practice like energy efficiency, multi-media, smart metering, audio/video, security, remote monitoring, etc. The fully overhauled version of ETS will be presented in a Beta version to the public, placing particular emphasis on the improvement of work efficiency when creating KNX projects, thanks to a new and faster database engine, new user-interface and lots of new functions. Breathe KNX and visit us at Light and Building in Hall 8.0/F98 and Hall 11.1/C97.

For more information see: http://www.knx.org/lb2010/

 

• KNX Banner at your disposal
  As you all know, KNX Association International is currently announcing 2 special events. KNX at light+building and KNX Award 2010. We are aware of the impact that such events will have for all the KNX World and it may be that you want to announce such events to your clients, colleagues, friends and so. For this reason we offer you the KNX Banner, which can be used for your signatures, letters, etc. if you are interested, please download it here.

In 2010, KNX will be celebrating its 20^th anniversary. Although the official invitations will be sent out later on, we would like you to mark the following days in your 2010 calendar:

1. KNX General Assembly (Brussels, Belgium, 14^th - 15^th February 2010)
   
2. KNX Top Event (Frankfurt, Germany, 13^th April 2010 at 18:30)
   
3. 20th Anniversary of KNX Association (Worldwide event, 20^th October 2010)

For more information, please contact: heinz.lux(at)knx.org

KNX has designed a new KNX animation and a new logo, as token of quality and experience: 20^th Anniversary of the Worldwide Standard for Home and Building Control.

• 20 years of KNX - logo here
• 20 years of KNX - animation here

KNX Association now offers an overview of all KNX Certified Devices at its website. The online product catalogue allows you to search for products according to product family and product type, then showing the order number of the KNX certified product, the name of the KNX member offering this product as well as a link to the relevant contact person at the stated member company. The page name is ‘KNX Certified Products’ and is located in drop down menu ‘KNX Members’.

For more information http://www.knx.org/knx-members/knx-certified-products

New Press Releases are available:

• KNX Award 2010
  KNX Association International is pleased to announce that applications can now be handed in for the KNX Award 2010, which will be granted at the light&building fair 2010 (on 13th of April at 6:30pm) in Frankfurt (Germany). The KNX Award rewards worldwide the smartest KNX projects in home and building control, which stand out as regards innovation and technical progress. Applications are welcome (at knxaward@ knx.org) from around the world in six categories: International, National, Publicity, Energy Efficiency, Young, Special. Deadline for submission: Friday, 29 January 2010. More info at www.knx.org/award

For more information see: here

• Open Metering System (OMS) - Konferenz stellt europaweiten Standard für Smart Metering vor
  Brüssel/Frankfurt am Main/Köln, 15. Januar 2010. Die ‚Open Metering Initiative‘ lädt ein zur ersten OMS-Fachkonferenz am 25. Februar 2010 beim ZVEI in Frankfurt am Main. Eingeladen sind Experten aus den Bereichen Smart Grid, Smart Home und Gebäudeautomatisierung. Diskutiert werden Anforderungen der Betreiber sowie Spezifikationen bezüglich Schnittstellen, Funktionalität und Wirtschaftlichkeit des europaweit geplanten OMS-Standards sogenannter intelligenter Zähler für Gas, Wasser, Strom etc. Informationen über die Konferenz und Anmeldeunterlagen sind downloadbar unter: www.openmetering.org

For more information see: here

KNX Assoctiation offers 2 new presentations:

• Facts and Figures KNX Association
  Interested in the most important facts and figures of KNX Association? Do you know the origin of KNX or which Standard it complies to? Or maybe the main advantages of KNX are of interest to you or you would like to understand the position of KNX in the worldwide market place? All this and lots more at one glance, in the KNX Presentation offered for download.

For more information see: here

• KNX Training Centres Presentation
  The KNX Executive Board approved in May 2009 a simplification of the KNX Certification Procedure for Training Centers in order to still broaden the acceptance of the KNX technology in educational institutes worldwide. If you want to read a summary of this information, please download the KNX Presentation.

For more information see: here 

The fifth edition of the "Handbook for Home and Building Control, Basic Principles" has now been translated into the following languages:

• Finnish
• Norwegian
• Persian

All KNX information (on e.g. the KNX System, Standard, Partners, Tools, News, etc.) is now available for 17 countries, the latest ones being:

• Portugal
• Russia
• Croatia
• Serbia
• Switzerland

For more information see: www.knx.org

KNX Association wants to share what is happening anywhere in the KNX World at any time. Next to our Twitter account, we also have created a Facebook account in order to post the most recent information there.

In 2010, KNX Association celebrates its 20^th anniversary.

For this occasion, KNX has the pleasure to invite its members a joint dinner to be held in the landmark monument of Brussels, the Atomium. This event is scheduled for the 14^th February 2010.

The celebration will be followed by a KNX information meeting on the next day, the 15th February, also  at the Atomium, ending with the Annual KNX General Assembly. 

The Open Metering Initiative of the three Associations figawa, KNX and ZVEI would like to invite you for the 1st German Conference of the Open Metering System on 25th of February 2010 at the ZVEI Building in Frankfurt. The conference will be held in the German language only.

KNX Association would like to invite all KNX certified Training Centers for an ETS 4 workshop exclusively organized for KNX Training Centers, which will take place on Thursday, 04 and Friday 05 of February 2010 at ABB Stotz in Heidelberg (Germany).

For more information see http://www.knx.org/knx-partners/training-centres/events/