Our objectives
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.
