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| Date | Title | Overview | Document | Picture |
| 20-03-2013 | KNX to support WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 | Leipzig, 20.3.2013: WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 is delighted to announce that KNX is to support the Competition. As Skill Presenter, KNX association, consisting of leading companies active in many fields of home and building control, will provide the equipment for the competition skill Electrical Installations. The competition of this skill will be based on the worldwide standard of home and building control for the second time. | Turkish.pdf » Spanish.pdf » Portuguese.pdf » Polish.pdf » Italian.pdf » Greek.pdf » German.pdf » French.pdf » Chinese.pdf » Czech.pdf » Dutch.pdf » English.pdf » | Picture 1.jpg » Picture 2.JPG » Picture 3.jpg » Picture 4.jpg » |
| 19-02-2013 | TÜV Rheinland and KNX Association sign Partnership Agreement | TÜV Rheinland signed a partnership with the KNX Association and will now offer product testing according to the KNX standard in Asia, Europe and North America. Within the cooperation, TÜV Rheinland intends to support the recognition and the internationalization process of the KNX technology with its global network. TÜV Rheinland is also going to host the first KNX Forum Japan in its premises in Yokohama which is going to take place in Yokohama, Japan, on February, 26th 2013. | English.pdf » German.pdf » | Picture 1.jpg » Picture 2.jpg » Picture 3.jpg » Picture 4.jpg » |
| 01-11-2012 | Fujitsu General joins as KNX member No. 300! | The interest for the KNX system, the worldwide standard for home and building control, enshrined in the ISO/IEC 14543-3 series, continues to grow. The community around this technology, known for its high degree of interoperability between products of different manufacturers and different application domains, was recently proud to welcome the 300th manufacturer joining its ranks, Fujitsu General from Japan. | Dutch.pdf » Czech.pdf » English.pdf » French.pdf » German.pdf » Greek.pdf » Italian.pdf » Norwegian.pdf » Polish.pdf » Portuguese.pdf » Spanish.pdf » Swedish.pdf » | Picture 1.jpg » Picture 2.jpg » Picture 3.jpg » Picture 4.jpg » |
| 01-07-2012 | Generation KNX Video Contest is an All Round Winner! | More than 100 videos from 25 countries were submitted for the Generation KNX Video Contest organised by the international KNX Association of Brussels. More than 1500 people registered for the contest that was set up as a unique and novel way to explain what KNX - the Worldwide Technology for Home and Building Control actually means to people. A summary of the contest can be seen in the KNX-YouTube account | Czech.pdf » Dutch.pdf » English.pdf » French.pdf » German.pdf » Greek.pdf » Italian.pdf » Spanish.pdf » | Picture 1.jpg » |
| 15-06-2012 | KNX is the most popular protocol in European markets sharing more than 70% of the total market value. | BSRIA are pleased to present the results of their European Smart Home Market Study, which includes six in-depth reports on different European markets (Germany, France, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway) and the summarising Pan-European Report. In BSRIA’s smart home series - for the first time in the market - an encompassing overview of smart home technologies is given. This study is the one of the first to comprehensively analyse all the available knowledge on smart home technologies and generate reliable market data. BSRIA undertook the research by interviewing and exchanging information with the top players and stakeholders around Europe | German.pdf » English.pdf » Spanish.pdf » French.pdf » Greek.pdf » Italian.pdf » Dutch.pdf » | Picture English.jpg » Picture German.jpg » |
| 29-05-2012 | New apps make ETS4 even more versatile | There are apps for iPhone, for smart phones, for tablet PCs – and now there are new KNX apps for the Engineering Tool Software ETS4. In principle, the ETS Professional is sufficient for users wishing to install and configure KNX systems. Just as for mobile phones, users may however wish additional functionality when applying KNX. As not all can be part of the ETS 4 basic functionality, ETS apps will soon be offered in the KNX online shop. | Dutch.pdf » English.pdf » French.pdf » German.pdf » Italian.pdf » Spanish.pdf » Greek.pdf » Czech.pdf » | Picture 1.tif » Picture 2.jpg » |
| 18-04-2012 | Glittering KNX Awards Ceremony 2012 attended by winners, nominees and more than 1,500 guests from 76 countries | The 14 KNX Awards were handed out on 17 April in Frankfurt (Germany) at the world’s largest trade fair for intelligent buildings – light+building 2012. The KNX Awards are given to internationally outstanding home and building control projects based on the KNX standard. The grand awards ceremony was part of the world’s largest KNX event – the KNX TOP Event 2012 – attended by more than 1,500 guests from 76 different countries. To take into account the huge diversity of the various projects from around the world, three additional categories were created for this year’s awards: for the first time, separate KNX International Awards were presented for each of three different geographical areas – Europe, Asia, and Africa, America and Australia. In addition, in six categories, two companies were awarded first place, in recognition of the extraordinary originality of the projects entered in these categories. This year’s ceremony once again broke all previous records: twice as many KNX projects were entered as just two years ago, and this time from 43 different countries. | English.pdf » Dutch.pdf » Czech.pdf » French.pdf » German.pdf » Greek.pdf » Italian.pdf » Spanish.pdf » | Picture1.JPG » Picture2.JPG » Picture 4.jpg » picture 3.jpg » |
| 14-04-2012 | KNX city – the sustainable city | In Europe, and particularly in Germany, we are facing the so‐called energy turnaround. This refers to changes in the energy sector – moving from fossil fuel generation to primarily renewable energy generation. The key challenge of the energy turnaround is to ensure a steady supply of energy in spite of the fluctuating nature of renewable energy sources. Traditionally, energy supply has been adjusted to the demand; in future, it will also be necessary to adjust the demand or load to the fluctuating nature of energy generation. In future, many energy suppliers will offer time variable electricity rates in order to motivate customers to use electricity when cheap, and to not use it in case of peak demands, in order to implement indirect load management. KNX City addresses current challenges related to buildings, mobility, energy generation, infrastructure and communication, and provides appropriate KNX solutions. | English.pdf » German.pdf » Dutch.pdf » French.pdf » Greek.pdf » Italian.pdf » Spanish.pdf » | Picture 1.jpg » |
| 30-03-2012 | KNX city at light+building 2012 | In 2012 KNX will push the limits and demonstrate excellence: the KNX Association presents itself larger than ever before at the light+building in Frankfurt from 15th to 20th April 2012. The latest technologies and applications for the worldwide standard in home and building automation are shown at four different stands. With 1,500 participants, the KNX Awards ceremony is the top event for KNX. | PR20120330_EN.pdf » PR20120330_DE.pdf » | PR20120330_Pic.jpg » |
| 01-12-2011 | KNX entry now made much easier | Building automation with KNX has a great future – it is a business opportunity not only for professionals such as system integrators but also for newcomers. The newly developed eLearning tool “ETS eCampus” from KNX can help set you on the path to success. The tool is available free of charge via the KNX Online Shop (https://onlineshop.knx.org). | Italian.pdf » German.pdf » Dutch.pdf » English.pdf » French.pdf » Spanish.pdf » Portuguese.pdf » | Picture 1.jpg » Picture 2.JPG » |
| 25-11-2011 | THE KNX STARS AT WORLDSKILLS LONDON 2011 | The WorldSkills London 2011 event in London, 8-11 October 2011, proved to be a highly successful event for the KNX Association. Not only was KNX used as the protocol of choice for the very first time in the Electrical Installation category, but also hundreds of students took the opportunity to visit the KNX stand to see why KNX represents the future of intelligent building technology. Full details of KNX at WorldSkills 2011 can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/user/knxAssociation?feature=mhee#p/u/0/ax90WmnRAjU | Dutch.pdf » English.pdf » French.pdf » German.pdf » Spanish.pdf » | Picture_All_winners_WSL2011.jpg » |
| 16-11-2011 | KNX AWARD 2012 | KNX Association International is pleased to announce that applications can now be handed in for the KNX Award 2012, which will be granted at the light&building fair 2012 (on 17th 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 www.knx.org/knxaward) from around the world in six categories: International, National, Publicity, Energy Efficiency, Young, Special. Deadline for submission: Friday, 20 January 2012. More info at www.knx.org/knxaward | Chinese.pdf » Croatian.pdf » Danish.pdf » Dutch.pdf » Finnish.pdf » French.pdf » German.pdf » English.pdf » Hungarian.pdf » Italian.pdf » Norwegian.pdf » Polish.pdf » Portuguese.pdf » Russian.pdf » Serbian.pdf » Spanish.pdf » Swedish.pdf » Greek.pdf » | Pic1.tif » Pic2.JPG » |
| 22-08-2011 | Generation KNX at WorldSkills 2011 in London | Brussels/London - The popularity of conventional installation methods not using bus technology is set to decline in the near future. For this reason, it is very important that apprentices and those at the beginning of their careers are familiarised with bus technology and building control right from the start. KNX, as the only provider of a globally-standardised bus technology, is therefore proud to announce that the international WorldSkills competition will from this year’s competition in London onwards be based on KNX only. | Chinese.pdf » Dutch.pdf » English.pdf » French.pdf » German.pdf » Hungarian.pdf » Italian.pdf » Korean.pdf » Latvian.pdf » Norwegian.pdf » Polish.pdf » Portuguese.pdf » Russian.pdf » Spanish.pdf » Swedish.pdf » | Picture1.JPG » Picture2.JPG » Picture3.tif » |
| 04-08-2011 | OMS-Konferenz über offene Kommunikationsstruktur für Smart Metering | Die ‚OMS-Group‘ lädt zur zweiten Open Metering System (OMS)-Fachkonferenz am 20. September 2011 zum ZVEI nach Frankfurt am Main ein. Erwartet werden Experten aus den Bereichen Smart Metering, Smart Grid, Smart Home und für Gebäudeautomatisierung. Die Vorträge und Diskussionen erläutern Anforderungen des europäischen und deutschen Regulierers an intelligente Zähler für Strom, Gas, Wärme und Wasser, und wie diese durch die offene Kommunikationsstruktur der OMS-Spezifikation erfüllt werden. Auf der Tagesordnung stehen weiterhin Fragen zur Konformität und herstellerübergreifenden Interoperabilität der OMS-Produkte und -Systeme sowie zur Normung und Zertifizierung. | Einladung_OMS_Konferenz.pdf » PR20110731_DE.pdf » | |
| 29-04-2011 | KNX projects are persuasive all over the world with clear energy saving costs | The global energy requirement is increasing sharply. In comparison, climate warning and scarce resources sound a note of caution about the economical use of energy. A substantial share – up to 40 percent of the primary energy – is allotted to the building use. The energy efficiency of buildings is therefore becoming a global requirement. This is a future-oriented challenge and opportunity for building system technology with KNX which has proven functionality for energy saving during 20 years in the marketplace. | Italian.pdf » Spanish.pdf » German.pdf » Dutch.pdf » English.pdf » French.pdf » Czech.pdf » | Picture 1.jpg » Picture 2.JPG » Picture 3.JPG » |
| 24-01-2011 | KNX scores with energy efficiency in Europe, Asia and the US | BRUSSELS, 24th January, 2011: As KNX celebrates its 20th birthday, it is indisputably the world leader for home and building automation, thanks to its exceptional versatility and openness. In recent years, KNX has developed particularly strongly in terms of system properties, international standardisation, international prevalence, and product variety. In the context of integrated room automation incorporating audio & video control, lighting, shading, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, KNX ensures a high level of comfort and low energy costs (savings of up to 50%). At the same time, the use of KNX in residential construction – which represents a quantum leap in comfort and security compared to conventional electrical installations – has increased dramatically (+55%). Thanks to KNX IP, the scale and networking possibilities of KNX systems have also increased yet further. And with the user-friendly ETS4, the wide range of new KNX applications available, the new KNX specification 2.0, and a sharp increase in the number of KNX manufacturers, the scene is set for the continued above-average growth of KNX. | English.pdf » | Picture.jpg » |
| 10-01-2011 | UNITED STATES OPENS UP TO KNX GREEN BUILDING TECHNOLOGY | BRUSSELS, 10th January, 2011: Four more market leading companies based in the United States have become members of the KNX Association, the creator and owner of KNX technology – the worldwide STANDARD for all applications in home and building control. This follows the announcement that Cisco Systems had become the KNX Association\'s 200th worlwide member. The latest organisations to join are Control4, Exor International and the global Toshiba organisation with offices throughout the United States. | English.pdf » | Picture1.JPG » Picture2.jpg » |
| 13-10-2010 | Cisco Connects with KNX for Smart Grid and Smart Connected Building Solutions | BRUSSELS, 12th Oct, 2010: Cisco has become the 200th member of the KNX Association, the creator and owner of KNX technology – the worldwide standard for all applications in home and building control (ISO/IEC 14543). Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet and develops a wide range of network-based connected building management and energy solutions, including communications infrastructures for the rapidly developing smart metering and smart grid markets. Today’s announcement highlights that the KNX protocol will play a major role in the future success of these technologies, and in supporting the development of the smart and connected buildings and communities of the future. | English.pdf » Spanish.pdf » Dutch.pdf » french.pdf » Italian.pdf » German.pdf » | Frank Van Steenwinkel.jpg » Godehardt Schneider.JPG » cisco_logo.eps » knx_logo.jpg » |
| 14-04-2010 | Splendid KNX Award 2010: Participants and winners from the whole world | Brussels, 13 April 2010. On 13 April 2010 in Frankfurt (Germany), a total of 11 KNX Awards were presented for internationally outstanding KNX home and building control projects. The grand awards ceremony was part of the world’s largest KNX event – the KNX TOP Event 2010 – attended by more than 1,200 guests from 54 different countries. This year for the first time, in order to take account of the huge diversity of projects from around the world, three additional categories were created for the KNX Award, each based on a geographical region: Europe, Asia, and Africa, America and Australia. In addition, in three categories, two companies were awarded first place, in recognition of the extraordinary originality of the projects entered in these categories. This year’s ceremony once again broke all previous records: four times more KNX projects were submitted than just two years ago, and this time from 48 different countries. | German.pdf » English.pdf » Dutch.pdf » Spanish.pdf » Italian.pdf » French.pdf » | Picture 1.jpg » Picture 2.jpg » ExtraPic1.jpg » extraPic2.jpg » extraPic3.jpg » extraPic4.jpg » extraPic5.jpg » ExtraPic6.jpg » ExtraPic7.jpg » ExtraPic8.jpg » ExtraPic9.jpg » ExtraPic10.jpg » |
| 11-04-2010 | KNX celebrates its 20th anniversary | Brussels, 10 April 2010. KNX – this means 20 years as the worldwide standard for home and building control systems. On 5th of May 1990 15 renowned European manufacturers from the electrical industry founded the EIBA, the European Installation Bus Association. The idea was: making electrical installations with BUS technology ready to face the future. With the recognition of the KNX standard as the European standard EN50090 and as the world-wide building and home control standard ISO/IEC 14543, the decisive step had been taken towards world-wide application. And after two decades, the bus standard has not lost any energy. On the contrary: with the new ETS4, extended applications and increased internationalisation, KNX will continue its worldwide powerful growth. | Dutch.pdf » English.pdf » German.pdf » Italian.pdf » Spanish.pdf » French.pdf » Czech.pdf » | Picture.jpg » |
| 11-04-2010 | The new ETS4: Easy, Fast, Open. | Brussels, 11 April 2010. - Singapore, Los Angeles, Johannesburg, London, Berlin, Moscow – building automation engineers from all over the world, use ETS as product and manufacturer-independent programming tool in order to increase energy efficiency of buildings. This product and manufacturer independent standardised tool is currently available in 15 languages and supports KNX installations for all media: twisted pair, radio frequency, Ethernet/IP and power line. To meet the latest technical and economic requirements and demands around the globe, KNX Association has now completely redesigned its Engineering Tool Software (ETS) and has included a set of many new functions. ETS4, which is presented as Beta version on the world’s leading fair for architecture and technology Light and Building in Frankfurt (Germany), makes it possible to implement KNX projects in an easy and fast way. Moreover, the use of a standardised open interface allows the exchange of ETS data with other applications and the integration of various Apps. The ETS 4 launch is scheduled for October 2010. | Dutch.pdf » English.pdf » German.pdf » Italian.pdf » Spanish.pdf » French.pdf » Czech.pdf » | Picture1.bmp » Picture2.jpg » |
| 11-04-2010 | KNX scores with energy efficiency in Europe, Asia and the US | As KNX celebrates its 20th birthday, it is indisputably the world leader for home and building automation, thanks to its exceptional versatility and openness. In recent years, KNX has developed particularly strongly in terms of system properties, international standardisation, international prevalence, and product variety. In the context of integrated room automation incorporating lighting, shading, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, KNX ensures a high level of comfort and low energy costs (savings of up to 50%). At the same time, the use of KNX in residential construction – which represents a quantum leap in comfort and security compared to conventional electrical installations – has increased dramatically (+55%). Thanks to KNX IP, the scale and networking possibilities of KNX systems have also increased yet further. And with the user-friendly ETS4, the wide range of new KNX applications available, the new KNX specification 2.0, and a sharp increase in the number of KNX manufacturers, the scene is set for the continued above-average growth of KNX. | English.pdf » German.pdf » Spanish.pdf » Dutch.pdf » Italian.pdf » French.pdf » | Picture.jpg » |
| 19-02-2010 | Generation KNX at Light+Building 2010 | Brussels/Frankfurt, 20 February 2010. - KNX is once again underlining its leading role as the worldwide STANDARD for home and building control (ISO/IEC 14543). Under the motto “20 years as the worldwide STANDARD”, the KNX Association will be exhibiting at a total of four different locations at the Light+Building trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany (11-16 April 2010). At the same time, more than 100 KNX member companies will be presenting their latest KNX applications at their own stands at the fair. The KNX “TOP Event” will take place at 6.30 pm on 13th April in the Forum building, to mark the 20th anniversary of KNX, and will also include the KNX Award Ceremony 2010 (for more information, see www.knx.org/lb2010) | English.pdf » German.pdf » Spanish.pdf » Dutch.pdf » French.pdf » Italian.pdf » | Picture 2.eps » Picture 1.jpg » |
| 18-11-2009 | 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 | French.pdf » Finnish.pdf » English.pdf » Dutch.pdf » Danish.pdf » Croatian.pdf » Chinese.pdf » German.pdf » Hungarian.pdf » Italian.pdf » Norwegian.pdf » Polish.pdf » Portuguese.pdf » Russian.pdf » Serbian.pdf » Spanish.pdf » Swedish.pdf » | Pic1.jpg » Pic2.JPG » |
| 03-09-2009 | Breakthrough: figawa, KNX and ZVEI agree on common Open Metering System Specification | Breakthrough: figawa, KNX and ZVEI agree on common Open Metering System Specification: Open Metering System (OMS); Open, manufacturer independent, interoperable; New specfication submitted as European CEN new work item proposal; Neutral certification to ensure interoperability | PR20090901-NL.docx » PR20090901-DE.doc » PR20090901-EN.doc » PR20090901-ES.doc » PR20090901-FR.doc » PR20090901-IT.doc » | |
| 30-06-2009 | KNX offers the world-wide Bus standard for Smart Metering | Intelligently measuring and controlling energy consumption with KNX: KNX building automation and Smart Metering complement each other in an optimal way; Highest energy efficiency: Experience gained in 300.000 realized projects in Europe; New brochure with detailed explanations and practical examples. | PR20090630-DE.pdf » PR20090630-ES.pdf » PR20090630-IT.pdf » PR20090630-EN.pdf » PR20090630-NL.pdf » PR20090630-FR.pdf » | SchemaMetering_Print.tif » |
| 04-03-2009 | KNX continues its global success story – Daikin (Japan) becomes the 150th KNX member | The community of manufacturers and users of KNX technology is constantly expanding: in 2008, the worldwide standard for home and building control experienced very strong growth once again. Over the year, 45 new companies from 15 different countries joined KNX Association. By the end of the year, 148 manufacturing companies from 23 countries across the globe were members of the Association. The number of new ETS licences issued in 2008 once again grew more strongly than in 2007. In total, more than 22,000 ETS licences were sold in 84 countries. The manufacturer- and product-independent ETS tool is required for programming and commissioning KNX-certified products. | PR20090310-DE.pdf » PR20090310-NL.pdf » PR20090310-FR.pdf » PR20090310-IT.pdf » PR20090310-ES.pdf » PR20090310-EN.pdf » | PR20090310 Picture1.jpg » PR20090310 Picture 2.tif » PR20090310 Picture 3.eps » |
| 12-02-2009 | CEDIA JOINS FORCES WITH KNX | CEDIA (the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) Region 1 has teamed up with the KNX Association in a reciprocal membership agreement which will involve working more closely together, including the development of a series of joint training and awareness intiatives. Please for more information, download the press information. | CEDIA_KNX-EN.pdf » CEDIA_KNX-DE.pdf » | KNXISOIEC_RGB.jpg » |
| 29-01-2009 | Audio and Video in Home Automation | In the kitchen, pop-music is coming out of the speakers, in the bathroom an Italian aria is playing and a Dr. Seuss story can be heard in the kids’ room. After only a few clicks on the computer or touch-panel, the desired music/sound can be heard in each room. Intelligent building systems technology based on the KNX standard provides variable control of multimedia technology throughout the entire home. KNX manufacturers are developing solutions for so-called multi-room systems which are becoming increasingly simple and convenient - for both the user as well as the installer. At the fair “Integrated Systems Europe 2009 (ISE)” 13 KNX members are showing their own solutions for audio & video application in home automation. CEDIA (the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) has teamed up with the KNX Association in a reciprocal membership agreement which will involve working more closely together, including the development of a series of joint training and awareness initiatives. | ISE 2009 map.pdf » Press.pdf » | Pictures(ZIP).zip » |
| 08-12-2008 | Superb prospects for bus-based | Bus technology has become considerably better-established within the industry in recent years. Whereas in 2005, less than one in every two respondents (47%) foresaw a future for bus-based installation technology, in 2008 more than 82 percent of users predicted a great future for the technology. According to respondents, the benefits of bus-based installation technology are: increased comfort and convenience, greater flexibility, efficient energy management, and better building safety and security. For the third time running, there was a very strong consensus among respondents regarding the global standard for home and building control: KNX was the clear favourite. These statistics are taken from a newly-published international market survey1) compiled by South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences. The survey was conducted in April 2008 during “Light+Building”, the world’s largest trade fair for architecture and technology. | Survey_German.pdf » Survey_English.pdf » PR_Dutch.pdf » PR_English.pdf » PR_French.pdf » PR_German.pdf » PR_Italian.pdf » PR_Spanish.pdf » | Dutch.zip » English.zip » French.zip » German.zip » Italian.zip » Spanish.zip » |
