KNX news
09 DE FEBRERO DE 2010
Certified KNX Advance and Tutor course in English
Futurasmus Zentrum, our certified KNX+ Training Center, has again taken a step further and has achieved the highest grade of certification granted by the KNXA and can now impart the Tutor Course.
We have been a certified center since 2003 for the KNX Partner Course and have trained over 850 professionals. In 2006 we became the KNX+ title, which means that we can also impart the KNX Advanced Course. And now we have been registered to offer the KNX Tutor Course.
With three highly specialised and skilled certified Trainers, we are located in the city of Alicante, on the south east coast of Spain, but are ready to impart the courses in any other country for groups of 10 or more (in Spanish, English and German)
In order to become a KNX Tutor, you need to become a KNX Partner in the first place, but you also need to have attended a KNX Advanced Course.
Now, for the first time, we offer the following opportunity:
• KNX Advanced course:
o Objective: become an expert in HVAC, logical functions, visualization, gateways, remote control, ETS Tools, Security, etc.
o Place: Alicante, Spain (contact us for accommodation facilities)
o Date: 22nd till 26th February 2010
o Price: 1.200 €
o Language: English
• KNX Tutor course:
o Objective: become a certified Trainer and start a new business in your area.
o Place: Alicante, Spain (contact us for accommodation facilities)
o Date: 15th till 17th March 2010
o Price: 1.500 €
o Language: English
Special price for both courses: 2.200 €
If you are interested, contact us at info@futurasmus-zentrum.com or visit www.futurasmus-zentrum.com (at present, only in Spanish)
We have been a certified center since 2003 for the KNX Partner Course and have trained over 850 professionals. In 2006 we became the KNX+ title, which means that we can also impart the KNX Advanced Course. And now we have been registered to offer the KNX Tutor Course.
With three highly specialised and skilled certified Trainers, we are located in the city of Alicante, on the south east coast of Spain, but are ready to impart the courses in any other country for groups of 10 or more (in Spanish, English and German)
In order to become a KNX Tutor, you need to become a KNX Partner in the first place, but you also need to have attended a KNX Advanced Course.
Now, for the first time, we offer the following opportunity:
• KNX Advanced course:
o Objective: become an expert in HVAC, logical functions, visualization, gateways, remote control, ETS Tools, Security, etc.
o Place: Alicante, Spain (contact us for accommodation facilities)
o Date: 22nd till 26th February 2010
o Price: 1.200 €
o Language: English
• KNX Tutor course:
o Objective: become a certified Trainer and start a new business in your area.
o Place: Alicante, Spain (contact us for accommodation facilities)
o Date: 15th till 17th March 2010
o Price: 1.500 €
o Language: English
Special price for both courses: 2.200 €
If you are interested, contact us at info@futurasmus-zentrum.com or visit www.futurasmus-zentrum.com (at present, only in Spanish)
16 DE ENERO DE 2010
The evidence we have been waiting for: KNX does save energy and now we proof it
Studies revealed by the KNX Association show how networked home and building control based on KNX allows up to 50% energy savings.
These are the achieved conclusions:
1) Institute for Building and Energy Systems at Biberach University of Applied Sciences: “Particularly automation functions, which present a high degree of energy-saving potential by combining various individual trades, can today only be achieved using modern building system technology based on bus and communication systems.”
2) Bremen Univesity of Applied Sciences: based on a four-year series of measurements, the use of KNX control was found to reduce energy consumption by an impressive 50%. It is thus clear that the expenditure in building automation system has quick payback.
The research project conducted at this University shows Energy saving with KNX on the extent to which energy savings based on the example of heating energy. The newly constructed Centre for Informatics and media Technologies (ZIMT) has been fitted with KNX controls and equipment for regulating heating and lighting. The data collected has been evaluated, and comparisons made between “normal” operation and “automation” mode. The building has a specific energy consumption of 60-75 kWh/m2a. Two identical classrooms were selected as test rooms. One was fitted with a conventional installation, and the second with KNX control.
The above mentioned University calculated that, with an annual energy consumption of 230,000 kWh for lighting alone, the investment would pay itself back after just one year with a KNX bus control. Ultimately it is not just the owners/operators and investors who benefit from the reduced energy consumption: the climate does as well.
In summary, KNX allows the following energy savings to be made:
up to 40% with KNX shutter control
up to 50% with KNX single room control
up to 60% with KNX lighting control
up to 60% with KNX ventilation control
These are the achieved conclusions:
1) Institute for Building and Energy Systems at Biberach University of Applied Sciences: “Particularly automation functions, which present a high degree of energy-saving potential by combining various individual trades, can today only be achieved using modern building system technology based on bus and communication systems.”
2) Bremen Univesity of Applied Sciences: based on a four-year series of measurements, the use of KNX control was found to reduce energy consumption by an impressive 50%. It is thus clear that the expenditure in building automation system has quick payback.
The research project conducted at this University shows Energy saving with KNX on the extent to which energy savings based on the example of heating energy. The newly constructed Centre for Informatics and media Technologies (ZIMT) has been fitted with KNX controls and equipment for regulating heating and lighting. The data collected has been evaluated, and comparisons made between “normal” operation and “automation” mode. The building has a specific energy consumption of 60-75 kWh/m2a. Two identical classrooms were selected as test rooms. One was fitted with a conventional installation, and the second with KNX control.
The above mentioned University calculated that, with an annual energy consumption of 230,000 kWh for lighting alone, the investment would pay itself back after just one year with a KNX bus control. Ultimately it is not just the owners/operators and investors who benefit from the reduced energy consumption: the climate does as well.
In summary, KNX allows the following energy savings to be made:
up to 40% with KNX shutter control
up to 50% with KNX single room control
up to 60% with KNX lighting control
up to 60% with KNX ventilation control
04 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2009
KNX INTERNATIONAL FORUM
Next year arrives with interesting news: for the first time, we will be able to assist to the KNX INTERNATIONAL FORUM, which will be held in Madrid (Spain). Under the motto “One standard for energy efficiency” , it attempts to become a renowned event in the topic “Sustainable building” based on KNX as the best technology for control, integration and automation.
The KNX INTERNATIONAL FORUM is meant to be a meeting point of knowledge and experience exchange on three fundamental axis of reference:
• Sustainable architecture
• Environment responsibility
• Integration technologies
These are the concepts which will be discussed in April the 27th and 28th as from the experiences shared by relevant representatives of all three subjects: prestigious architects, experts in climate change and environmental development and specialists or executives of the KNX market leading companies.
The KNX INTERNATIONAL FORUM consists of three parts which we will talk about during the next months:
1.- knx expo
2.- knx congress
3.- knx awards
The KNX INTERNATIONAL FORUM is meant to be a meeting point of knowledge and experience exchange on three fundamental axis of reference:
• Sustainable architecture
• Environment responsibility
• Integration technologies
These are the concepts which will be discussed in April the 27th and 28th as from the experiences shared by relevant representatives of all three subjects: prestigious architects, experts in climate change and environmental development and specialists or executives of the KNX market leading companies.
The KNX INTERNATIONAL FORUM consists of three parts which we will talk about during the next months:
1.- knx expo
2.- knx congress
3.- knx awards
