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Street Lighting Market size is projected to witness lucrative gains from 2024-2032 impelled by the growing initiatives for providing safety and visibility on roads in dark conditions across the globe. Street lighting devices deliver improved visibility to motorists and pedestrians for aiding in significant road safety. The increasing government and private investments are driving the ongoing measures to develop public infrastructure facilities. To cite an instance, in March 2023, MIGA offered guarantees to KLED Capital and CIFI LATAM to assist in the installation, operation, and maintenance of an upgraded streetlight network in Saint Lucia. The project aims to replace 22,000 sodium streetlights on the island with LEDs and install 2,460 new LED streetlights, resulting in a GHG emission reduction of 5,000 tons of CO2e annually while boosting the level of lighting by more than 30% throughout the road network.

By fostering innovations and synergies, companies are partnering to expand their reach, accelerate product development, and address the evolving customer needs. For instance, in January 2024, Fluvius announced plans to upgrade over 1 million streetlamps in Belgium to LED technology by 2028. In addition, the rapid urbanization and developments in various urban areas are generating a high demand for streetlights in line with the surging emphasis on smart city projects and zero-carbon emissions programs. However, budget limitations, regulatory challenges surrounding energy efficiency standards, and the initial high costs of modernization may slow down the market expansion to some degree.

The surging need for sustainable and power-efficient light products leading to the adoption of solar lights is complementing the escalating demand for road safety and traffic control. Owing to their fragile nature, luminaries require good packaging and transportation facilities, adding to the product price. To that end, the introduction of LEDs, solar-powered lights, and smart lights to offer long shelf life, lower energy consumption, and reduced maintenance costs is benefitting in overcoming the existing challenges. For instance, in September 2023, Raytec introduced SPARTAN Street, a new line of high-performance general area luminaires designed exclusively for access roads, paths, and building perimeters in hazardous areas.

LEDs are set to gain high popularity in the street lighting industry through 2032, due to their beneficial properties, such as energy efficiency, longer life expectancy, low carbon emissions, and accurate color rendering. The soaring demand for energyefficient lights in streetlights to reduce energy consumption is supporting the higher implementation of LEDs. The decreasing price and the rise in government subsidies for supporting implementation will also fuel the product demand.

Regionally, the APAC street lighting market is set to progress at a robust rate during 2024-2032 attributed to the high manufacturing and distribution of LED-based lighting systems and the presence of major exporters of energy-efficient light solutions. Several governments in the region are implementing energy-saving policies, including the promotion of LED bulbs over traditional incandescent bulbs. The Smart City Mission is an initiative by the Government of India for economic growth for providing an enhanced lifestyle by enabling local development with advanced technical support. Such favorable government initiatives are further expected to accelerate the regional industry expansion.

Light + Building 2024 Show Report: KNX Association and the E-Haus

n the first of her Light + Building show reports, Yasmin Hashmi focusses on the KNX Association presence at the show, the ZVEH EHaus and the formation of Women in KNX.

Light + Building, the leading international biennial trade fair for lighting and building services technology, took place from 3 – 8 March 2024 at the Frankfurt Messe, Germany. With a tag line of ‘Be electrified’, this year’s show played host to over 2100 exhibitors and received more than 151,000 visitors.

KNX always has a major presence at the show, with several stands in the massive building automation halls. This year, the main KNX Association stand featured display panels from 25 members, and these will be covered in the next issue, but if you can’t wait, a taster in the form of video summaries can be found here.

KNX staff were on hand throughout the building automation halls including (top) one of the receptions at the main KNX stand, (bottom L) the KNX Professionals stand and (bottom R) the KNX Germany stand. The focus of this article is on the KNX Association

presence, along with the KNXdominated E-Haus exhibit by the ZVEH (Central Association of the German Electrical and Information Technology Trades), and the formation of Women in KNX.

KNX Stand The main KNX Association stand in Hall 12.0 was a welcoming space that featured various areas of special interest. Visitors could get a grand overview of the KNX ecosystem landscape, find out more about ETS6.2, take part in the KNX Championship, listen to presentations, talk to the numerous KNX experts on the stand and have some fun playing the Kahoot! game.

Front of the KNX stand featuring (L-R) presentation/games area and reception, central reception with ecosystem landscape display behind, ETS area, and some of the member display panels reaching off into the distance.

The overall theme and Light + Building focussed on saving energy, and in line with this, KNX Association Marketing Manager, Casto Cañavate noted, “This year, visitors to the KNX booth were not only impressed by the change in style but also by our commitment to sustainability. As we believe in the

impact of our technology to foster more sustainable homes and buildings, we redesigned our booth with a fresh style and recycled materials intended for reuse at multiple events. This ensures that our sustainable approach endures over the years.”

Rear of the KNX stand with championship and networking areas, and more member display panels. The stand was constructed from recycled and reusable materials.

KNX ecosystem

A very long display panel in the centre of the KNX stand showed the KNX ecosystem. This was more than just an impressive distillation of the scope of KNX, it made no distinction between the latest extension to the KNX ecosystem, namely KNX IoT, and KNX Classic, and showed working examples of applications that can help the planet and improve our lives.

The full glory of the KNX ecosystem, including working examples. From left to right, it started with examples of services and applications using KNX IoT which allows

IPv6 networks and products that communicate using such networks, to be included in the KNX ecosystem. Jesus Arias, responsible for KNX Association Membership and Business Development, demonstrated human-centric lighting by startup Kumux, which sells data as a service. The system sets the colour temperature according to a multitude of factors using data that goes via an API server through a secure Tapko KNX IP interface to a Weinzierl dimming module. According to Jesus, “The IoT opens up KNX to a huge number of companies who use Wi-Fi and can now join the KNX ecosystem. ETS6.2 supports this – it is a new era.”

KNX Association Membership and Business Development, Jesus Arias, demonstrating the human-centric lighting part of the KNX ecosystem display.

Next was a demo of a Simlab digital twin of the KNX stand using Wiser for KNX from Schneider Electric and offline voice control from ProKNX to dim lights in various areas, followed by indoor air quality monitoring and control using KNX IoT over Thread and a mix of products from Cascoda, Siemens, Nordic Semiconductor and Weinzierl.

The digital twin of the KNX stand, making the stand controllable in real time using voice, and the indoor air quality monitoring a control system using KNX IoT over Thread. At the centre of the display, under the umbrella of ETS as ‘one tool to integrate all devices into one secure ecosystem’ was a wide range of products connected via wired and wireless media, and supporting the whole gamut of building control applications including security cameras, alarms, access, shutters, blinds/shading, heating, ventilation,

air-conditioning, smart meters, fault detection, white goods, multimedia, audio, and car charging.

KNX-controlled energy management including generation using the Solaregy Raffsun external blinds system. ETS6.2

The ETS (Engineering Tool Software) section of the KNX stand had two experts on hand to answer visitors questions and show them what’s new in the recently-launched ETS6.2. This allows KNX IoT to behave as any other KNX device and treats it in the same way, with objects linked to groups. An existing feature, namely archive collaboration, was also being promoted. It is a very visual way of showing the status of shared projects, and will be joined in the autumn by a new Smart Linking feature which will allow drag and drop linking of functions with objects, and will perform various functions automatically.

Energy generation, storage, monitoring and optimisation in the E-Haus.

In the bathroom there was a heated mirror with integrated display to show all sorts of info such as weather, news, car charge status, fitbit data and a textual display of voice commands and replies; and voice could be used to get the shower ready. In the kitchen, shelves and wall cupboards on lifts could be controlled by switches and/or voice, whilst in the bedroom, for assisted living, there was a fallsensing floor that can call for assistance if required. And finally, in the living room, an app from Basalte was being used to control the TV via a bridge from ise.

KNX control of the bathroom, kitchen and bedroom in the E-Haus. Women in KNX

What a joy it was to see an initiative started by KNX Professionals Katja Schuster and Marco Koyne, namely ‘Women in KNX’. Women are massively under-represented in the engineering trades as a whole, so anything that provides encourage-

ment and support has to be welcome.

Panel discussion at the inaugural Women in KNX meeting at Light + Building 2024.

The inaugural meeting took place at Light + Building and was considered a great success, with around 60 women attending, plus male allies. As Katja Schuster put it, “It’s time to be proud of our diversity and increase the number of women in our community. Most of the women there were able to immediately identify with my professional values and experiences, and the presentation of Frau Brunck and the subsequent panel discussion also had an ‘aha’ effect on the male guests.”

(Top L) Founder of Women in KNX and KNX Professional, Katja Schuster, with KNXotday Publisher Stella Plumbridge and Yours Truly, (top R) Sneha Vyawahare of India and Eunice Thirikwa of Kenya, and (bottom) KNX Association CEO Heinz Lux doing the honours. As KNX Association CEO Heinz Lux put it “It was such a big pleasure being at the foundation of Women in KNX. The women present share the same passion for KNX and represent all women in KNX worldwide. They are the best proof for the fact that there is no border or limitation for KNX: if you like this technology, you are able to solve any project and any development,

wherever and whoever you are.”

Just before leaving the show, we had the pleasure of being introduced by Heinz to Wolfram Friedl who co-invented KNX with the now President of KNX Association, Franz Kammerl. Wolfram was naturally very proud of what KNX has become, and told me that the idea for KNX originally came from the military. I may explore this further…

This was a great effort by KNX Association, KNX Professionals, KNX Germany and the ZVEH in reaching out to the international KNX community and newcomers and showing the best that KNX has to offer. As KNX Association CTO/CFO, Joost Demarest, puts it, “I believe that Light + Building 2024 will go down in history as the edition where KNX again showed that it is far from a rusty old technology, but continually re-invents itself, be it from a technical or marketing/sales perspective. Both the KNX manufacturers with their KNX product novelties as well as the KNX Association/KNX Germany/ KNX Professionals (with KNX IoT supported in ETS6 and the examples of energy management applications) clearly underlined this.”

AFTER the joy of the birth itself, parenthood sometimes brings the unwelcome news that a newborn has jaundice and must wear goggles and be placed under special lights. Imagine how different this experience might be if there were no goggles, just a warm blanket covering the tiny body, a healing frequency of blue light emanating from its folds.

That comforting scene, already a reality in some hospitals, is evidence of the fundamental rethinking of lighting now under way in research labs, executive offices and investor conferences. Digital revolutionaries have Edison’s 130year-old industry, and its $100 billion in worldwide revenue, in their sights. Color, control and function are all being reassessed, and new players have emerged like a wave of Silicon Valley start-ups.

“This is the move from the last industrial-age analog technology to a digital technology,” said Fred Maxik, the chief technology officer with the Lighting Science Group Corporation, one of many newer players in the field.

The efforts start with energy efficiency and cost savings but go far beyond replacing inefficient incandescent bulbs. Light’s potential to heal, soothe, invigorate or safeguard people is being exploited to introduce products like the blanket, versions of which are offered by General Electric and in development at Philips, the Dutch electronics giant.

Innovations on the horizon range from smart lampposts that can sense gas hazards to lights harnessed for office productivity or even to cure jet lag. Digital lighting based on light-emitting diodes — LEDs — offers the opportunity to flit beams delicately across stages like the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge — creating a light sculpture more elegant than the garish marketers’ light shows on display in Times Square, Piccadilly Circus and the Shibuya district in Tokyo.

“Up till now we only thought — do I have enough light to see, to clean my room, to cut a diamond?” said Ed Crawford, a senior vice president of Philips Lighting Americas. “Now it impacts what I do, how I feel, in emotional ways.”

In the United States, lighting consumes more than 20 percent of electric power generated each year; the Energy Department says LEDs can cut consumption by up to 80 percent. LEDs — also called solid-state lighting — are already a $12.5 billion business worldwide, according to analysts at the research firm Strategies Unlimited in Mountain View, Calif. A 2012 McKinsey report estimates LEDs will be an $84 billion business by 2020.

But there is an obstacle or two facing the LED revolutionaries. One is existing modes of lighting: Edison’s screw-based socket, the office’s fluorescent ceiling tubes, and metal halide or sodium lights in parking lots are not going away anytime soon.

Another hurdle is public wariness after the environmental exhortations of the 2000s, which led to much-disputed federal legislation to phase out the old incandescents, often in favor of compact fluorescent bulbs. In pursuing their goals, advocates played down problems like the harshness of fluorescent light, and difficulties with dimming the bulbs and dealing with the toxic mercury they contain. Now, some lighting scientists say, both consumers and investors are leery of buying into something they suspect might be substandard.

Another powerful force for continuity is the psychological legacy of light as we know it — from sun to candle to bulb. Isn’t the cartoon shorthand for a new idea a glowing bulb over the thinker’s head?

So some companies are selling the new digital lighting in forms that will fit

into the prerevolutionary world, with its sockets and streetlamps — including familiar bulb shapes.

Philips is producing a bulb called Hue that fits into the old sockets and not only dims and brightens, but also changes colors on command. Mr. Crawford said that in his lamps division, 25 percent of sales income now comes from LEDs; he expects it to increase to 50 percent in two years. In 2008, that number was close to zero.

One reason adoption will speed up, Mr. Crawford believes, is that in recent years, consumers have been asked to compromise on quality to get energy savings.

With the latest generation of LEDs, he said, “the consumer gets the energy savings without compromise.”

The cost barrier is getting lower. Until recently, it typically cost $30 to buy an LED that could replace a 60-watt glass incandescent bulb bought for less than a dollar. Now Cree, a semiconductor manufacturer, has 40-watt and 60-watt LED equivalents for $10 and $14.

James Highgate, an expert on the new technology who runs an annual LED industry conference, sees a transition period ahead “for the next three to five years, until the eight billion sockets in the U.S. get filled” with LEDs. “Some people will never change,” he added. “They’ll be in the alleys buying 100-watt incandescents.”

But a new poll done by the lighting company Osram Sylvania showed that fewer consumers were listing “burned out or broken” as the main reason for switching bulb formats. According to a company news release, “68 percent of Americans say they have switched lighting for increased energy efficiency.”

Energy efficiency is only the beginning, according to experts on the lighting innovations. Take communication between lights.

Lighting a Room, Simplified

The right lighting can lift your spirits andmakeyoumorerelaxedand productive. Here’s how the pros do it.

Any experienced designer will tell you that lighting is an essential ingredient when you’re decorating a room — not the afterthought that many of us consider it. If you’re tempted to spend more of your time picking out furnishings or puzzling over layouts, remember that lighting can completely transform a space — not just by brightening dark corners, but by affecting your emotions. “Light is a powerful thing,” said Theo Richardson, the director of development at Rich Brilliant Willing, the Brooklyn-based design studio known for its striking LED fixtures, which he founded with Charles Brill and Alexander Williams. “The right light lifts the mood, inspires productivity and motivates us. At home, light enlivens the little things — our morning routines, or the moments we spend with friends.”

Mix It Up

Most designers agree that you need more than one source of light in a room. Think layered illumination: Every room should have a mix of

lighting, including overhead, accent and task lights.In the living room, for example, you might begin by hanging a decorative ceiling fixture near the center of the room, said Nathan Orsman, a lighting designer based in New York City and Southampton. “Then we look toward the outer walls for downlighting that can gently wash the walls, curtains and art with warm, functional brightness,” he said. This can be achieved with soffit or valance lighting, or even plug-in torchier floor lamps that bounce light off the ceiling.

Depending on a room’s layout, he said, accent lights could be used to highlight art, and table lamps could be placed beside seating to add another layer of light. And for extra ambience, he added, “a candle never hurt.” The goal, he explained, is to create contrast between the light at the center of the room and around the perimeter, and the darker spaces in between: “Without the darker, quieter moments, everything is flat and boring. It’s the subtle interplay between light and dark that creates appeal.”

Go Bright in the Kitchen

One place where bright light is more

important than ambience is the kitchen. Mr. Orsman suggested flooding the space by installing highhats or recessed lights along the edge of the ceiling. If you have a kitchen island, consider hanging pendants overhead, he said, which will light the space without taking up room you might need to eat or prepare food. Also, you’ll be able “to see your guests without having to look around a hanging light.” And don’t forget under-cabinet light: Running LED light strips on the bottom of your upper cabinets is the easiest way to create an evenly lighted counter space for food prep and cooking.

Consider a Room’s Orientation

If you have a north-facing room without direct sunlight, it will generally require a little more thought. Donna Mondi, an interior designer in Chicago, installed recessed fixtures along the perimeter of a north-facing living room to complement a central pendant that spread light horizontally throughout the space. But she didn’t stop there: She also used table lamps to illuminate dark corners and a pair of sconces to draw attention to a special piece of art. For a dark bedroom, she used a

similar strategy, combining a central chandelier with discrete up-lights in the corners of the room, bedside lamps for reading and a pair of sconces over the fireplace opposite the bed. Light Up the Corners “When you have an empty and awkward corner, one trick of the trade is to transform that space with an oversized floor lamp,” said Caitlin Murray, the founder and chief executive of Black Lacquer Design, in Los Angeles.

“Look for a lamp that is complementary in finish and material to the surrounding space, and an otherwise lost corner instantly becomes an intentional, polished part of the overall room design.” To brighten up the space next to a desk in a bachelor’s living room, Ms. Murray chose the Detrick Floor Lamp, from Arteriors, in an earthy finish with a gray-green shade.

“It did the double duties of providing added light to his work space while also being a statement accent piece,” she said. “It was important to find something in tone and texture that both complemented the overall design and provided enough of a contrast to the surrounding neutrals to really make a visual impact.”

Smart City: More safety through connected lighting technology

Innovative lighting concepts can make a decisive contribution to safety in both urban and rural areas. After all, illuminated streets and squares ensure that pedestrians or cyclists have good visibility andjust as important - are seen by others. Of course, road traffic also requires illumination that is adapted to the local situation and the respective traffic volume in order to enable drivers to arrive safely after dark.

Representatives from cities and municipalities, architects, landscape and urban planners: all those who make decisions regarding modern lighting concepts will find valuable, up-to-date specialist information and competent partners for this complex task at the leading international trade fair for lighting and building services technology. After the pandemic-related break, this year's Autumn Edition of Light + Building provides the long-awaited overview of the latest technology and design trends. Because manufacturers, as well as engineers and designers, have been anything

but idle over the last four years - and will present a multitude of innovations.

These innovations also include products and concepts that advance the development of lighting technology for the intelligent city: The idea of the Smart City is based on integrated technology systems that make a city safer through extensive digitalisation and connectivity of lighting systems by means of individually remote-controllable lighting scenarios. And this is coordinated with the local situation and time of day. In addition to street lighting - with high visual comfortthis also includes non-invasive video surveillance, for example in parks, pedestrian zones and car parks.

The integration of video surveillance systems into modular, smart light pedestals is formally simple - and equips the outdoor luminaires with a valuable, security-relevant additional benefit. Brightness levels and light temperatures can be controlled according to the time of day and season, so that in combination with

LEDs they provide good illumination. In some models, the intervals can also be adjusted by sensors so that they react flexibly to the volume of traffic.

The increasingly important topic of sustainability touches on several aspects in the area of urban luminaires: in addition to the use of energy-saving LED components, the self-sufficiency of a luminaire through solar panels offers many advantages. The installation site can be chosen flexibly - there is no need for earthworks or cable laying.

Some models equipped with photovoltaic panels can already store electricity for ten days. Such panels are sometimes designed like a protective roof over the luminaire, sometimes they also use the pole itself as a surface to generate electricity. Many manufacturers already produce fully recyclable luminaires according to the principles of the circular economy.

For example, anodised aluminium poles can be 100 percent converted into new products even after decades of use. In Smart City concepts, the aspect of safety therefore has a prominent role: here, it is not just about "appearances", but about health and integrity. And about safety concepts in which sustainability, form and function become a unity.

The manufacturers' ranges include a large number of formally and technically diverse products: from cast-iron, historicising luminaires that atmospherically illuminate an old town alley - to clear, purist solutions that fit seamlessly into a modern architectural image.

Smart light is thus becoming a decisive component for increasing safety in cities. With the multitude of different spatial scenarios in metropolises as well as in small towns, it is therefore of great importance to develop precisely coordinated concepts that fit the respective structural environment and local conditions.

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A smart home starts with a smart door!

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Electrical installations in both industrial and consumer buildings need to meet the new challenges of our growing power needs. To increase the energy efficiency of buildings, while at the same time integrating consumers into the load compensation, will mean that controlling the switching of electrical devices on or off according to external signals, such as time and consumption, will be vital. www.new.abb.com/smartgrids/ smart-grid-technologies/smarthome-and-intelligent-buildings

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Since its formation in 1994, ASSA ABLoY has grown from a regional company into an international group with about 46,000 employees, operations in more than 70 countries and sales close to SEK 68 billion. The Group has a leading position in areas such as access control, identification technology, entrance automation and hotel security.

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Since its formation in 1994, ASSA ABLoY has grown from a regional company into an international group with about 46,000 employees, operations in more than 70 countries and sales close to SEK 68 billion. The Group has a leading position in areas such as access control, identification technology, entrance automation and hotel security. www.assaabloy.co.uk/en/local/uk/

Based on the Connected Building Platform from Bosch Software Innovations

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The Bosch Smart Home range includes both Single System products and System Solution products. Test the range of smart solutions to understand how these products are able to assist you in your daily lives; offering additional comfort, security for peace of mind and energy efficiency, saving you money within your home. Connectivity is more than just technology, it is now part of our every-day lives making life easier and allowing more time for the things that really matter! www.bosch-smarthome.com

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Designed to be offered as a service from the ground up. Enabling our channel partners – insurers, telcos and builders - to add value to their core business creating a more intimate relationship with their consumer and B2B customers. The Cozify platform offers complete flexibility in data gathering and utilization. If so chosen, none of the data leaves the Cozify Hub. Alternatively, with consent from end users, the data can be extracted and analysed to support business decision making. www.en.cozify.fi/pages/for-partners

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Connected products is a growing area for Dyson building world-class cross functional Agile teams and adopting the latest technology and techniques delivering our ambitious vision in the connected space. In 2016 we launched our first two connected products now having a connected user base of hundreds of thousands in twenty countries. Culture of design and engineering excellence with an innovative start up mentality winning the 2016 T3 Connected product of the year. https://careers.dyson.com/

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Energenie is part of Sandal Plc a public listed uK technology company, Sandal Plc is the brand and IP owner of the Mi|Home smart home system. The Mi|Home ecosystem can control heating, lighting and electrical appliances via both plug and play and retro fit actuators, including radiators valves, retrofit wall sockets and retro-fit light switches. The system also includes a range of sensors that are able to control the Mi|Home actuators allowing for a smarter experience.

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EAE Technology

EAE is established in 1973 and is a global company which has sister companies in Germany, Italy, Australia, USA, UAE and Russia. EAE exports its products to 112 countries, and has many regional offices all around the world.

EAE Technology is a member of EAE Group of companies and develops and produces intelligent building solutions with open protocols such as KNX and DALI. At the same time, EAE Technology is an R&D center and KNX training center. As of today, EAE Technology products are in use in 60 countries. The mission of the company is to develop smart automation systems and devices that improve and facilitate people’s environmental conditions, as well as saving energy.

Customer centricity and reliability

EAE Technolgy gained trust and established long term relationships with all its customers due to its focus on customer satisfaction.

Providing long time warranty, fast response are very important strenghts of the company.

Also, giving short leadtime despite worldwide supply chain problems and microprocessor crises made EAE Technology’s brand value on a different positions on its customers mind.

Quality focus

Creating difference in the rapidly developing technology world depends to have a dynamic quality system and to make it sustainable. EAE Technology’s Quality Management System passed many international audits.

EAE Technology differantiates the products with testing each and every device for all functions. Despite the process is costly with the requirement of extra manpower, time and focus, EAE Technology is aware of the imposrtance of customer satisfaction.

Innovation and Speed

EAE Technology, with its experienced R&D team, follows the innovations closely and develops products which is on the front line of global new trends and presents them to the market.

EAE Technology continues to develop patented products and features that bring a new perspective to different sectors.

Online Stores in 5 European countries!

EAE Technology took its place in the online market with the acceleration of the growing online shopping. EAE Technology established online stores in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and UK.

Five language options are added to EAE Technology’s website and products’s technical files and ETS databases.

We are looking for local Channel Partners for execution of online stores and to establish and govern the sales network in these countries.

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Smart Home Solutions

EAE Technology provides thousands of users in hundereds of mega projects brings comfort and security and gives chance to control their smart home via mobile app. At the same time, EAE Technology offers elegant and stylish switches, thermostat series and touch panels with different designs and materials options, which will adapt to houses designed in different concepts for architects.

In addition, EAE Technology products has become the choice of system integrators with its fast assembly, ease of programming and patented functional features in both DIN rail products and field products.

Unique design, touch sensitivity, high grade raw materials, patented features…

Rosa capacitive touch switches and thermostats have variation of different color, material (4mm glass and aluminium surface) and design.

Rosa product family offers stylish appearance with quality and harmony for luxury villas and highrise residential building. Compatible socket ranges in EU, BS and universal standards are available.

Commercial and Industrial Building Solutions

EAE Technology’s lighting control solution provides significant level of energy saving for commercial and industrial buildings. Through specially developed sensors for different requirements, robust backend devices, substantial keypad series and central monitoring system, EAE Technology provides full solution for commercial and industrial buildings.

Affordable elegance!

As a plastic series of product, Oria series differantiated with its beautiful design, color options and up to 12 button options. Also the sandblasting surface prevents fingerprint.

Hotel GMRS Solutions

In addition to making comfort and security accessible in hotel rooms, EAE Technology’s GRMS system has patent pending unique devices. Integration to BMS and PMS systems are also possible.

Switches

Capacitive touch buttons

Up to 12 buttons

Limitless Configuration

EAE broke new ground in the GRMS sector and developed a limitlesss configurable product family. There is no similarly configurable product in KNX World. Glass keypads, thermostats, card holders, bedsides panels and DND/MUR modules are customisable with product configurator tool. Combination of different products (switches, thermostats, card holders, bedsides panels) as a single product

Single, double, tripple press options

RGB backlights

Combination with thermostat, card holder and socket

Any alphabet for texts

Configuration tool for icons

Card Holders

RFID card reader

Available for 1k,2k,3K,4K and ultralight cards

Up to 6 extra switching buttons

Single, double, tripple press options

Combination with switch and thermostat

DND MUR

IP65 option

Laundary and occupancy indication

Horizontal and vertical useage

Enlighted hotel logo and room number

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Stability and Reliability

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The New Living and Working Environment: KNX at the core of safe and energy-efficient spaces

energy-efficient environments for living and working, and outlines why KNX technology offers the ideal choice in terms of space flexibility, adaptability and maintainability.

aul Foulkes looks at the way we must adapt buildings to provide safe, healthy and

Covid has affected almost every aspect of our lives, and how we work has been a key area that has changed. Initially, we worked from home, and a lot of us struggled with this new dynamic, but as we slowly return to our offices, we find that the

workplace has changed. Even with the most recent relaxation of Covid measures in the UK, the office is very much different to how it was in early 2020. All of these changes have led us to be much more aware of our working environment – for ‘work space’ read ‘social distancing’, for ‘room temperature’ we now also think of ‘ventilation’ and ‘air quality’. Even at home, these are things we now consider.

In the commercial environment, we

have learned that flexibility isn’t just about linking a sensor with the HVAC or some lights – it’s about being able to tailor the building for new layouts and ever-changing levels of occupancy. With continuing rises in energy costs, maintaining optimum energy efficiency is another factor that we all must consider.

These new issues will be of concern to us at all levels of interaction,

KNX sensors such as the Theben AMUN 716 CO2 Monitor can be used to monitor prevailing conditions and adjust the environment accordingly.

whether we be end-users, managers, or facilities management (FM) teams. This means as constructors and integrators, we must consider these elements in our new building designs, as well as see if we can deal with them in our existing buildings.

Changing spaces

The office space is changing – we were used to hot-desking, but Covid has forced us to re-assess shared space. It has to be flexible but also easily cleaned to keep it healthy. Social distancing means space is at a premium so businesses are exploring the possibilities of contactless work environments. At the same time, working from home, for many of us, will remain in some form, and mixing this work environment with our home life will require new approaches to residential buildings.

A lot of offices will have some form

of BMS, so changes may be possible. We know that KNX has the full capabilities, across multiple commercial and residential building topologies to effect the changes required. Ensuring that new buildings include this flexibility, adaptability and maintainability will come from design collaboration that can be driven by the KNX integrator. Existing buildings can adapt if KNX is already at the core of the BMS installation.

Real-time space management

Space management linking to real occupancy usage and ventilation adaptation is essential. The control solutions must factor in energy management, with lighting control and efficient, comfortable heating. Thanks to a choice of sophisticated presence detectors, KNX offers a perfect solution to this by integrating intelligent lighting control with multiple types of HVAC. There are pixel-based sensors that go a step

further by keeping count of how many people are in a space in real time. This can be used to provide feedback to restrict access when an area is full, or to increase the ventilation to ensure fresh, clean air is provided in more confined spaces when more people arrive. This is pre-emptive control rather than reacting to already high levels of CO2. Using KNX to integrate motorised doors, it would be simple to create a completely contactless environment as people move through a building and use different spaces. A scenario could be as follows: in a high-rotation office space, a group of people have booked a meeting room. This booking was carried out remotely and logged on the building system. When they enter the room, it has been brought up to temperature for them ten minutes before the meeting was due to start. The lights turn on as they enter, dependent on ambient light levels. They log in so their presence is recorded, and the

system adjusts based on the number of people actually using the room. The system monitors CO2, temperature, light and shading, and adjusts heating, lighting and ventilation accordingly, in real time, exactly dependent of the prevailing conditions and use case. This is truly effective real time space management.

KNX in the home

At home, things are slightly different. The same requirements exist, namely adequate ventilation, suitable lighting and the correct heating, all managed to the highest levels of energy efficiency. Modern housing should be able to fulfil this from outset, rather than by having to add Internetdependent gadgets. KNX can play the central role in residential development and, for instance, help to achieve the requirements set out in the recently-revised and updated UK building regulations.

Future-proofing:

beware

of smart home products with a limited lifespan

Not having to worry whether your technology is function ing as it should, whether it be your car starting, the fridge running or the boiler supplying heat and hot water, engenders a sense of security. If these functions are interrupted or fail to happen, the consequences can be challenging, possibly dangerous, and maybe even fatal. In aircraft, there are multiple redundant control systems with failsafes, but for building automation systems, that isn’t costeffective – especially not in the residential market. For buildings, the technology must be able to withstand challenging installation conditions and be capable of supporting constant high levels of usage.

In an age when no building owner can risk having their control systems compromised, it is vital to maintain security and reduce the risk of infiltration from local up to sophisticated DNS-type IP attacks. This all means that systems installed in buildings should be dependable, robust and secure, as well as upgradable when it makes sense to do so. Commercial installations are high-cost and are organised to assess and mitigate these risks. At residential level however, the way that building automation is carried out is very different. Withdrawing support for consumer smart home products

For the home, there is a reliance on Internet and Wi-Fi-based products. The evolving nature of this market can become further complicated by ever-changing Wi-Fi standards, the promise of ever faster mobile networks that will displace the home Wi-Fi network, and a lack a standardisation. Updates and upgrades are commonplace, but this can have its downside too. Eventually the hardware is no longer capable of running the new software and becomes obsolete.

Security has been cited by consumer-based smart home product manufacturers as the reason to remove some systems from the market. Unfortunately, as some are cloud-based, all functionality can be lost. The paying consumer is left with non-functioning hardware and having to pay again for a solution. This can leave a bitter taste.

For example, the Osram LIGHTIFY cloud servers will be switched off on 31 August 2021. After this, the LIGHTIFY service and support will be discontinued. Meanwhile, after 30 April 2020 no software updates will be made available for the Philips Hue Bridge v1 and compatibility with its online services, including Google Assistant and Alexa, will be terminated. Philips recommends that customers upgrade to the v2 model of the Hue Bridge rather than continue using the limited function-

ality of the v1. There is also the question of reliability of the Internet, specifically the Wi-Fi router. Often it is unsecure, sometimes it is very low quality. In the case of cloud-based solutions that pass through the Wi-Fi router, there is the constant question of information security. Even if the network is secure, what is the owner of the cloud service doing with your details?

Considerations before purchasing a building automation solution

The choice of system must be secure, cost-effective and have an acceptable lifetime. Being backwardly-compatible and fully futureproofed brings further advantages. It must be capable of dealing with the complex energy management requirements that will come with microgrid and vehicle to grid (#V2G) connectivity and multipletariff energy supply.

The solution should be upgradeable, for both the contractor and the consumer. If you want additions such as voice control, it should be the system of your choice and it should be as an additional ‘layer’ of functionality. That additional layer could be, for instance, a simple door lock or voice control. That voice control could be for your convenience, such as calling up a lighting scene when you are entertaining, or it

could be part of a support system to enable someone with disabilities to interact with their house, as in assistive technology.

Housing developers should offer a solution that is fully-installed and fully-functioning from the outset. The system should be something that offers the end-customer choice and for which they can easily find support.

Trusting in the future

The construction industry is embracing Modern Methods of Construction (#MMC) by employing offsite modular buildings. This ensures that each building module remains flexible and can be cabled in the factory, thus reducing the onsite wiring time. In order for the occupant to have the best assurance of longevity for their smart home technology, in addition to the previously-mentioned requirements of robustness, dependability and security, the installed solution should offer choice, be flexible and be openly compatible with multiple other vendor systems and solutions.

KNX is the safe choice

Having KNX at the core of any building satisfies all of these requirements. A KNX solution gives full control to the user, and flexibility to the contractor.

Residential building automation installations can be very different from commercial ones.

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A Fresh Perspective: three ways that KNX changed my opinion of ‘smart’

Until joining Ivory Egg, my idea of a smart home was smart plugs, off-the-shelf ‘intelligent’ lightbulbs, a few clever widgets on my phone and some home assistant speakers dotted about the house.

Fast-forward a few months and KNX has unravelled this mess of isolated solutions in my mind. I now see a set of unconnected smart devices solving some issues in the home whilst causing many more. If we ignore the strain put on the home network, the fact that my partner struggles to switch a light on if it has not been turned off correctly shows that the whole thing needs a rethink. I’ve found that devices such as

smart plugs create ‘stupid smart solutions’ from existing technologies, in place of real intelligence and automation. They may be a good introduction, but the education must be done around true smart solutions.

To that end, I’m sharing three of the reasons why I’m now an advocate of KNX. This is a fresh perspective from someone new to the industry. Take it as a reminder of points to share with your potential customers when discussing solutions. Perhaps it will remind you of why you also love working with KNX.

1. 500+ brands that would never normally work together, talk the

same language

Even in the smallest of homes, the chances are that the lights, TV, heating system and speakers are all made by different manufacturers. Each will be an expert in its particular industry but will also have its own control system.

This was unavoidable to me. Clutter was a trade-off for smarter devices. We have ‘app acne’ on our phones, ‘wall acne’ from light switches alongside thermostats, and ‘control clutter’ from a plethora of remotes. So, you can imagine my amazement when I heard that 500 manufacturers now use KNX to work seamlessly

together. The scale and coverage of these manufacturers must not be underestimated. It represents an unignorable vote of confidence in KNX and its future from the tech industry as a whole. Perhaps more importantly, it means devices are talking. No more workarounds, widgets, acne or clutter. By replacing it all with a single control platform operating all devices together and in sync, the user can take charge of the building, transforming how it is used. I find myself saying to friends, “You might not have heard of KNX, but you’ll know the brands that use it”. Namedrop a few of these and customers will soon want to know more about how it can transform their home! 2. It defines scalability

Control clutter need not be an inevitable trade-off for smarter devices.

KNX is built to grow. By operating on a single standardised bus cable with a common language, it not only means different brands work together, but it also allows the system to grow easily using the existing infrastructure. That means every time a manufacturer joins the KNX contingent, you can be confident in scaling up projects and adding in new devices.

The bus cable also removes limitations associated with devices operating directly on the network. KNX gives you the option to have a dedicated line of communication for the smart home, unencumbered by other users. Updating the hardware and software of the system is a support service that you can easily sell to customers, while backwards compatibility means growing projects comes without worry. This is the backbone of a smart building.

3. It could save the planet

Many of the benefits associated with KNX are obvious. Enabling full

building control, saving time and having access to more manufacturers that all speak through a single control system is great. But what about the benefit to the planet?

Lower operating costs are a major draw for many to KNX, but when you look at the bigger picture you realise something more is happening. We’re unconsciously improving our relationship with energy. The most efficient system is one that is off. Heating a room often means heating an entire home. We light a hallway all evening but only walk down it a few times. Many systems are not built to consider how we use space and thus energy. By becoming conscious of the ‘why’ and building a solution around this we can deliver efficient automation that accommodates the occupant. Furthermore, ventilation has become a safety necessity in more recent times. The ability to monitor room occupancy and use the HVAC system to keep occupants healthy takes this idea of saving the planet to a new level.

Conclusion

Since I joined Ivory Egg, the number of manufacturers working on KNXcompatible devices ticked past the 500 mark and innovations are being made every day to continue its development. At 30 years old, the pace of change is phenomenal and the ability for KNX to improve people’s lives is still only in its infancy. I’ve been revisiting if dumb devices, that I previously thought were amazing, offer any of the above benefits to my life. Are the lights coming on when the room gets dark or when the system believes it to be sunset? Is the heating coming on because it is cold and people are home or because it usually would? Is there even water in the kettle or is the smart plug just a gimmick to boil it? In most cases, these devices now sit in a box under the bed. Consumer smart devices are more of a novelty, whereas KNX systems are changing the way people interact with their homes and energy. So, I encourage you; next time you’re speaking to someone about a project, think about the reason you’ve bought into KNX and what it means for homeowners, the industry and the planet. Give them the introduction I’ve had – they will be sold!

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