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KNX celebrates 20 years as the worldwide standard for home and building control at Light+Building 2010 (22/2/2010)

• New ETS4: faster, simpler and more open
• Electrical installer from 6 different countries to exhibit 16 energy-efficient KNX applications
• “TOP Event” to celebrate 20 years of KNX, with participants from more
than 50 countries

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 13 April in the Forum building, to mark the 20th anniversary of KNX, and will also include the KNX Award Ceremony 2010.

New ETS4; new, energy-efficient applications; new specifications (KNX, 8.0 F98 and 11.1 C97)

KNX will be exhibiting the new ETS4 beta version, new energy-efficient applications (for schools, offices, industrial and residential buildings), and considerably extended new specifications, at two different exhibition spaces:

8.0 F98 (main stand) and 11.1 C97. The focus will be on the completely overhauled ETS4, which is considerably faster, simpler, and more open than its predecessor. KNX User Club members from 6 different countries will be exhibiting 16 impressive and highly practical KNX applications in the areas of energy efficiency, multimedia, smart metering, audio/video, safety/security, HVAC, remote surveillance, etc. KNX specifications 2.0, which is an extension to the previous KNX protocol (version 1.1), will also be unveiled for the first time at the stand. Key additions to the KNX protocol include new wireless, smart metering and audio/video specifications.

KNX TOP Event: 20-year jubilee show and KNX Award Ceremony (in the Forum building)

To mark the 20th anniversary of KNX/EIB, the KNX TOP Event 2010 – including the KNX Award Ceremony 2010 and the world premiere of the new ETS4 – will take place on Tuesday 13 April 2010 at 6.30 pm in “Forum” (between halls 3 and 5, entrance by the Maritim hotel). This international event, with participants from more than 50 countries, is being organised in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt, and will feature a wide range of top entertainment acts. Entry is free of charge. Registration at www.knx.org/topevent is required.

The KNX-based “e-house” (ZVEH, 8.0 / J60)

The special show “The e-house: combining energy, efficiency, electrical engineering and intelligence” has been put together for professionals, by professionals, to bring the subject of energy efficiency to life. The “e-house” is a 160-square metre model house with seven rooms, specially built to demonstrate proven, practical, functional KNX building automation applications. Built on a scale of 1:1, it shows just what is possible today with building automation. The components, all networked via KNX, and from a variety of different manufacturers, will all be in operation during the fair. Thanks to the networking and intelligent coordination of the individual KNX components in the system, energy is deployed and used with maximum efficiency.

Are we right up to date? (BZL, 9.1 / D20)

The tenth KNX competition for electro and information technology trainees, run by BZL Lauterbach (Training and Technology Centre for Electro and Information Technology) in cooperation with the Hessen/Rhineland-Palatinate Electro and Information Technology Association (FEHR), will take place at this year’s Light+Building. At the event, all trainees in these sectors will once again have the opportunity to win generous prizes by demonstrating their knowledge of KNX building automation.

KNX Association is the creator and owner of the KNX technology – the worldwide STANDARD for all applications in home and building control, ranging from lighting and shutter control to various security systems, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, monitoring, alarming, water control, energy management, smart metering as well as household appliances, audio/video and lots more. KNX is the worldwide standard for home and building control with a single, manufacturer independent design and commissioning tool (ETS), with a complete set of supported communication media (TP, PL, RF and IP) as well as a complete set of supported configuration modes (system and easy mode). KNX is approved as a European (CENELEC EN 50090 and CEN EN 13321-1) and an International standard (ISO/IEC 14543-3). This standard is based upon more than 20 years of experience in the market including its predecessors, EIB, EHS and BatiBUS. Over 185 member companies worldwide from different application domains have almost 7000 KNX certified product groups in their catalogues. The KNX Association has partnership agreements with more than 30,000 installer companies in more than 100 countries.

www.knx.org/lb2010