KNX Journal 2011-1
KNX Journal 2011-1
KNX Journal 2011-1
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Green Future<br />
Technologies pty. Ltd.<br />
(Australia)<br />
Due to good cooperation of the <strong>KNX</strong><br />
User Club Austria with <strong>KNX</strong> users in<br />
Australia, where currently the use of<br />
<strong>KNX</strong>-products is strongly increasing,<br />
there was a strong desire for their<br />
own training centre. The <strong>KNX</strong> users in<br />
Australia used to make the huge effort<br />
and a 22 hour flight to visit a European<br />
<strong>KNX</strong> Partners<br />
training centre. With the establishment of<br />
the first Australian <strong>KNX</strong> training centre<br />
Green Future Technologies now offers<br />
certification courses and professional<br />
courses to meet the requirements of the<br />
growing <strong>KNX</strong> market.<br />
Contact: www.greenfuturetechnologies.com<br />
Hager<br />
<strong>KNX</strong> Training Center<br />
(The Netherlands)<br />
As one of the founders of <strong>KNX</strong>, Hager<br />
has had experience with <strong>KNX</strong> for over<br />
20 years. Hager has long emphasized the<br />
need for well trained <strong>KNX</strong> installers<br />
and was the first manufacturer in the<br />
Netherlands to become a <strong>KNX</strong> Certified<br />
Training Center. Hager offers a one day<br />
training course for programming in <strong>KNX</strong><br />
Easy mode, as well as the official <strong>KNX</strong><br />
System mode training which on successful<br />
completion will result in the official <strong>KNX</strong><br />
certificate. Besides these basic courses,<br />
Hager also provides application courses<br />
in order to acquire more knowledge and<br />
experience with various functionalities in<br />
either Easy or System mode. The <strong>KNX</strong><br />
Easy courses are a perfect way to start<br />
your experience with home and building<br />
automation; the <strong>KNX</strong> System courses are<br />
meant for installers that deal with more<br />
advanced, complex installations.<br />
Contact: www.hager.nl<br />
IUT de Nimes (France)<br />
The department of “ Genie Electrique de<br />
I’lnstitut Universitaire Technologique” of<br />
Nimes has been training professionals and<br />
students for a few years on new building<br />
technologies. These technologies concern<br />
the fields of energy control and renewable<br />
energy production. The <strong>KNX</strong> training<br />
naturally comes into play with the goal<br />
of energy saving in buildings. The department<br />
of “ Genie Electrique de I’lnstitut<br />
Universitaire Technologique” of Nimes<br />
offers both basic <strong>KNX</strong> training sessions<br />
but also advanced sessions, and offers<br />
training sessions to the industrialists in<br />
that field for their customers on specific<br />
products. They have a platform dedicated<br />
to the study of the <strong>KNX</strong> technology. It<br />
is based on seven well equipped workstations<br />
and a pilot house of SSC type<br />
(Satiment Sasse Consumption).<br />
Contact: www.iut-nimes.fr<br />
Lycée Louis ARMAND<br />
(France)<br />
Lycée<br />
Mulhouse<br />
Within the framework of electrical engineering<br />
courses, Lycée Louis ARMAND<br />
implemented <strong>KNX</strong> bus technology in<br />
many projects. The first one, realized<br />
during three years, consisted of the implementation<br />
of a building management<br />
system in a practical work classroom of<br />
their school with a switching/dimming<br />
device for controlling fluorescent lamps<br />
through a Dali-<strong>KNX</strong> gateway. An educational<br />
system, highlighting the equipment<br />
working on <strong>KNX</strong> bus was utilized by the<br />
teachers. This second project emphasizes<br />
the use of the software ETS3. The third<br />
project consisted of implementing the<br />
lighting of the corridors in one building<br />
of the school, which was modified to<br />
make it completely managed by <strong>KNX</strong>. This<br />
installation allows the use many functions.<br />
Contact: www.louis-armand-mulhouse.fr<br />
Poznan University<br />
of Technology (Poland)<br />
The “<strong>KNX</strong> System and Energy Efficiency<br />
Evaluation Laboratory” is located at<br />
the Poznan University of Technology in<br />
Poland. Its activities are focused on the<br />
development of new control algorithms<br />
that may lead to reduction of energy use<br />
in buildings. These new algorithms are<br />
designed to control HVAC, lights and<br />
blinds. Apart from that, they are working<br />
on the integration of electrical and<br />
heating installations with security and<br />
fire protection systems. The laboratory<br />
is also equipped with data acquisition and<br />
visualisation systems and a wide range<br />
of the newest diagnostic devices such as<br />
thermal imagers with IR-fusion technology,<br />
DTX cable analyzers and more. The<br />
laboratory is a place of meeting where<br />
specialists and engineers can familiarize<br />
themselves with the benefits of intelligent<br />
building and <strong>KNX</strong> as the system of choice.<br />
Contact: Aniela.kaminska@put.poznan.pl<br />
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