KNX Journal 2011-1

Cape Town (South Africa)
KNX at the Green Building Expo
KNX booth at the Decorex trade show & Stadium for the Wold Cup in South Africa
New Market Survey Presentation
The statistics taken from a
published international market
survey compiled by South
Westphalia University of Ap-
New Press Releases in 2011
The new press releases
“United States Opens Up to
Green Building Technology,”
and “KNX Scores with Energy
Efficiency in Europe, Asia
and the US”, highlight the
increase in the use of KNX
worldwide. The former puts
In September 2010, the Green
Building Council of South
Africa hosted another Expo.
The first green building standards
body in South Africa,
the Green Building Council
offers a Rating System for
Green Buildings similar to
What bus technology do you work with most frequently? (Comparison in %)
76,61 percent of users answered KNX
Australia‘s System. This rating
is helping South Africa adopt
green building techniques and
principles. The Expo included
talks on industry related topics
with many booths by various
Suppliers. This included a
KNX Booth, explaining and
demonstrating benefits of
KNX; Promotional materials
were provided to delegates.
An interesting sight was that
many delegates were already
aware of KNX, showing that
the market is beginning to take
notice. This was a successful
show for all, but especially
KNX!
Contact: www.eiba.co.za
plied Sciences have again
concluded that there is a very
strong consensus among respondents
regarding the global
standard for home and
building control: KNX is the
clear favourite. The survey
was conducted in April 2010
during “Light+Building”, the
world’s largest trade fair for
architecture and technology.
If you are interested, please
download it from this link.
The presentation is in English
(the first part) and German
(the second part).
Contact: www.knx.org/newspress/press-room
the emphasis on the American
market, whilst the latter
pays special attention to energy
efficiency with KNX.
Contact: www.knx.org/newspress/press-room
KNX Out & About
KNX Conferences/
Fairs Schedule
2011
ISH 2011
15. – 19. 3. 2011
Frankfurt am Main
(Germany)
Trade fair for bathroom,
building, energy, HVAC,
renewable energies
ish.messefrankfurt.com
Energy Efficiency
and Renovation
of Buildings Congress
16. – 17. 3. 2011
Malaga (Spain)
Energy efficiency conference
organized by KNX Spain
www.knxitlforum.org/malaga
eltefa 2011
23. – 25. 3. 2011
Stuttgart (Germany)
A trade fair mainly oriented
to the electrical industry
sector
www.messe-stuttgart.de/
eltefa
Power Days
6. – 8. 4. 2011
Salzburg (Austria)
Home and building automation
fair
www.power-days.at
The 37th International
Building Trade Fair
(UFI)
12. – 16. 4. 2011
Belgrade (Serbia)
The leading construction industry
meeting point in the
South East Europe region
www.seebbe.com
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