KNX keynote at smart buildings conference

KNX Association’s chief technical officer, Joost Demarest, based in Belgium, will share his experience, technical expertise and vision for the future of smart buildings at the Future Trend Talks, the seminar series at Integrate on Wednesday, 27 August 2014.

As KNX is the creator of Europe’s standard of intelligent building protocol, this keynote session will reveal how the Australian building industry can achieve a ‘smart city’; a KNX City model where building automation (the simultaneous control of lighting, heating/cooling, security and household appliances etc), industrial control systems and city infrastructure systems all work together as one. 

In his keynote ‘KNX and the Smart City’, Demarest will explain the reasons why KNX, in line with the International Energy Performance Regulations, has launched the KNX City concept which establishes the basis to achieve future smart cities based on KNX technology.

“This session will explain in detail how a simultaneously controlled, monitored and signalled system can significantly lower energy consumption and provide users with added convenience. In addition, I will unveil KNX’s Smart City - our vision for the future, where I’ll demonstrate how the harmonious sharing of data and control between energy suppliers, the power grid, buildings and users across one standard control protocol will set the benchmark for the future smart building,” said Demarest.

The keynote will be followed by two other sessions:

• Smart Building Facades - A New View by Anders Hall, International Affairs Manager, Somfy

For many years, the facade of a building has been seen as an element designed to block the outside world from entering the internal environment. Designers are now beginning to understand that the facade can be used intelligently to facilitate the controlled movement of energy, greatly reducing the operating costs of the building and improving occupant comfort. Using a recent study and global best practice projects, this seminar will demonstrate how the facade and automated dynamic solar shading can be incorporated into fully converged smart buildings of any size.

• World Class Technologies in Australian Smart Buildings - a panel discussion with Peter Garrett, managing director, mySmartCTI and Joost Demarest, chief technical officer, KNX, and Anders Hall.  

This panel discussion will examine the challenges of delivering the perfect smart building and give delegates practical insights into ways buildings can be designed to seamlessly integrate global smart technologies into Australian buildings.