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HVAC APPLICATIONS
HVAC APPLICATIONS
Great developments in the field of home and building automation were made possible
especially thanks to an open, modular and interoperable standard like KNX. This
innovative standard was born from the merging of three European systems (EIB,
BatiBUS and EHS), developed and brought to the market in the early 90’s. The diffusion
of the system was facilitated by an intense work of cooperation at normative level in
the standard committee at European level. For this reason, too, KNX is a standard
characterized by a total conformity with norm EN 50090 on electronic systems for the
control of homes and buildings (HBES, Home and Building Electronic Systems).
The presence on the market of this standard since 1991 offers the best guarantee
in terms of reliability and consolidation of the technology used. The openness of the
standard and that of the KNX Association, on the other hand, ensure availability of
products in the long run and a constant development, both in terms of technology and
offering of products, functions and applications.
The vitality of KNX proposals is witnessed by the sustained expansion of the association,
seeing the entry of manufacturers, coming from many different areas, and from the tens
of thousands of technicians who chose it to specialize in the field of building automation.
Achievable savings with the adoption of the KNX system for Home & Building control:
• 40% over shutters control
• 50% over individual ambient control
• 60% over ambient lighting control
• 60% over ventilation control
For customers, the variety and availability of KNX products has no comparison in other
technological areas, and the system openness translates into the highest free choice,
thereby avoiding the disadvantageous dependence of having to buy from a single sup-
plier. Thanks to the modularity of the system, a project can be extended in time, starting
with a basic configuration and adding more functions later. The native interoperability of
KNX products is fundamental to technicians, as it allows to design a system by always
choosing the most suitable technical options, reducing compromise and ties caused by
proprietory systems which do not communicate with one another.
Moreover, the system offers new professional opportunities to designers and system
integrators, making it possible to receive a consistent and high-level technical training
and become certified KNX Partners.
The KNX standard
The KNX standard is entirely compliant with
norm EN 50090 on HBES (Home and Building
Electronic Systems) systems)
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