The Belgian Building Research Institute (BBRI) has created a new technical committee BIM* & ICT that will also focus on ICT and other technologies of the future like drones, 3D prints, Internet of Things, etc. One of the actual tendencies is the demand for integrated home automation systems: the sun that controls the ventilation and […]

iMinds, Flanders’ digital research centre, has launched the “City of Things” project in the Belgium city of Antwerp last year. About a year ago iMinds, several universities and IT businesses have teamed up to roll out a network of sensors in Antwerp. This network can make for instance footpaths, roads and utilities “intelligent”. The generated […]

The home automation system Tebis from Hager is based on KNX; the official standard for technical control of houses and other buildings. Hager has developed “easy link” (configuration tool TXA 100), a simplified programming method that will help installers to program the home automation system in a user-friendly way. The configuration kit TXA 100 will […]

The EEBus Initiative has released version 1.0 of its interoperability standard. The goal is to standardize most of these technologies/protocols and many others in the world of internet of things and big data. The specifications can be downloaded freely for everybody. A fast implementation of real-world application is possible also for the reason that component […]

‘Lifelong-housing’ test home introduces smart care solutions! The «lifelong-housing» test home in Aalst (Belgium) can be seen as a flat equipped with smart care solutions that people over 65 can discover during a short stay. The test home is energy efficient and sports a state-of-the-art care and call system, home automation and innovative security. The […]

ZigBee 3.0 opens the door to a new era of improved communication and interoperability between products used in applications ranging from connected homes, intelligent buildings, smart cities, etc. ZigBee 3.0 along with the finalization of the Common Applications Library, will contribute to the further expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) market. The ZigBee Alliance […]

The BSH Home Appliances Group has recently launched its Home Connect app. The Home Connect app can now control household appliances made by diffenrent brands even when away from home. Of course, the exchange of device-specific information and transfer of personal data is encrypted. The Home Connect system guarantees not only the connectivity between home […]

The “empathic intelligent home” can contribute to solving the rapidly ageing population problem. Within the “Fit the Future” project, being part of the Dutch Enabling Environment Lab (DEEL), they will try to develop one “empathic self-supporting demo house” equipped with state-of-the-art technologies in the field of energy storage and production, etc. This demo house will […]

Imec and Holst Centre have developed a testbed for building intuitive and scalable Internet of Things (IoT) applications. They offer this testbed to companies and partners to test their sensors, communication radios or ideas in order to accelerate the market introduction of their IoT application. For example a company specialized in home automation wants to […]

Elektro.Mat and Domotic.Lounge, two Belgian companies with a lot of expertise in the home and building automation market, will bring their activities together in a new company called Sumi. Sumi will focus on open and brand independent standards and will concentrate on new and renovation projects. Their developed concept Shopcontroller can reduce the energy cost […]