Alina Biessenberger

The new “Battery-free by EnOcean” logo marks self-powered wireless switch solutions based on the EnOcean technology. It allows private users to readily identify the associated benefits: operation without batteries or cables, maintenance-free design, flexibility and comfort. Effective immediately, manufacturers can use the new logo to advertise their self-powered wireless switches that integrate the EnOcean energy-harvesting […]

Wireless, batteryless, maintenance-free, flexible: These four words sum up the benefits of a radio-based switch that operates with EnOcean’s energy harvesting technology. The PTM 21x switch module family from EnOcean lies at the heart of these devices. These modules integrate the ECO 200 energy converter and a wireless circuit board. In doing so, they use […]

With Nuimo Click, Senic offers a wireless switch for easy and flexible control of Philips Hue lights and Sonos speakers. Integrating the energy harvesting technology from EnOcean, it can be mounted anywhere and never needs to be recharged. Nuimo Click is the convenient control for a home – ready for use anywhere and anytime. It […]

Smart home and building automation systems require reliable data sources using open protocols. Energy harvesting switches and sensors for Zigbee, Bluetooth and EnOcean radio protocol uniquely address these needs. EnOcean has been offering self-powered wireless switches based on the Zigbee standard for around five years now. One example is the Philips Hue Tap, which allows […]

The EnOcean sensor portfolio is growing. New on board are the solar-operated EMDC PIR motion detector and a multisensor family, which both harvest energy from ambient light without any batteries or cables. Self-powered sensor for smart lighting control The new EMDC Easyfit sensor is an enhancement to the existing EOSC product family. Like EOSC, the […]

Everyone is talking about the smart home, not least because of Apple’s HomeKit and Amazon’s Alexa. But when it comes to rental homes, who benefits from the smart technology? Fifty-seven percent of Germans are convinced that smart home applications will be found in nearly every household a few years from now (source: Bitkom Research 2018). […]

The J G O’Donoghue Building in Edmonton is an enormous, three story, 262,500 square foot office building operated by the Province of Alberta. A $32 m retrofit project of the building was completed in 2018 to meet the Alberta Go-Green program that incentivizes buildings to rely on renewable energy. The project was a full renovation […]

Every day, a new manufacturer promises to deliver allegedly revolutionary smart home solutions. But do these promises really deserve the trust of a loyal clientele? Do the components in the devices meet the highest quality standards? Will these companies, and thus their spare parts and support, still be around tomorrow? With Eltako Smart Home Professional, […]

Seit mehr als 70 Jahren wird der Name Eltako im gleichen Atemzug mit Leistungsstärke und Ideenreichtum genannt, mit höchster Kompetenz und Qualität in der Entwicklung und Fertigung innovativer Produkte für die Gebäudeinstallation und Steuerungstechnik. Jeden Tag verspricht ein neuer Hersteller angeblich revolutionäre Smart Home-Lösungen, doch rechtfertigen diese auch das Vertrauen einer langjährigen Kundschaft? Genügen die […]

The room controller SAUTER ecos505 enables both seamless integration into the building management system and the automation of the primary installations. SAUTER therefore combines energy consumption and generation thereby allowing demand-controlled regulation of the supply media. SAUTER ecos505 is a freely programmable BACnet building controller (B-BC) and part of the SAUTER EY-modulo 5 system. The […]