EnOcean Alliance and Ivory Egg to demonstrate intelligent, energy saving products for residential and commercial building applications
Oberhaching/Munich, 5 August 2008
The EnOcean Alliance and Ivory Egg will display an innovative range of self-powered wireless products on Stand T33 at 100% Detail 2008, the UK's definitive home-grown building products event. A major highlight for stand visitors will be the amazing LightHive installation designed by architect Alex Haw. A high tech ergonomic, ecological office chair and Echo light switches from MK Electric, a Honeywell business, will also be on display, together with switch offerings from Omnio and room temperature sensors from Thermokon.
The show will offer the ideal opportunity for the EnOcean Alliance to communicate its strategy and success to date in developing EnOcean self-powered wireless sensor technology as the standard for sustainable buildings. Powered by tiny amounts of energy drawn from light, movement or changes in temperature in their surrounding environment, EnOcean sensors are able to transmit reliable wireless signals over 30 metres inside a building and 300 metres in free air.
They can be used wherever there is a need for wireless, hassle-free control of lighting, blinds, shutters, heating and air conditioning. These capabilities inspired Alex Haw to conceive the LightHive installation, first shown at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London last year. It consists of a constellation of hundreds of suspended LEDs which switch on and off and change in intensity using EnOcean technology. At 100% Detail, Ivory Egg sensors, ranging from door contacts to seat sensors, infra-red detectors to IP cameras, when triggered will send a signal to individual receivers/dimmers, activating one or more of the bespoke LED’s and filling the stand with light.
Visitors will also witness a first appearance of the unique E-Corrigo ergonomic and ecological task chair designed to maximise user comfort while saving energy in the office environment. A wireless sensor incorporated in the seat automatically detects when the chair is no longer being used and turns all the workstation systems off, including PC and lights. The E-Corrigo chair + Funkstuhl sensor will be pitched to panel of experts in the ‘Innovations Showcase: Commercial Buildings’ seminar at 100% Detail on Friday 19th September, 16:15-17:15.
Further demonstrating the benefits of EnOcean technology, MK Electric’s wireless, battery-free Echo range of switches will be on the stand. The Echo range is maintenance-free, and enables quick installation, location flexibility, easy relocation, with considerable cost-savings when ‘churning’ offices and other commercial spaces. It is also ideal for domestic extensions or conservatories and even one-off or ‘portable’ locations, such as park homes, caravans, exhibition stands and temporary buildings, where a fast, flexible solution is required.
Alongside MK Electric’s Echo range, products from other major European EnOcean Alliance promoters will be shown on the stand. These include switch offerings from Omnio AG and room temperature sensors from Thermokon GmbH.
About the EnOcean Alliance
The EnOcean Alliance is a consortium of companies working to further develop and promote self-powered wireless monitoring and control systems for sustainable buildings by formalising the interoperable wireless standard. It has the largest installed based of field-proven wireless building automation networks in the world. For more information, visit www.enocean-alliance.org.
IVORY EGG (www.ivoryegg.co.uk)
Ivory Egg is a specialist wholesaler of EnOcean and related products from a broad range of suppliers including EnOcean, Peha, Thermokon, Omnio, Wago, and CER. Ivory Egg provides technical support and assistance with product selection for both residential and commercial projects.
