KNX Brings Together Mutliple Subsystems for Complete Control of Art Gallery in Greece

The Institute of Greek Artists import_contentamp; Scientists of the Diaspora is an art gallery building complex which is located at Magoula Achaias, Greece. It consists of three buildings that provide exhibition rooms, storage areas, a maintenance and restoration workshop, restaurant, comercial kitchen, guest rooms, sheltered parking spaces, and external gardens.

The project started in July 2013, and was completed in three phases by the end of 2018. The building complex occupies a total of around 2500m2 sheltered surface area on a 5000m2 plot.

George Tsamis of Innob Systems Integration was responible for providing a solution that combines enviromental control and monitoring, lighting, security, audio/video and other subsystems into a single central managment system in that is energy-efficient, easy to maintain, and future proof.

KNX as the multi-protocol backboneFor temperature and humidity control, heat pumps and fancoil units were used, plus special dehumidifiers in combination with various enviromental sensors. The security system consists of a Grade 4 alarm system, access control and more than 80 IP cameras. Lighting requirements were met using a variety of solutions and technoligies.

Due to the fact that all of the subsystems were based on different protocols including KNX, DALI, Modbus, DMX, JSON, and XML, and the top priority was to have a central management point, KNX was chosen as the main field bus protocol due to its proven stability and the plethora of KNX devices and gateways available.

A growing systemΤhe challenge was to do the installation at the same time as the construction so that as each individual building was completed, it was is fully operational.

With the first building that was completed and fully operational in January 2014, the installation consisted of one KNX line and aproximately 30 KNX devices. By the time the project was completed in December 2018, the installation had grown to five KNX lines with more that 800 KNX and non-KNX devices.

The whole project was a continuous process that grew with each new part of the construction, and there were frequent changes to the original design, resulting in the need for constant adjustments and testing on site.

KNX offers the flexibility to continuously evolveUsing KNX as the main technology helped us to have a robust base that gave us tremendous flexibility in choosing the right devices, even when they were provided by different manufacturers using multiple protocols.

Αfter several months of full operation of the complex, having already overcome the basic requirements of the project, thanks to KNX, we know that we can easily and quicly implement additional building services in an already-impresive installation.

Key products and technologies usedMain automation server: Embedded Systems Logic Machine that acts as a cross-standard gateway and intergates every subsystem into one central managment system.HVAC (KNX, Modbus): Mitsubishi, Carel, Dantherm.Lighting (KNX, DALI, DMX): Artemide, Iguzzini.Security: Paradox, Optex.Environmental sensors (KNX): Arcus-EDS, Elsner Elektronik.Energy metering (KNX, Modbus): Lingg import_contentamp; Janke, Circutor.Audio/video (KNX, json, xml, pjlink): ThinKnx, Yamaha, Epson.Systems devices (KNX): ABB, MDT.Operation devices (KNX): MDT, Schneider.

Project: Institute Of Greek Artists import_contentamp; Scientist of Diaspora

A Project by: InnoB Systems Integration

Contatto: George Tsamis