KNX technology helps Worldskills winner

KNX technology has helped a young electrician with Eden Electrics in Scotland, to become a Gold Medal winner at the 2009 WorldSkills competition held in Canada.

Richard Sagar was selected to represent the UK in the Electrical Installations category.

The Freestyle project in this category required an electrical installation using tools and materials from the entrant's home country.

KNX UK Association member Siemens agreed to be the sponsors.

The installation to be designed was based upon an imaginary property in a remote area.

A gate at the main entrance required a motion detector to open and close it automatically.

The owners also wanted to include driveway and garage lights to come on automatically once motion was detected.

A sub-switchboard was to be installed in the garage, with the owner also requiring a power socket outlet for portable plug-in appliances.

David Thomas from the ECA was Richard's appointed training manager for the event, and decided that the best solution would be to use KNX as the underlying technology.

Before the event both he and Richard undertook KNX Partner training with Ivory Egg, one of the certified KNX training establishments in the UK.

Using the KNX skills he acquired, Richard created the Gold Award winning installation.

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