Smart building and living solutions

The award-winning, highly configurable KNX sensor for intelligent building control now offers endless options to customize and personalize.

ABB proudly contributed to the development of two carbon-neutral apartment buildings in Maennedorf, Switzerland with our home and building automation solutions. Renewable electricity can be produced by the buildings through the photovoltaic.

ABB has supported the construction of the New Development Bank (NDB) Headquarters in Shanghai by installing an intelligent and integrated building controls system to manage indoor lighting, electric curtains and windows that involve more than 8,000 control circuits.

Join our experts on stage on 23 February at 9:00 am (CET) to experience a new way of design and function for light switches. We will showcase the latest developments for our Busch-axcent® pur and carat® ranges. Sign up for your free ticket and join the next episode of ABB’s Virtual Innovation Show.

Every day we discover new opportunities and hear inspiring success stories from our customers on how smart technology is being used to improve people’s lives and ways of working in commercial buildings, offices and other spaces.

Adding to its list of achievements in 2020, ABB-free@home® wireless was a winner for Niessen within the electricity, electronics, lighting and home automation category at the 2020 NAN Architecture and Construction awards on 10 December, based in Spain.

Making sure that emergency lighting systems are designed and installed to the highest standards is key to ensuring that any failure risk is minimized. That is why it is crucial to make sure that the CPS system is suitable for the project and will operate the complete installation safely and without interruption.

ABB will be present at the World Architecture Festival (WAFvirtual), taking place from November 30th till December 4th. Join us this week to engage at WAF, connect with the global architecture community and be inspired by the different speakers. Register now!

Well-run hospitals are essential for all cities. Increasingly, they must be more cost-efficient in energy and resource use processes while delivering more effective and ever-improving patient experiences. Here we spotlight a new hospital in South Australia, which is using ABB building automation solutions.

Beyond Connected Virtual Innovation Show will take place on November 20th.
We invite you to learn more about ABB's safe, smart and sustainable solutions for sub distribution that go beyond connectivity and how they can help you reach sustainability and energy efficiency targets.

With an increased focus on sustainability in the emergency lighting business. We see various trends in this field aligned to the move to a “greener” environment.

Retailers, supermarkets and specialty stores can save as much as 20 percent on energy costs without a complex building automation solution or the use of motion detectors. How is this possible?

Lake Como, located in Northern Italy inspired scenery and historic villas since Roman times. A residential complex consisting of four villas overlooking the lake has recently been completed in Torno. The villas have been built to create an ecosystem that integrates the best of ABB's smart home solutions.

With experts predicting that 30 percent of the global workforce will work from home at least once a week by 2021, the need to adapt our commercial and living spaces continues to evolve. In response, ABB launches its first series of Virtual Innovation Shows for smart buildings.

ABB has launched Naveo®Pro, a monitoring systems to set up, maintain and fully control emergency lighting installations with a mobile app.

With leading intelligent technologies and high-quality products, ABB provides integrated solutions that echo the needs and business philosophies of the Novotel at Changsha International Convention and Exhibition Center.

Smart homes are designed to make your life simpler, safer, energy-efficient and more convenient. In today’s fast-paced world, almost everything we do is touched by technology.

The ABB-free@home® app Next has earned a respected Red Dot Award for the outstanding design of its user interface. The win is a record third Red Dot Award of 2020 for ABB Smart Buildings.

With the market for smart home solutions expected to grow from USD 45.8 billion in 2017 to more than USD 114 billion by 2025*, ABB launches a package of new upgrades for its successful ABB-free@home® system.

At the 8th annual Decor and Interior Design Awards of Casa Decor, the Hall of Mirrors space designed by Marta Alonso and Imanol Calderón from Mayice Studio for Niessen, was given the highest award.

Today digital planning tools are a competitive advantage. Tomorrow they will be seen as table stakes.

ABB’s intelligent building control and management system and electrical solutions are offering a smart office space that supports sustainability.

ABB’s innovative technologies are enabling power reliability and safety for hospital staff and patients in Vietnam.

Across the globe ABB’s smart home and smart building solutions are making life more comfortable, more efficient and safer.  A simple touch on a smartphone or tablet can control everything from the lighting and heating to the conditioning system.

ABB Electrification has launched a new, dynamic, online platform to connect customers directly with key professionals, such as system integrators, and ABB Ability™ digital solutions and services.

The video series features innovative buildings around the world and the architects behind them. It explores building design in the context of location, impact, purpose and new technologies.

On the 8th May 2019, ABB unveiled its Mission to Zero, a carbon neutral and energy self-sufficient blueprint for industry, homes and cities.

One year on, I look back at how our first carbon neutral production site in the world.

SCENARIO: Today, more than half the world’s population live in urban areas and it is expected that 2.5 billion people will migrate to cities by 2050. At a global level, it is the equivalent of building 30 cities the size of Paris every year for the next 30 years.

Electric vehicle charging and home automation solutions from ABB support Ao Zheng Cheng Yuan realize its vision for intelligent residential developments

Technologies like IoT and AI are crucial to help us advance to the buildings of tomorrow. This tour shows on what I envision a workday to look a like.

ABB pioneering technologies help Viettel Group to achieve green and inno-vative asset objectives for its headquarter.

Back-up is relevant in electrical installations to ensure uninterrupted power supply.

ABB’s DALI range now includes 7 different types of DALI gateways for nearly every purpose. The latest addition to the range includes two new DALI Gateways Premium with tunable white functionality, completing the existing range of ABB i-bus® KNX lighting control products.

ABB has received recognition from the German Design Council’s prestigious German Design Awards for the innovative IP touch 7” visualisation panel.

Discover ABB’s enhanced portfolio of Combi, Standard and Professional KNX Switch Actuators to ensure increased comfort and versatility in residential and commercial applications.

Last year, as part of our Mission to Zero sustainability initiative, we unveiled our first CO2-neutral and energy self-sufficient production site in Germany.

In this video, we’re going to show you how to monitor energy costs and check the status of your assets, even if they’re at different sites.

Technology leader ABB launches its first Bluetooth-equipped network analyzers, which guarantee accurate electrical measuring and power monitoring of all energy assets. 

BIM is a process to create and manage information on a building project across its lifecycle. BIM allows building disciplines and professionals to work simultaneously on the same project. This makes projects easier and saves costs on construction, maintenance, renovation and management.

The intelligence in the building is provided by ABB i-bus® KNX, allowing all electrical functions, e.g. lights and shades, to be controlled centrally.

Moored on the quiet Motlawa river, guests at the modern single apartment ‘Flohotel’ experience the key benefits of smart home automation.

Smart building technology and innovative electrification solutions have made the once traditional Generali Arena at FK Austria Vienna a modern sporting showcase for connected, safe and energy efficient spaces.

As ABB continues to lead the field in combining modern design and innovative solutions for smart buildings. 

Oliver Iltisberger, Managing Director of ABB’s Smart Buildings business outlines how specifiers and installers can make established and historical buildings intelligent through smart technology.

Complete installation offering for residential, commercial and industrial buildings

The system meets the requirements of modern buildings and has high reliability, flexibility and expansibility.

With the expected number of smart devices predicted to hit 20 million by 2020, smart technology is now mainstream.