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class=\"pcat\">Projects<\/span><h3>1,200 m\u00b2 in Riyadh: smart home engineering from Cologne<\/h3><p>A client who stays anonymous, a villa in Saudi Arabia and a planning practice from Cologne: the story of a project in which the documentation \u2026<\/p><span class=\"soon\" style=\"color:#40d0ff\">4 min \u00b7 Read &rarr;<\/span><\/a><a class=\"pcard reveal\" href=\"\/smartnews-vorschau\/knx-revitalisierung\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span class=\"pbild\" style=\"background-image:url(\/wp-content\/uploads\/sf\/2a83996189.jpg)\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"The existing distribution board of an orphaned KNX system\"><\/span><span class=\"pcat\">KNX knowledge<\/span><h3>KNX revitalisation: rescuing orphaned smart home systems<\/h3><p>The integrator of the time can no longer be reached, the ETS project is lost, nobody dares touch the system. We show why that is no reason \u2026<\/p><span class=\"soon\" style=\"color:#40d0ff\">4 min \u00b7 Read &rarr;<\/span><\/a><a class=\"pcard reveal\" href=\"\/smartnews-vorschau\/basalte-ultra-premium\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span class=\"pbild\" style=\"background-image:url(\/wp-content\/uploads\/sf\/82d2affc19.jpg)\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Basalte Sentido, flush with the wall\"><\/span><span class=\"pcat\">Basalte<\/span><h3>Why we plan Basalte as our ultra-premium choice<\/h3><p>Switches in aluminium and bronze, touch panels sharing one design language, music from one system: why we specify a Belgian manufacturer when \u2026<\/p><span class=\"soon\" style=\"color:#40d0ff\">4 min \u00b7 Read &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/section>\r\n<section class=\"pod\"><div class=\"wrap\">\r\n  <span class=\"eyebrow reveal\">Listening instead of reading<\/span>\r\n  <h2 class=\"reveal\">Smartpod \u2014 39 episodes from practice<\/h2>\r\n  <p class=\"podlead reveal\">Since 2022 we have been talking in our own podcast about what really happens on projects: what goes wrong in the planning, why KNX is not simply KNX and how a house stays usable over the years.<\/p>\r\n  <div class=\"podgrid\">\r\n    <a class=\"podcell reveal\" href=\"https:\/\/machssmart.podigee.io\/40-episode-39-intelligente-sicherheitssysteme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"podnum\">Episode 39<\/span><h3>Intelligent security systems<\/h3><span class=\"podmeta\">34:31 min \u00b7 01.07.2026<\/span><\/a><a class=\"podcell reveal\" href=\"https:\/\/machssmart.podigee.io\/38-episode-38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"podnum\">Episode 38<\/span><h3>When technology meets design and a high-end smart home takes shape (smartfabrik x Basalte)<\/h3><span class=\"podmeta\">22:39 min \u00b7 02.03.2026<\/span><\/a><a class=\"podcell reveal\" href=\"https:\/\/machssmart.podigee.io\/37-new-episode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"podnum\">Episode 37<\/span><h3>Not everyone can do KNX<\/h3><span class=\"podmeta\">32:29 min \u00b7 24.04.2025<\/span><\/a><a class=\"podcell reveal\" href=\"https:\/\/machssmart.podigee.io\/36-36-meet-christian-unser-smarter-vertriebs-fuchs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"podnum\">Episode 36<\/span><h3>Meet Christian - our smart sales fox<\/h3><span class=\"podmeta\">27:45 min \u00b7 29.01.2025<\/span><\/a><a class=\"podcell reveal\" href=\"https:\/\/machssmart.podigee.io\/35-35-renditeoptimierung-von-gebauden-durch-pv-anlagen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"podnum\">Episode 35<\/span><h3>Improving the return on buildings with PV systems<\/h3><span class=\"podmeta\">46:16 min \u00b7 08.07.2024<\/span><\/a><a class=\"podcell reveal\" href=\"https:\/\/machssmart.podigee.io\/34-smartfabrik-goes-middle-east-unsere-vertriebsreise-nach-dubai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"podnum\">Episode 34<\/span><h3>Smartfabrik goes Middle East \u2013 our sales trip to Dubai<\/h3><span class=\"podmeta\">28:47 min \u00b7 13.06.2024<\/span><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <a class=\"podall\" href=\"https:\/\/machssmart.podigee.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to all 39 episodes <span class=\"ar\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"scta\"><div class=\"wrap\">\r\n  <span class=\"eyebrow\">From reading to a project<\/span>\r\n  <h2>What is written here, we also plan.<\/h2>\r\n  <p>System readout, honest assessment, a clear effort range \u2014 instead of another brochure.<\/p>\r\n  <a href=\"\/en\/contact\/\">Request a consultation <span class=\"ar\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/section>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<footer class=\"blpfoot\" data-sf-lang=\"en\"><div class=\"wrap\"><div class=\"ftop\"><div class=\"fbrand\"><a href=\"\/en\/\" class=\"blogo\" aria-label=\"smartfabrik\"><\/a><p>Manufacturer-independent smart home &amp; KNX planning. 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