Theben’s VARIA individual room controller with multi-function display has won a coveted design award from the Red Dot Institute for advanced design studies and is now on display at the prestigious Red Dot Design Museum in Essen.
The KNX-compatible VARIA is an eight-channel display and controller with integral room thermostat that enables householders to take control of their environment in a living or workspace. With its sleek stainless steel buttons on a raised glass fascia, VARIA offers elegant styling with a rugged, long-lasting design that eliminates fragile touch screens.
It can display KNX-programmed profiles in as many as eight rooms, offering control over up to three functions in each of them that combine to provide the right ‘room scene’ for say reading, watching TV or sleeping. Scenes can be selected at the touch of a button, and users can adjust levels within limits defined at the time of installation.
VARIA can add an extra level of KNX intelligence and override these programmes, for instance, if ambient light levels suggest electric lighting is not needed, or presence detectors indicate that a room is unoccupied.
VARIA is available in the UK now from the Theben Group company Timeguard, a KNX UK member.
About Theben
The abilities of Theben AG lie in solutions for time, lighting and climate control. Within time switching devices, modules or bus systems, Theben produces the highest quality products in every range. Theben offers not only time switches in analogue and digital technology with classical switch tappets or segments, but also microprocessor-controlled digital devices that offer hours, days, weeks and years programs and an extensive program of sensors and actuators for the KNX/EIB bus technology. On top of this, Theben is well known for its stair light and twilight switches and for its clock thermostats that allow a power-saving heating control.
About KNX
KNX is the world’s only approved open-source building control standard and puts the intelligence into intelligent buildings. It enables the integration of KNX-compatible products, which are available from a wide range of manufacturers. Programming and control is achieved using a single software tool. KNX products are all thoroughly tested for compliance, ensuring they operate seamlessly together on a single network.
The KNX (UK) Association has been formed by a partnership of UK manufacturers, integrators and training establishments along with other interested parties to promote the KNX standard within the UK.
KNX-compliant products available for control of:
- Lighting
- HVAC
- Blinds
- Audio Visual Systems
- Household Appliances
- Energy Management and much more…
About Red Dot Design Awards
With more than 11,000 submissions from 61 countries, the international “red dot design award” is the largest and most renowned design competition in the world. The award-winning products are put before an international public in the red dot design museum.
Each year an international jury reviews and evaluates the submitted products according to criteria such as degree of innovation, functionality and the formal quality. This ensures the seriousness of the competition and its international acceptance. The group of jurors is made up of renowned designers and design experts from all over the world who reach their decisions on which designs are good enough to receive a red dot award independently and impartially. The constellation changes from year to year and guarantees a high degree of objectivity and reliability.
The award is as a seal of quality; it stands for membership of the best in design and business. The winners receive the awards in person on the occasion of the gala ceremony in the Essen Aalto-Theater, which is witnessed by more than 1,200 guests. In addition, the annual “red dot award: product design” also rewards one design team with the special title of design team of the year. The award, the “Radius” challenge trophy, has already been received by the design teams of many renowned companies, including LG Electronics, adidas, Apple, Mercedes-Benz, Nokia, Philips, Siemens and Sony.
