The KNX Association has launched the bidding stage of the prestigious KNX Awards 2020 which aims to honour the world’s best Smart Home and Smart Building projects.

Selected by a top-class jury of experts, the winners will be announced at a major ceremony at the Light + Building trade fair in Frankfurt in March. Applications are open until 30 November 2019 at https://projects.knx.org.

The awards, which are known as the Smart Home and Smart Building World Championship, are presented every two years. Projects are evaluated on: ease of use and acceptance, flexibility and extensibility, as well as the use of products from various KNX manufacturers.

KNX president Franz Kammerl says the awards have cemented themselves as an institution within the industry.

“With the competition, we want to particularly honour the spirit of innovation, ingenuity and know-how in the implementation of ambitious KNX projects. We are therefore proud to continue the tradition and the extremely successful history of the competition and look forward to the many exciting projects that will compete for the coveted KNX Awards this time.”

The awards feature five categories: International, Energy Efficiency, Special, Public, and Youth. Each offers a cash prize of €1,000 and a trophy. The People’s Choice Award is organised by the entire KNX community.

The nominees will be announced in January 2020.