Growing smarter: KNX in urban farms 🌱

It’s pretty wild what KNX can do in a greenspace.

Greenspace projects are redefining food production—turning empty buildings into hightech urban farms. The goal? Reduce food miles, grow sustainable produce, and rethink how we use space in our cities.

But here’s where it gets even smarter:
With KNX, the entire farm can be monitored and controlled remotely in real time.

From lighting and irrigation to CO₂ levels and temperature, everything is managed through intelligent automation. Farmers get instant data via MQTT, with alerts, trend tracking and exportable reports, so they can tweak the environment on the go—and get better yields with less waste. 

Applications Used

• Lighting: Switching, Timed Control, Automatic Occupancy Detection.
• Heating, Ventilation & Air conditioning (HVAC): Central & Automatic Control, Timed Operation Modes, Weather Dependent Control, Valve Drive Control / Fan Coil Control, CO2 / Humidity Measuring, Natural Ventilation.
• Operation and Visualisation: PC Visualisation, Web Servers, Tablets and smart phones.
• Automation and Remote Access: Timed Functions, Logical Functions, System Supervision, Internet Access, Remote Programming, Messaging (e.g. SMS).
• Energy Management/Smart Metering: Metering, Data Logging, Visualisation, Current Detection, Peak Demand Monitoring, Load Shedding.
• Other: Irrigation Control.

This is more than smart farming. 

It’s food security, decarbonisation, and sustainable infrastructure—powered by KNX. 

System Integrator: In Control Automation Pty Ltd