Ian Richardson is the Building Solutions Technical Specialist within ABB Australia's Electrification business. Ian leads the product life-cycle of energy distribution solutions for developing and product engineering through to marketing strategies. Ian has more than 40 years of industry experience in the building automation and energy distribution sectors. He is also Chairman/Director of the KNX National Group Australia since 2011. KNX is the only worldwide standard for home and building automation, adopted by Standards Australia as a technical specification. KNX devices can manage lighting, blinds and shutters, HVAC, security systems, energy management, renewable energy, audio video, whitegoods, visualisation, remote monitoring.