To boost your ranking and visibility as a KNX Partner, you can earn credits across four categories. Here's how to maximize your score and reach a higher rating:
Knowledge:
Training and courses are a fast way to earn credits.
| Courses/Webinars | Credits | Explanation |
| Basic course | 40 | |
| Condensed Practical Basic | 30 | |
| Advanced course | 20 | |
| Condensed Practical Advanced | 15 | |
| HVAC Specialist course | 15 | |
| Energy Management | 15 | |
| Tutor course | 10 | |
| KNX Refresher course | 10 | 10 credits can be gained when attending the one-day “KNX refresher course." 2 credits are lost every year. If you attend a second refresher course within 5 years, you simply top up your credits to 10. |
| eCampus | 2 | |
| Secure online course | 2 |
Star rating:
| Credits | Stars |
| 1-35 | ** |
| 36-55 | *** |
| 56-75 | **** |
| 76-100 | ***** |
Tools:
Invest in the right tools.
| Software (1) | Credits | Comments |
| ETS Lite | 10 | ETS5 Lite or ETS6 Lite |
| KNX ETS App | 2-20 | Two credits per KNX ETS App. Max. 20 credits to gain. Member Apps are not taken into account. |
| ETS Home | 20 | |
| ETS x Professional | 30 | ETS5 Professional or ETS6 Professional |
| Always the latest professional software generation | 30 | This means that if the KNX partner has an ETS6 Professional license, he/she gains 60 credits instead of 30 credits (30+30). |
Note (1): one license per account is counted, except for KNX ETS Apps.
Star rating:
| Credits | Stars |
| 1-10 | * |
| 11-20 | ** |
| 21-50 | *** |
| 51-90 | **** |
| 91-100 | ***** |
Engagement:
Engage with the KNX Community.
| Credits | Comments | |
| Visiting KNX fair | 5-15 | Credits are gained only when a fair voucher is used. 5 credits per used voucher (max. 15 credits). 5 credits will expire every year. Whether fair vouchers will be distributed during a KNX fair is communicated by KNX Association. |
| Visiting a National Group/Userclub or an Associated Partner event | 5-15 | Credits are gained only when an event voucher is used. 5 credits per used voucher (max. 15 credits). 5 credits will expire every year. Whether event vouchers will be distributed during such an event is communicated by the National Group/Userclub or Associated Partner. |
| Survey KNX partners | 5 | Participation in random surveys sent by KNX Association International (not the satisfaction survey sent right after each KNX certified course) |
| Newsletter | 3-20 | 3 credits per selected newsletter in the MyKNX account (Max. 20 credits) |
| Update your partner profile | 20 | Only via your MyKNX account (menu: Account - Applications - Update your partner profile) |
* Not applicable to KNX manufacturers. The score is only calculated if you have the partner functionality and if there is a course in your account.
Star rating:
| Credits | Stars |
| 1-10 | * |
| 11-20 | ** |
| 21-40 | *** |
| 41-50 | **** |
| 51-100 | ***** |
Realized KNX projects
A KNX partner has the possibility to promote KNX project(s) on the KNX partner website in order to attract potential end customers by uploading the KNX projects on the KNX project platform. Click here for more information on this topic.
| https://projects.knx.org | Credits | Comments |
| Upload KNX project | 10 to 40 | 10 credits per uploaded KNX project. Upload as many projects as you like, but only 4 uploaded projects will give you credits. This means that if you upload 4 projects, you will be assigned the maximum amount of possible credits, in this case 40 |
| Quality of your best KNX project selected in your MyKNX 'Update Partner profile' page | 10 or 30 | 30 credits are assigned if the KNX project exceeds the minimum qualification threshold set by KNX (this threshold is internal and not communicated). |
| Nominee for the KNX Awards (as of 2010) | 10 | 10 credits are assigned if you state that your project was also handed in for the KNX awards and you become a nominee. Your projects will be judged on the following elements (click here). |
| Award winner (as of 2010) | 20 | 20 credits are assigned if you state that your project was also handed in for the KNX awards, and you become the award winner. Your projects will be judged on the following elements (click here). |
Star rating:
| Credits | Stars |
| 1-10 | * |
| 11-20 | ** |
| 21-50 | *** |
| 51-70 | **** |
| 71-100 | ***** |