Günter G. Seip

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Günter G. Seip (born February 20, 1935 in Darmstadt ; † January 15, 2017 in Marloffstein ) was a German engineer, Siemens Director and Site Manager Regensburg , President of the Central Association of the Electrical and Electronics Industry (ZVEI) and, from 1990, the founding president of European Installation Bus Association (EIBA) based in Brussels .

Life

Günter Seip came from Hessen and was born the son of master locksmith Georg Seip and his wife Christine, née Schmidt. From 1953 to 1956 he studied at the Darmstadt City Engineering School .

He was head of the installation equipment and systems division at Siemens and plant manager in Regensburg. In this function he edited several international publications on the subject of electrical installation technology. The three-volume work Electrical Installation Technology is considered a standard work and appeared in several editions as well as in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese.

In 1984 he began a system for his employees with the development of building system technology based on a separate two-core low-voltage line and the associated hardware and software in the precursor of the later development of the control bus system , which in 1987 together with Berker , Jung , Gira , Merten in Instabus community until the founding of the EIBA in 1990 and from which the European Installation Bus (EIB) emerged.

Seip was a member of the board of the ZVEI as well as president, member of the European committee for electrotechnical standardization (CENELEC) and of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Regensburg . He promoted the work of the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg , was a member of the board of trustees and a member of the Association of Friends of OTH Regensburg.

The marriage in 1959 resulted in a son and a daughter. Günter Seip died a few weeks before he was 82 years old. His urn was buried in Marloffstein.

Publications

  • Günter G. Seip (Ed.): Electrical installation technology. Siemens AG Abt. Verl., 1984. [3-part. Plant; several ed .; Translator: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese]
  • Franz Kammerl (author); Günter G. Seip (Ed.): Building system technology with EIB. Security, economy, flexibility and comfort with future-oriented electrical installation technology. MCD Verlag, Erlangen 2000.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary notice. Mittelbayerische Zeitung, January 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ ZVEI - Central Association of the Electrical Engineering and Electronics Industry. In: Pocket book of public life . Germany 1993/94. 43rd vol., NfA Vertriebs und Werbegesellschaft, 1994, p. 459.
  3. ↑ In: Wirtschaftswoche , No. 51, 1996, p. 53.
  4. ↑ Avant Propos ; in: 'Manuel Gestion technique du bâtiment. Concepts de base. ( Memento of the original from August 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schaubsa.ch archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Bus d'Installation Européen. S. III.
  5. ↑ a b c Seip, Günter. In: Who is who? The German Who's Who . Volume 41, 2002, p. 1341.
  6. ↑ KNX: The standard is celebrating its 20th birthday. Light + Building , April 6, 2010.
  7. ↑ a b Wolfgang Baier (President OTH Regensburg): Obituary. Mittelbayerische Zeitung, January 27, 2017.
  8. ↑ Acknowledgments. Mittelbayerische Zeitung, February 6, 2017.
  9. ^ Matthäus Runtinger Medal , City of Regensburg; Retrieved July 29, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Seip, Günter G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seip, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer, Siemens director and site manager Regensburg, ZVEI president and EIBA founding president
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH 15th January 2017
Place of death Marloffstein