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Legacy Aritech, Kidde Engineered Systems, Kilsen and Ziton Brands Rebranded as Kidde Commercial.

DIEGEM, BELGIUM, April 5, 2023 – Kidde Engineered Systems, a leading fire and life safety brand committed to delivering the highest standards in commercial fire and life safety protection for more than 100 years, announced its new Kidde Commercial brand identity. Kidde Commercial is a part of Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), the leading global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions.

Kidde Commercial will unveil its new branding and holistic commercial fire solution capabilities at Proteger in Lisbon, Portugal on April 19-20 and at The Fire Safety Event, in Birmingham, UK on April 25-27.  Kidde Commercial features proven technology and enhancements to ensure the latest innovations and regulatory compliance.

“I’m thrilled to be leading the introduction of Kidde Commercial in Europe and Africa during this exciting, transformative time,” said Arman Saeidnia, General Manager of Commercial Fire EUA. “As our customers’ needs become more advanced, we are increasing our commitment to delivering a superior customer experience with differentiated solutions under the new Kidde Commercial brand, providing a high level of partnership through strong customer support.”

The brand will continue its global rebranding introduction across the US, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle Eastern regions. In addition to a new brand identity for Kidde Engineered Systems, Kidde Commercial will be supported by regional fire and life safety solutions from around the world, including Aritech, Kilsen, and Ziton Fire. Kidde Commercial unites these well-known, trusted offerings under its unified brand to deliver a superior experience, leading region-specific solutions and customer service excellence.

For more information about Kidde Commercial’s fire and life safety solutions, visit FireandSecurityProducts.com.

At every stage of its life cycle, wireless access control can help to save money and reduce energy use

London, March 2023 — Installation, operation and expansion: electronic access control has costs attached to every stage of its lifetime. But these costs are not fixed.

 Choosing wireless over wired locking can play an important role in reducing energy use — and therefore expenditure.

Cost savings at installation: faster, simpler fitting

Savings begin at the very start. Installation stage is the largest contributor to potential cost saving when businesses choose wireless access control.

In calculations for one costings report, ASSA ABLOY experts examined projected costs for a 100-door installation. Labour savings for those who chose wireless versus wired locks were 82.5%*.

Why? Firstly, because wireless installation is much faster. It is also less intrusive. Most wireless locks require little or no drilling around the door, whereas wired access control needs cabling through and partly around a door — which means specialist electrical installers, too.

By choosing a wireless solution, organizations also upgrade building security without inconveniencing staff or disturbing everyday work routines.

Cost savings during use: less energy, better sustainability performance

In 2017 the Harvard Business Review declared energy efficiency one of the “key levers for business success”**. This opinion may be more true now than ever before.

Between 2021 and 2022, non-household energy prices increased by at least 10% in every EU country except one. In Greece, Romania and Denmark, unit prices for businesses more than doubled***. Wireless, battery-powered devices can help protect against increases and volatility.

Battery-powered locks use less energy than traditional wired locks, which normally work via magnets connected permanently to electricity. Wireless locks work differently. They only “wake up” when presented with a credential, to make an access decision.

This translates to an additional saving on energy costs: more than 70%*, or thousands of euros over a typical access control solution’s lifetime.

Other related energy and materials costs during use are also lower. In operation, wireless locks only need a change of their standard battery — which may be rechargeable — typically once every two years. No specialist maintenance is required.

Cost-savings from longer life: reuse and space flexibility

Wireless locks also add flexibility — and can reduce costs — when an organization reconfigures or expands their office space.

High-quality, innovative wireless locks like ASSA ABLOY’s Aperio® range can typically be reinstalled at another door without impacting reliability. They move to wherever is convenient.

If a business is rethinking workspace to encourage flexible or hybrid work patterns, for example, cost efficiencies could be significant****. Typical savings on office relocation or expansion are estimated at around 30%* with wireless over wired locking.

Reducing energy use while extending control: University of St Andrews

As home of the renowned St Andrews Prize for the Environment, the University of St Andrews has sustainability at the heart of its ethos. For student accommodation, university managers sought an energy-efficient access control solution which respected and reflected these principles.

A major challenge facing the university was that multiple different standalone access control technologies had been installed piecemeal at student halls over the years. To upgrade the accommodation, university managers sought a more suitable, integrated solution.

They university chose ASSA ABLOY Aperio battery powered electronic escutcheons. Approximately 1,600 doors so far are equipped with electronic access control — without cabling*****.

The Aperio devices integrate fully and work flexibly with both the university’s existing central system and their student ID card. University security managers continue to enjoy the efficiency benefits of monitoring and controlling access from a single point and in real time, including for doors in multiple buildings.

Energy efficiency and more control with Aperio

In comparison to a wired access control solution, Aperio devices offer significant energy efficiency benefits. Devices are wireless, so can be installed with little energy use and no need for wiring to mains electricity. They consume zero energy when idle and run on standard batteries, consuming little power during operation.

Through an entire product life-cycle, Aperio combines reliability and energy efficiency with cost effectiveness. In doing so, Aperio contributes to the university’s sustainability goals.

At the same time, online integration with St Andrews’ central management system has improved access for all users.

“Aperio gives us central management and control,” says Pauline Brown, Associate Chief Information Officer at University of St Andrews, “and contributes to our award-winning track record in energy efficiency.”

To find out how you could save by making the switch to wireless locks, download a free solution guide at https://campaigns.assaabloyopeningsolutions.eu/aperio-cost-savings

Monitoreal announces integration with Ajax alarm system

This powerful pairing allows users to create an accurate video detection perimeter around their property, that proactively deters intruders and monitors security events in real time. Monitoreal’s AI-based object detection can conveniently be armed and disarmed in tandem with the Ajax alarm, via the alarm’s panel and mobile app, offering superior visibility of what’s happening around your home or business.

Users can trigger Ajax intruder alarm zones based on Monitoreal’s detection of people, animals, vehicles, inanimate objects or a combination of these, in specified areas captured by connected security cameras, at particular times of the day or night. This helps avoid the false alarms that often result from irrelevant movement such as rustling trees, moving shadows, pets and other irrelevant objects.

Conversely, alarms originating from motion or magnetic sensors connected to the Ajax panel can trigger cameras to deliver Monitoreal snapshots to users, verifying the validity of those alarms.

Monitoreal’s customisable rules allow users to control whether an Ajax alarm is triggered automatically, semi-automatically, or manually based on particular detections. They also let home and business owners define the specific areas of their perimeter that are of greatest interest, and exclude insignificant zones such as neighboring properties, bushy areas, and busy roads.

Monitoreal detects much more than just humans. Identifications include 20+ items, such as vehicles, animals, and a variety of inanimate objects, giving viewers the ability to proactively take action to deter intruders with the Ajax alarm, open or close perimeter gates, and control smart light and sound accessories based on real-time alerts.

A door closer that opens like it isn’t even there

London, March 2023 – When a door is equipped with a high-quality door closer, building users feel safer. They know that fire doors shut tight and sensitive openings are protected against unauthorized entry. But sometimes, door closer technology can also create barriers to genuine access-for-all. The problem is greater still for users who — for many reasons — have restricted strength or mobility.

Why? Because door closer resistance may be too great. Or the time before closing begins may be too short. Every user is different, with individual access needs or challenges.

So, in solving one problem, some door closers accidentally create another. A Free-Motion Door Closer from ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions solves it.

Free-Motion combines the safety and protection of door closing technology with the comfort of a door which opens naturally and resistance-free — and may be left open at any angle.

And ASSA ABLOY’s Free-Motion technology gets to work from the very first degree of door opening.

How Free-Motion combines safety and convenience

“There is no longer any need to trade security with comfort,” says Arto Kolehmainen, Product Manager for Door Closers at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions EMEIA. “A door fitted with an ASSA ABLOY Free-Motion Door Closer enjoys the best of both worlds.”

When a user or building manager activates Free-Motion technology, automatic door closing is disabled. Doors may be left open, allowing staff and visitors to circulate freely: The door opens weightlessly right up to its widest angle since Free-Motion activation.

Even heavy EN size 6 fire and smoke doors open easily. Everyone moves unhindered.

At any time — in the event of a fire or other emergency, for example — Free-Motion operation may be stopped and doors once again close quickly after use. This can be done manually or, when integrated with a fire system, happens automatically when a threat is detected.

As another layer of safety, every door fitted with Free-Motion technology shuts automatically when power is cut.

Flexible deployment and simple, tailored installation

“ASSA ABLOY Free-Motion technology gives building managers flexible control over almost any door in a building, without creating barriers to comfortable, convenient building use,” explains Arto Kolehmainen.

A Free-Motion Door Closer can fit directly to the door leaf or to the frame. The range includes closers for double doors and the option of an integrated smoke detector.

Like every ASSA ABLOY Door Closer, Free-Motion technology is robust and durable by design. It meets all critical safety and fire standards. Closing speeds, stronger latch speeds and closing force are all adjustable to meet the demands of the specific door or location.

And an ASSA ABLOY Free-Motion Door Closer is built for more than just fire or smoke doors: Free-Motion technology adds time- or event-based flexibility to every opening.

“For example, closers may be active during office hours to allow easy circulation of people, then deactivated overnight, so a door closes automatically after each user passes through it,” Arto Kolehmainen adds.

“Free-Motion Door Closers help to create a modern, flexible, barrier-free building.”

To learn more about ASSA ABLOY Free-Motion technology, visit https://www.assaabloy.com/group/emeia/solutions/topics/door-closers/technologies/free-motion

Automated Self-Service Hotels in Adelboden

The Swiss REVIER Hospitality Group, headquartered in Lenzerheide, develops and operates innovative accommodation concepts that are geared to changing travel habits and tougher economic conditions. Against this background, the company has automated its entire process management and uses state-of-the-art cloud-based technologies for this purpose.

The hotel locking system should naturally be part of this ecosystem, on the one hand because the REVIER Hospitality Group did not want to operate a stand-alone solution in every hotel and on the other hand in order to realise an integrated online solution, especially for the allocation of access rights and door monitoring.

Solution

The hotel group has realised this with SALTO KS Keys as a Service. Revier Hotels achieve the overarching goal of simplifying processes for guests by automating everything from booking to check-out. For example, guests can check in from home or on the road and receive their access rights in the form of a PIN code sent to their smartphone on the day of arrival.

The Revier Mountain Lodge in Adelboden was the first property to be equipped with the new access control solution. In the 86-room property, all hotel rooms, service rooms and main entrances are equipped with the solution. At the hotel rooms, guests are granted access via PIN, which achieves the desired media-free door opening. The employees use the app (mobile access) or a smart tag.

Benefits of the Cloud

The cloud infrastructure generally has a number of advantages for the company: It does not need a server infrastructure or document folders and is independent of data volumes. Moreover, those responsible can react quickly, e.g. if guests need an early check-in or a parking space at short notice, or if they want to book breakfast as well. Furthermore, the company benefits from the open architecture of the systems, through which integrations are easy to implement. At REVIER Hospitality Group, SALTO KS is integrated with the cloud-based PMS (property management system) Mews, which is used by the hotel chain for check-in and all processing, and the TABHOTEL check-in terminal. Thanks to the seamless digital interaction of the systems, guests receive their appropriate access rights automatically according to their bookings and check-in.

“What convinces us most about SALTO KS is the centralised access management. We can grant and revoke access rights in real time from the head office for all locations. No one has to be present on site for this. In addition, our employees have access to all hotels and every door for which they are authorised via the app,” said Daniel Renggli, CEO of REVIER Hospitality Group AG.

Customized safety and security solution

21-storey skyscraper is kept safe and secure, combining fire alarm-, voice evacuation-, access control- and video systems.

A skyscraper with a combined and scalable safety and security solution

Located atop a metro station, where two lines of the city’s metro system meet, a huge new 21-storey skyscraper towers over the Warsaw skyline. Primarily designed for premium offices, the 19,100m2 space called Central Point had to be fitted with top of the line fire safety, public address and voice evacuation, access control and video security solutions. The project required that the building management team could centrally manage and monitor the system.

Because the Central Point building is only part occupied, it was important for the owners to factor in scalability and flexibility with the design layout of the individual units within it. Most of the offices at Central Point were created in a ‘white box’ concept, where the tenants would later decide the layout. Since the usage types of the various rooms depends on the needs of the tenants, the safety and security systems had to be deployed in a way that is easily customizable at a later date, to meet the specific requirements of new occupants while being fully in line with all safety regulations.

„Central Point was looking for a reliable fire safety system with maximum flexibility for their tenants in designing their office space. Thanks to the technical capabilities of Bosch point type detectors, building managers can rest easy with a flexible, proven fire alarm system with minimal false positives.“

says Krzysztof Kostecki, Country Cluster Manager at Bosch Security Systems.

A fully integrated system that enables intelligent monitoring everywhere

Fire alarm system and voice alarm

It was important for the Central Point skyscraper to have a single combined system that could manage all aspects of fire safety, public address, evacuation, access control and video security in one. Bosch was able to integrate every part to a custom safety and security solution that gives tenants maximum freedom in using the office space according to their needs with no limitation in creating individual floor plans. For fire safety, the AVENAR Fire Panels manage the detectors and interfaces with other safety systems.

Fully integrated system including AVENAR Fire Panel, PAVIRO Public Address and Voice Evacuation System as well as Access Modular Controller

Fire detection and voice alarm are interfaced with the PAVIRO Public Address and Voice Evacuation system via Smart Safety Link. This combination provides complete and permanent control over the evacuation process in case of emergency. Central Point also uses the Access Modular Controller, a flexible technology platform for building and elevator entrance access control.

All in one system

Building Integration System (BIS)

Integration of every part to a custom safety and security solution that gives tenants maximum freedom in using the office space according to their needs with no limitation in creating individual floor plans.

Video security cameras are installed around the building’s perimeter, as well as in each storey of the skyscraper and its central lobby. At the heart of all these technologies is the Building Integration System (BIS) which integrates all solutions into one system. It is capable of automating alerts to building manage-ment staff, for example, if fire detectors require cleaning. At the same time, if a fire alarm is triggered, BIS allows building security staff to view a floor map of its precise location and monitor the alert via the video security cameras, greatly facilitating decisions on which action to take in case of emergency.

New Uniview 4-inch PTZ camera with brackets included

It often happens that customers forget to buy brackets or choose the wrong ones when ordering surveillance cameras. In order to solve this problem, as well as the problem of high brackets tariffs in some regions, Uniview released 4-inch PTZ cameras with included brackets.

Uniview’s new video surveillance devices, in addition to solving the mentioned problems, also have all the advantages of 4-inch PTZ cameras. They are the size of footballs and have a delicate design suitable for installation. With a resolution of 4MP/2MP at 60 fps and 25x zoom, they can clearly track both near and distant targets. Using IR illuminators with a range of 100 meters, they deliver a clear image in various low-light environments, and with IP67 and IK10 protection, they are effectively protected against water immersion and dust ingress.

Benefit

Compared with previous 6-inch models, Uniview 4-inch PTZ camera has a compact drop-shaped design of the hardware, and by the AI chipset and deep learning algorithm, it can support Smart intrusion prevention and face capture features. UNV 4-inch PTZ camera has a strong premium ability and much control punctuation, which not only meets the needs of project-oriented customers but also suits the SMB and distribution market.

Strong intelligent function

It also has the functions of linkage tracking, people counting, fast focusing, and Smart Intrusion Prevention.

  1. Linkage tracking: It can linkage track moving targets, always captures the target and can cooperate with other intelligent functions alarm.
  2. People counting: It can cover the whole picture. The pixel requirements for people counting are realized by optical zoom.
  3. Fast focusing: Compared with the ordinary camera, it can lock and see the target area faster, and focus quickly within 1s. This can improve efficiency and save time.
  4. Smart Intrusion Prevention: Improving alarm accuracy by filtering out those false alarms triggered by animals, bright lights, leaves, and some environmental factors automatically.

Applications

UNV’s LightHunter technology provides great light sensitivity, can capture colorful details in a low-light environment, down to 0.003 Lux. Considering the size and 4MP/2MP@60fps resolution of this PTZ camera, it is oriented mainly to small and medium application scenarios such as residential areas, commercial streets, business parks, etc.

For more information please visit www.uniview.com. If you have any business queries, please contact chenkexin@uniview.com

Milestone Systems Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Milestone Systems, a leading provider of open platform video management software, announced that it is celebrated its 25th anniversary on 23 February 2023.

The company was founded in 1998 by engineers John Blem and Henrik Friborg Jacobsen. The pair started the business from a basement and had approximately USD $11,500 in seed funding.

Today, Milestone has annual revenues over USD $140 million and employs more than 1,200 people around the world.

The first version of XProtect – Milestone’s open-platform video management software – was sold in 2002 to an end user in Canada. Since then, Milestone’s technology has been deployed in more than 500,000 installations and the company became a global leader in that area of the security industry. The company now has a presence in 26 locations around the globe.

“During the early 2000s, together with three or four other companies, we revolutionized the security industry by leading the transformation from analog to IP (digital) technology,” said Thomas Jensen, Chief Executive of Milestone Systems.

“Looking ahead, we are preparing to innovate again. We see a future in which data-driven video technology is a game-changer that will help to make society safer and a better place for us all to work and live.”

Orpheus Theater Chooses Bosch Praesensa Evacuation System

One of the five largest theatres in the Netherlands, Theater & Concert Orpheus, has selected Bosch’s Praesensa for its new evacuation system.

The theatre has three halls with a seating capacity between 242 and 1,286 and a restaurant.

The requirement was to upgrade the current solution to meet the necessary regulatory requirements for public buildings and ensure it received the required EN certification. As an advanced and extremely cost-efficient fully IP-based system, featuring a smart-power concept and integrated redundancy, Praesensa is perfect for both centralized and decentralized network topologies.

The main challenge was the integration of the house PA and background music system with the voice evacuation system. The aim was for a solution that would give the theater complete control over all of its Dante-based audio facilities from one interface. Achieving this aim relied on Praesensa’s built-in OMNEO networking architecture. OMNEO is an IP-based architectural approach to connecting devices to exchange information such as audio content and device control. OMNEO is able to seamlessly integrate with Dante networks ensuring the voice evacuation system and the communications operate together.

The evacuation system needed to be able to completely take over from the house PA and background music system in the event of an emergency, but also give sufficient flexibility on the background music channels when the system is in normal operation.

A 32-channel Dante matrix sits at the heart of the solution, allowing the user to manage the entire house system without effecting the Praesensa public address and voice evacuation system.

The result is a combined solution that delivers what the client required. “Due to the very good cooperation between all involved parties, the migration went very well, without hiccups,” says Henry Bax from Connect AV, the systems integrator responsible for the project. “The goal of upgrading the evacuation alarm system to the latest regulations have been achieved.”

Fixed Network Foundation Layer for 21st Century Smart Buildings

Digital infrastructure technologies are now available to the building industry as it seeks to reduce energy consumption while hosting billions of connected devices. The use of Ethernet cable infrastructure for combined power and data communications solves smart building connectivity, power delivery, network topology, and thermal management issues. This will streamline processes and improve building performance while creating fully connected and environmentally sustainable 21st-century spaces.

By: Robert Zore, Business Development Manager, EGAL

In a security context, public and private multiple and single-use buildings require ever more security and access control. For example, schools, hospitals, government, and other public buildings must balance the needs for accessibility and security by ensuring a building’s physical security at access points and through the expansion of video monitoring. Another change is that the future direction of buildings in urban environments is upward. That means major changes to modern buildings as multi-use and shared environments become ever more common. It is forecast that future city dwellers will live, work, learn, and find leisure within single complexes. This will fundamentally change the number of data sources and data patterns managed by the infrastructure. Single-use environments will also see more need for robust, secure, low-energy digital infrastructure.

These trends all point towards ever-increasing numbers and variety of connected nodes, and the necessity to maintain energy use with optimized parameters for buildings. BSRIA’s (Building Services Research and Information Association) Convergence and Digitalisation of Commercial Buildings in the US, predicts substantial growth for PoE-powered devices across the business environment, as illustrated below:

Device Use Cases

Infrastructure operations, interactivity, and interoperability have been evolving toward PoE over time. The use of PoE started with VoIP in the 1990s, moved on to CCTV around 2000, and onto HVAC controls and lighting. This expansion of capabilities meant the control of these applications being transferred onto the data infrastructure plane. Now PoE is extending to powering and communicating with an ever-growing variety of physical devices.

Low voltage cameras, embedded sensors, kiosks, wireless access points, physical access points, digital signage, and displays are being deployed in ever greater numbers. Market forecasts show an explosion in the number of devices about to enter buildings. Wireless access point numbers alone are forecast to expand by 30% per year until 2027. Kiosks and digital screens will become ubiquitous in multi-use environments.

According to a report on the Global Kiosk Market, published by KBV research, the global kiosk market will reach $5.4 billion by 2024, at a growth rate of 26.4% CAGR. The demand for self-service machines and automated devices, wireless communication, technology advancements, and remote management are some of the notable factors driving the global kiosk market.

Proven, Viable, and Cost-effective Solution

High-performance cable infrastructure is the base layer for these smart technologies. All these different devices need to run over a single network that provides power and data. With lower installation costs, fewer hazards, and more flexibility, PoE is a proven, viable, cost-effective solution. Since 1995, history tells us that connected devices are moving to PoE for power. For example, the latest standards show PoE delivering up to 99w over twisted pair cables – this is easy enough to power the latest lighting, wireless access points, kiosks, and more.

 In the built environment, too many networks remain siloed and separate. This approach is no longer suitable for the new era of intelligent buildings. The new generation of architects and engineers are those responsible for the delivery of the next generation of smart digital buildings. Understanding the power and benefits of future-proofed PoE cable infrastructure is at the core of physical, economic, and digital innovation.

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