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Gas Detection in Commercial and Institutional Buildings

 Why it’s critical and how to make the right choice

By Renato Torres, EN-54 Life Safety Systems Portfolio Director, Honeywell

In most European countries, commercial and institutional buildings are not governed by strict regulations for gas detection. Gas detection is often not well understood or applied in these applications.

There are several challenges to implementing gas detection solutions in commercial and institutional buildings. Many gas detection systems operate independently of building management systems (BMS) or fire and smoke detection systems. This makes them cumbersome to manage and maintain. Building managers and fire engineers need flexible and scalable solutions that are easy to use and maintain.

Gas hazards in commercial and institutional buildings

Gas monitoring is critical in facilities like hospitals where oxygen is stored and used as part of normal daily operations. Storage facilities are another area of concern where oxygen leaks can increase the risk of fire or explosion.

Besides hospitals, light industrial plants use gases for production systems, welding or inert blankets. Industrial environments have the added complication of dust, water and other gases that might be present in the environment, which can be damaging to sensitive detectors and electronics.

Underground car parks also can pose a risk. Exhaust fumes contain carbon monoxide, which is particularly dangerous because it is invisible and has no odor. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-powered vehicles may use underground parking areas, which adds the risk of an explosive atmosphere caused by an LPG leak.

What are the challenges?

Detection systems are critical for keeping workers and the public safe from toxic and flammable gases. Yet, regulations governing gas detection are not always in place, nor are they consistent from one area to another. In the absence of clear regulations, the onus is on facility managers and fire engineers to implement robust systems that will provide adequate warning of gas leaks. As such, it is critical to select the right technology partner that can advise on the best approach for their application.

Many facilities have smoke and fire detection systems, but gas detection systems are less widespread. If they are installed, they tend to be independent of other building systems making them more cumbersome to manage, thus potentially increasing the risk that a gas leak may go unnoticed. An integrated approach covering fire and smoke detection, gas detection, and building management could help facilities manage their risks comprehensively.

Hospitals and light industrial plants are not static. Wards get changed from one service to another, and new wings are added. Light industrial facilities also expand and can increase the volume and type of gases they use over time. Many legacy detection systems are not flexible or scalable, lacking the adaptability to meet the changing needs of an organization. Newer systems from leading technology suppliers can overcome these shortfalls.

Selecting the right gas detection solutions

Honeywell supplies gas detection solutions for commercial and light industrial applications, including parking garages and hospitals. There are three main solutions applicable to these environments:

PARK

The PARK system provides CO monitoring for parking garages. This gas detection system can sound audible alarms to warn people of danger. It can activate common ventilation systems when the CO level exceeds safe limits. A PARK2000 panel can manage up to 32 CO detectors, divided into up to two zones, and the PARK5000 model can manage up to 80 CO detectors, divided into up to five zones.

NFG-8

The Notifier NFG-8 system meets Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 1 using 4-20mA gas detectors and is ideally suited to the light industrial environment. This solution allows for three different threshold limits and several output options. For example, NFG-8 can control ventilation, activate warning signs, and communicate with third-party BMS devices.

AM4000G

The AM4000G is an addressable system that can cover the needs of an entire building, including its parking garage. Up to 396 sensors can be connected to the AM4000G on four loops using the reliable two-wire Fieldbus communication. This solution allows various hazardous conditions to be managed independently using complex cause-and-effect scenarios.

Key benefits

Benefit Description
Flexibility Honeywell gas detection solutions can scale from small systems for specific applications to large addressable solutions that cover all the needs of an entire building. They can operate as standalone systems for gas detection or integrate with other systems like building management or fire and smoke detection.
Reliability Honeywell is a global supplier of gas detection technology to buildings and parking garages. Experience with multiple customers across multiple industries and locations gives Honeywell unique insight into how products are used and enables solution designs that meet the needs of customers. Honeywell offers reliable gas detection systems that deliver consistent performance using the best available technology.
Rated casings Honeywell supplies both IP55 and ATEX-rated casings. IP55 casings are certified against dust or moisture ingress while ATEX versions can be used in dangerous environments, depending on the specific needs of the area. These solutions cover the full spectrum of needs for light industrial applications where some areas require rated casings and others do not.
Mobile application for calibration and maintenance A mobile application from Honeywell enables users to perform calibration, programming changes, and maintenance on detectors. This tool is easy to use and saves technicians time, especially when performing regular tasks like bump tests or limit changes.

Working with a technology partner

Many management teams for commercial and institutional buildings like hospitals and light industrial plants lack detailed knowledge of gas detection systems. It is advisable to work with a technology partner who understands their solutions and the environment in which these solutions are applied.

Gas detectors must be installed correctly to provide the desired protection. For example, CO detectors should be installed at an equivalent height to the average human. This is because CO has a similar density to air. It does not accumulate at floor or ceiling level; therefore, detection must occur at the height of most significant risk, where humans can breathe in the toxic gas.

All gas detectors experience drift over time. Their readings will become less accurate unless they are regularly checked and calibrated. Regulations do not always cover these critical aspects of the long-term effectiveness of gas detection systems. Trusted technology suppliers have the technical expertise to advise users on their system’s appropriate maintenance and calibration schedules.

Conclusion

Commercial and institutional buildings are not well regulated regarding gas leak detection, but this does not mean the risks are low. Gas leaks can cause serious incidents, like fires and injuries, including the loss of life.

Honeywell offers gas detection solutions for commercial and institutional buildings, including hospitals, parking garages, and light industrial plants. Its team of experts and channel partners can help advise on the best solutions to solve difficult problems.

Click here to find out more about Honeywell products.

 

New version X5 of the PSIM platform WinGuard

For three decades, WinGuard has been one of the leading PSIM platforms for the unified visualization and control of subsystems. Recently Advancis has presented its new version WinGuard X5 which is based on the new software platform AOP and thus offers more flexibility through open access for 3rd party applications.

 As networking and digitization steadily continue to advance, it is important for control room personnel to work with software platforms that can be operated intuitively and are flexible to extend. A multitude of single systems provides a mass of information that is hard to keep track of – whether from security management, building automation, or communication technology. The unification of numerous sensor data by using a PSIM platform is the only logical solution.

Scalability

WinGuard PSIM is used in various verticals like industry, finance, transport, and healthcare –from small installations with only one workstation up to crosslinked network solutions with numerous international locations. The platform is scalable and can be extended seamlessly by further interface or function modules. Currently, over 470 interface drives to different security, building management as well as communication systems are available and related systems such as ticketing, computer-aided dispatch systems, and IoT technologies can also be connected.

The new version WinGuard X5 is based on the Advancis Open Platform (AOP), offering even more flexibility by open access for third-party developers. A growing number of PSIM projects with more and more specific and partly very individual requirements has led to the fact that solutions have to be more and more realized based on generic concepts. Now partners and customers can extend the software as desired with functionalities, interfaces, and individual UI components. All extensions integrate seamlessly into the existing application and are based on a uniform API which can be used in principle with any programming language.

Important milestone

AOP is strategically the most transformative product development in Advancis’ corporate history. This milestone paves the way for expansion by creating an open platform that offers almost unlimited possibilities. When implementing extensions, a partner or customer does not have to start from scratch. Redundant network structures, distributed data storage, system communication, object modeling as well as diverse UI components are available as a framework for different programming languages. Created components can be certified within the Advancis Developer Partner Program to license them to other users. The new version WinGuard X5 is an important milestone, as due to AOP, the software can be customized to a previously impossible level. Customers’ needs about the realization of a PSIM project can be met faster and more extensively.

 

Euralarm raises concerns over data sharing provisions of proposed European Data Act

Following initiatives from the European Commission regarding legislation promoting the data economy, Euralarm has raised concerns over specific provisions in the proposed Data Act that may generate security risks.

In particular, Euralarm notes chapter II of the proposal that makes the sharing of data with third parties mandatory.

Euralarm’s position is as follows:

“Data related to security activities are linked to critical and very sensitive operations and procedures. With access to this data, it would be possible to gain a very deep understanding of the installation and performance of the system or service. This would result in a very high risk of security breaches, including cyber security breaches, both to a given customer installation and to the whole security system itself.

“Furthermore, the criticality of data generated by security systems (such as video surveillance systems) is already recognised by national laws regulating private security and the installation of video surveillance systems. These laws limit the right to share information related to or generated by these systems. The data sharing provisions of the draft Data Act are therefore in conflict with these national laws.

“Finally, access to pure operational data/metadata does not provide any benefit to the end-user, neither allows a smoother switching of provider. Therefore, there is no benefit in allowing/imposing any requirement in the way the data has to be accessed or managed.”

In a recently published Position Paper Euralarm proposes several amendments, as well as a new article to the draft Regulation in order to exempt security-related data from the obligation of sharing. Services Directive 2006/123/EC excludes private security services from its scope via Article 2(2)(k). Euralarm therefore believes that a similar exemption in the Data Act should be feasible.

A copy of the Position Paper can be downloaded from the Euralarm website here.

Dynamic event filtering

OPTEX’s ONVIF-compliant LiDAR REDSCAN Pro series allows the ability to create alerts based on specific detection criteria or logic. Alarms can be raised based on the sequence of zone detection or based on detection in multiple zones. One zone would be considered a ‘judgment zone’ and the second as an ‘alert zone’. With this REDSCAN Pro can generate smart alerts dynamically by processing both the ‘judgment zone’ and ‘alarm zone’ status. There are many dynamic event-filtering applications, each requiring a certain configuration. Some of the most common applications are explained here:

Directional tracking protection

If there is a requirement to only allow movement in one direction, REDSCAN Pro can generate alarms for movement in the unwanted direction and no alarm when a person goes in the desired direction. One example of this application would be an exit-only walkway. For this application, REDSCAN Pro is installed on the horizontal mount and the alarm and judgment zones are allocated to suit the site requirement.

 Alerts for un-audited entry when a security guard is absent

In this example, there is a requirement for an alert when a person enters a zone and the security guard is not on location; there is no alert when the security guard is present.

REDSCAN Pro is mounted horizontally and we set the security guard standing area as a judgment zone and the entry area as an alert zone.

Minimum height limit requirements at the loading bay

An intelligent logic can be created in a logistics or warehouse environment based on the height of vehicles positioned by the loading bays. Delivery lorries or trucks entering the detection zones would not trigger any alarms, but smaller vehicles such as vans or cars would trigger the system. In this application, an alert is raised if a small car or van approaches a truck loading bay and there would be no alert for big trucks.

The REDSCAN Pro is installed in a vertical mount generating a virtual wall parallel to the loading bays. The area above the minimum required height is set as the ‘judgment zone’ and the area below the minimum height as the ‘alert zone’.

 Tunnel protection

The REDSCAN Pro dynamic filtering feature can be used for rail tunnel entry protection to ensure there is an alert if a person walks into the tunnel but no alerts for trains. The REDSCAN Pro can be installed in a vertical mount to generate a virtual door in the tunnel entrance.

Parked car protection

In this application, there is a requirement for an alert when a person approaches an area while a car is parked, but no alert when there is no car. The REDSCAN Pro is installed in a horizontal mount. We set the location where the car is normally parked as the ‘judgment zone’ and all the areas around the parked car as the ‘alert zone’.

If you would like more information about the REDSCAN Pro series and its possible applications,

please contact: optex@optex.com.pl, www.optex-europe.com.

Choosing the Right Networked Fire System

Today there are greater demands on fire systems than ever before. Many fire panels are powerful computers, working with intelligent detectors to report on changing conditions across the fire system, alerting people to emergencies by voice, light, and/or sound. They also control the release of suppressants, operate smoke control systems, link to graphical control systems, and integrate with third-party building management systems. This list is constantly growing, as well as the demand for fire panels to operate across larger, more complex sites.

By Vladimir Zrnic, Regional Sales Manager for Southern Europe, Advanced

Flexible system architecture

A networked fire alarm system communicates data between all panels/network nodes on a site, allowing for greater control over the fire safety of the whole building.

The network’s design should allow buildings to be protected by distributing fire panels across the site. Using a true peer-to-peer system, information from any input or output device can be sent over the network and displayed on any control panel, allowing the system to display details of all fires on any panel or repeater in the building.

The interconnection of fire alarm control panels over a proprietary network allows many panels, often in physically different locations, to communicate using a two-core cable (or fire-resistant two-core screened twisted pair cable depending on local legislation). Information from any one panel is available to any or all of the other panels in a network, distributing intelligence, reducing installation costs, and saving time on maintenance.

A looped system is recommended to ensure greater system security as it uses diverse cable routing techniques. Should a single fault occur, affecting communications, the system can still function and communicate to provide a coordinated response.

System speed

In large, complex sites, it is vital networked panels perform effectively. As the number of panels and input and output options on a network increase, some systems can slow down dramatically compromising safety and reliability.

Advanced’s peer-to-peer standard or fault-tolerant networks can be configured to allow the interconnection of up to 200 panels (nodes) in a fault-tolerant configuration. The maximum cable length between nodes is 1.5km, with a total loop length of 20km. The network can withstand a single fault between nodes without losing communications to any single panel by using a standard two-core, fire-resistant cable.

EN54-13 specifies maximum times for relaying fire alarm signals around the network. EN 54-13 (E) 4.3.2.1 states that “a fire alarm condition on Control and Indicating Equipment (CIE) shall be indicated on the main CIE within 20sec.” The typical delay on an Advanced Ad-NeT+ 50 panel network, for each panel to indicate a fire from any zone, is less than one second and 3.5 seconds for a full 200 panel system.

This is important, since what is the point of having an investigation delay set to 30 seconds if communication through the network takes a whole minute? Failure to acknowledge the alarm through the network and start an investigation will result in full evacuations on large complex sites, which is not what we want.

Scalability

A truly scalable fire network will allow different typologies suitable for sites of various sizes with vast cause-and-effect options, and intuitive, easy programming. As buildings are increasingly networked, fiber optic cable has become popular, allowing fire alarm networks to cover greater distances.

Fire systems need to work quickly and reliably, and process large numbers of changing signals in the event of a real fire. On larger sites, seconds count and fast systems are highly valuable in maximizing verification time, escape, and firefighting. Individually, many fire systems may appear to meet these challenges but in complex buildings with networked systems attaining adequate performance isn’t always achievable with inferior fire panels.

For further information on Advanced’s AxisGo email: vzrnic@advancedco.com or visit: https://uk.advancedco.com/

 

VMS Evolution – VAST Security Station

 Beginning in early 2023, VIVOTEK will release to the market a new and greatly improved video management system. VAST Security Station (VSS) is VIVOTEK’s newest offering to security VMS, with new solutions that expand beyond its predecessor VAST 2. The camera license methodology has been updated, with 3 different options for VSS.  For entry users, there is VSS Lite (which supports up to 32 channels). VSS Standard is available for SMB users (supports up to 64 channels).  For large-scale projects and power users, there is VSS PRO (supports 65+ channels).

In September of this year at the security tradeshow Essen, VSS was presented for the first time. Soon after it was demonstrated again in Zagreb at the A&S Adria Summit, followed by another demonstration one week later in Hungary by our partner at the Alphasonic Expo.  Feedback from these VSS presentations was overwhelmingly positive, with most visitors impressed with the new solutions added to VSS.

The presentation of VSS at the a&s Adria Summit included a live demo. At the main entrance, one camera was installed for monitoring and recording. Over the course of two days, the a&s Adria Summit had more than 2,500 visitors. Given a large number of people at the event, VSS was given the opportunity to demonstrate live its newest technology feature: Deep Search. Visitors were able to use VSS and Deep Search to easily find themselves from the main entrance camera footage. Many used their clothing information (top color, bottom color) as search criteria to find themselves. In the end, Deep Search proved very useful as all participants found themselves very easily. Some even found it fun.

Deep Search uses AI to improve search functionality, and it is comprised of three main functions: Attribute Search, Scene Search, and Re-Search. No longer relying on scrolling through the video footage frame by frame, VIVOTEK Object Analytic cameras provide metadata to enable intelligent video evidence search. By utilizing metadata-defined attributes and rules, Deep Search provides smarter, faster, and easier post-event search analysis.

Attribute Search uses specific attributes (e.g. gender, age group, clothing/vehicle color, vehicle type, etc.) to quickly and accurately search for people/vehicles. With Attribute Search, users can narrow down their search parameters to specific factors, such as a red motorcycle or blue shirt female.

Scene Search allows users to quickly review VIVOTEK Object Analytic camera footage by using intrusion, line crossing, or loitering detection on the recorded video. For example, using line crossing detection, users can draw a line at a point of interest in the video footage and select a time period to quickly find results of all events where someone, or vehicle, crossed that line.

A special addition to the in-depth investigation of recorded material is the Re-Search function. After finding a person of interest on one camera, users can use that image to search for them again (i.e. Re-Search) across all other cameras in the entire VSS system. This helps users identify and track all the activities of this person of interest throughout the property.

VSS is only taking over where VAST 2 left off. Many popular functions from VAST 2 will continue on in VSS, including:

  • Recognition of license plates
  • Management of Cybersecurity events
  • Analytical events from cameras (Line Crossing Detection, Loitering Detection, Intrusion Detection, Face Detection, Missing Object Detection, Unattended Object Detection, Crowd Detection, Smart Tracking, Running Detection, Parking Violation Detection, Restricted Zone Detection)

 

Greetings! UNV New product line of LCD Video Wall has officially launched! 

UNV has three product layouts now for different customers: popular video wall, video wall for contractors and mini LED backlight video wall!

UNV applied much patented technology in order to make our LCD Video wall more competitive.

Patented technology

  • Image enhancement: With exclusive image enhancement patented technology in security industry, the gray part is clearly visible, and there is no obvious loss in the bright part.
  • Intelligent anti-burning: The LCD screen has been in a static image for a long time. When it switches to other images, there will be previous images left. Our anti-burning function can move the whole-screen image by 1-3 pixels through the set rules without human eyes’ perception, so as to maintain the activity of all liquid crystal molecules, which can effectively solve the problem of screen burning.
  • Blue light eye protection: Alleviate the blue light hazards such as dry eyes and burning pain caused by long-term observation of the screen. Blue light lowering eye protection mode can reduce the energy of blue light band.
  • Auto seam compensation: Our auto seam compensation function can automatically complete the adjustment of seam compensation by obtaining the model and scale information. Compared with manual adjustment, it can greatly improve the adjustment efficiency and reduce the dependence on the installers.
  • Power on scientifically and protect the large screen: When the whole TV wall is switched on and off at the same time, the instantaneous current is large, which is easy to cause equipment damage. UNV video wall screen supports sequential switching, which makes the instantaneous current smaller, safer and more stable.

Mini LED backlight video wall

Uniview has launched the ultra-narrow LCD splicing display unit with mini LED backlight technology to the industry and commercial users. The model is MW5355-TP3-D.

Compared with that of ordinary products, the number of backlight beads and partitions has doubled, which can restore the true color to the largest extent, and has excellent performance such as longer lifespan and lower energy consumption.

  • Fine partition: The multiple increase of the number of partitions makes the local backlight adjustment more refined. The brightness of the highlighted part in the image can reach the maximum, while the brightness of the dark part can be reduced or even turned off to achieve the best contrast and save energy and power.
  • High brightness: Mini LED is used as backlight, so more mini led beads are integrated on the same screen, and the brightness is higher than that of ordinary video wall.
  • High dynamic contrast: When a part of the screen needs to display black, the small backlight of this part can be dimmed or even turned off to obtain more pure black and greatly improve the contrast.

Applications

The LCD Video Wall has two main applications.

The first one is for the monitoring room. It can work with VMS, keyboard, etc. In this way, the employees can use it to monitor scenarios such as safe city, park.

The other one is for advertisement. It is recommended to use in restaurants, supermarkets, buildings, banks, shopping malls and other scenes that need information publishing.

More information please visit www.uniview.com

If you have any business query, please contact chengchao@uniview.com

 

G4S implements security for important data centre in Oman

Data security for companies is critical: the legal and reputational risks and the harm caused to individuals when it falls into the wrong hands can be significant. Impressed by its global footprint, a data centre company chose G4S to design, install and maintain a security solution for its new site in Oman.

G4S has been active in Oman for over two decades and is a known name in the fire and security sector. Its customers range from banks and hotels to defence and energy companies, and specialises in introducing new technologies. In 2019 a Nasdaq-listed data centre company called on G4S’s expertise to design, install and maintain an integrated security solution for its new site located 65km from the capital city, Muscat.

G4S’s brief was to cover building and perimeter surveillance as well as staff and visitor access control. Crucially, this all needed to be accessible on a single platform for use by the company’s in-house security team.

Sumit Arora, Managing Director of G4S in Oman, said: “We created a state of the art security solution by bringing in multiple products under one single software platform for monitoring and control. This includes different types of cameras like thermal and infrared, as well as a gate automation and alarm systems.

Top of the range equipment was sourced from across the world, while Amag Technology, a manufacturing company owned by Allied Universal, supplied the access control and video management systems – the backbone of the integrated security solution.

The data centre is now used by some of the most recognisable tech brands in the world. G4S continues to carry out periodic maintenance checks and also provides 24/7 support to reduce downtime in case of any system faults.

Reflecting on the project, Sumit said: “Our involvement in the project began when the data centre was still a greenfield site, so we really were involved in its whole life cycle. Coordination and project management is key when you’re working on something like this, which involves multiple teams and equipment; but we really enjoy it because it’s very collaborative and is as far away as you can get from being transactional.”

With Incedo™ Cloud, you can now manage real-time and offline access control in one place

London, November 2022 – The flexibility of ASSA ABLOY’s Incedo access control ecosystem has been extended even further. Organizations can now deploy Incedo Cloud in locking solutions both in real-time or autonomously at the same premises, fine-tuning their security and gaining total control over their buildings from one place.

 In an environment where change is a constant, businesses need access control which is agile and futureproof. Hybrid working and the more efficient use of space — as well as energy — are just some of the challenges now faced by businesses of every type and scale. An Incedo access control solution with its vast range of digital locks and programmable credentials, provides the flexibility to grow and adapt to meet them.

With Incedo, organizations can secure almost any opening with autonomous electronic locks or in real time with online devices. They can issue building users with credentials of their choice, to access authorized areas via smartphone, smart-key or smart-card. And they manage everything in one place, from the flexible, scalable, intuitive Incedo platform.

Flexible control and flexible use, by smartphone, smart-key or smart-card

It’s fast and hassle free to adopt an Incedo system with secure Cloud functionality via one cost-efficient subscription.

To get started, businesses choose the access control hardware they need. They can administer multiple buildings — or even sites — within one system, with their choice of cloud or local management. Doors, cabinets, gates, server racks and almost any other opening may be locked with Aperio wireless devices, wired readers or PULSE smart key-operated, energy-harvesting locks.

Building users gain access via smart-cards, mobile keys stored on their smartphone, or battery-free smart keys — which can unlock both PULSE locks and traditional RFID readers. Any user’s smart key can be programmed to unlock both online Aperio wireless cylinders and autonomous PULSE cylinders, for example.

The Incedo Cloud system can be administered securely from anywhere with an internet connection. Installation is easy, with no complex integrations required. Incedo software updates are regular and automatic.

“Incedo-compatible electronic locking is fast, simple and cost-efficient to add to a building,” explains Joachim Mahlstedt, Commercial Director DAS at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions EMEIA. “And because the Incedo platform’s locks are all powered by standard batteries or energy harvesting technology, there is no need to install cables — saving copper and with no constant power draw, also reducing cost.”

Incedo Cloud is the easy, agile way to take control

Areas within a building may have different security requirements. Where entrance doors or critical areas need real-time monitoring including alerts, some other areas in the building might have lower demands for physical security. Here, autonomous devices can be installed faster and more cost-efficiently, with no need for network cables or wireless hubs. Autonomous devices may be offline yet still offer high functionality.

Incedo Cloud gives security managers the option to combine online and autonomous management. For example, controlling access in real time, with online management of secure areas including entrances, labs, server rooms and more. Adding autonomous devices enables the business to control access to areas that previously have been uneconomical due to location, environment, or cost.

“By extending Incedo’s cloud capabilities to include simultaneous online and autonomous management, we have given security managers even more choice, greater flexibility and convenience,” says Joachim.

“The broad hardware range for Incedo Cloud now includes both our Aperio wireless locks and PULSE electronic locking solution, self-powered by energy harvesting technology offering the flexibility of electronic locking with the familiarity of mechanical security. This extension delivers on our commitment to keep the Incedo ecosystem growing, to help businesses meet their changing needs now and in the future.”

“Because Incedo is built to be agile and flexible, switching between online and autonomous management is always seamless, for both users and administrators,” adds Joachim. “The only difference is how credentials are managed: online or via updaters.”

“This new functionality helps businesses futureproof their access management to face whatever challenges may come their way.”

To learn more and download an Incedoä Cloud solution guide, visit https://www.assaabloy.com/group/emeia/solutions/topics/access-control/incedo/incedo-software-options/incedo-cloud

Mobile video surveillance market gains momentum

The mobile video surveillance market is projected to grow from USD 2.4 billion in 2022 to USD 3.6 billion by 2027; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.7% during the forecast period. This is according to researchers at Marketsandmarkets, who also say that a number of factors, including increased camera resolution, increasing AI capabilities, and remote monitoring, are making it easier for mobile surveillance integrators to meet the demand from end users to meet their security and operational needs in various types of vehicles including transportation vehicles, police vehicles, and drones.

Increased demand for storage

A general fall in prices of surveillance cameras over time has also resulted in increased adoption worldwide, which, in turn, has created significant demand for storage solutions. The high demand for storage devices can also be attributed to the greater adoption of IP cameras. IP cameras record videos at higher resolutions and framerate. Some cameras simultaneously record sound alongside the video. These factors have increased the storage requirements; hence, storage devices are projected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period.

IP video offer greater flexibility

IP cameras excel in capturing high-definition, high-framerate video. They also offer greater flexibility for interconnectivity with different cameras and expansion in the number of connected cameras. IP security cameras transmit data through encryption and authentication methods, such as WEP, WPA, WPA2, TKIP, and AES. IP cameras can also be connected wirelessly with an NVR. These cameras also offer remote access; they can be monitored from any computer anywhere in the world and many mobile devices, including smartphones and laptops. Owing to the increased capabilities of IP cameras and digital recording capabilities, many companies and organisations are switching to IP-based camera systems.

Strong demand in military & defence vertical

In military & defence, drones can be easily deployed and integrated into the Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) system. They have simple operational and maintenance procedures with high tactical capabilities. They are versatile and can carry out a variety of missions, such as mountain search and rescue, illegal traffic monitoring, support to ground forces, and intelligence operations. Mobile video surveillance is widely used in the military and aerospace segment for different applications, such as patrolling national borders (border security) and search and rescue missions. In addition, mobile video surveillance controls the entry of refugees in crucial areas, such as military base camps and border areas, monitors peace treaties, provides security perimeters around the base camps and embassies (perimeter security), and ensures resource exploration and target tracking.

Geographically APAC shows best growth potential

The market in the Asia Pacific is expected to be growing at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. Early adoption of new technologies, such as cameras, wireless connectivity, and integrated analytics for DVRs and NVRs, has resulted in the rising adoption of mobile video surveillance systems in the Asia Pacific. Also, government initiatives toward making cities safer against terrorists; high expenditure on security equipment; availability of low-cost mobile video surveillance systems by local manufacturers; and high demand for IP systems in transportation, law enforcement, and military & defence verticals are driving the growth of the Chinese mobile video surveillance market.

Major vendors

Major vendors in the mobile video surveillance market according to the analysts and mentioned in the research include – Hikvision, Dahua Technology, Axis Communications, Bosch, Hanwha Techwin, Avigilon, Teledyne Flir, Briefcam, Pelco, Uniview, Agent Video Intelligence, CP Plus, Genetec, Huawei, Seon Design, Pro-Vigil, Strongwatch, Rosco Vision, Vivotek, Mobotix, Wireless CCTV, Strops Technology, DTI Group and Ivideon.

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