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The growth of cold chain and the opportunities it brings

The cold chain industry is growing at a rapid pace, thanks to the increased need to transport perishable goods like food and medicine. For solution providers in this sector, opportunities are several. However, they need to have a clear understanding of the pain points to make a real difference.
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As countries worldwide increasingly realize the importance of maintaining robust trade links with each other and the technological developments that can assist them in it, trade volumes are on the rise. According to data from the World Trade Organization (WTO), merchandise trade volume is expected to rise 4.4 percent in 2018, almost as much as the 4.7 percent increase recorded in 2017. Growth could ease a bit to 4 percent in the coming year but will remain firmly above levels recorded during the financial crisis.

The cold chain market, one of the major components of global trade, was valued at US$147.6 billion in 2017 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15 percent from 2018 to 2025, according to Grand View Research. The increased presence of connected devices and automation of refrigerated warehouses is considered some of the major factors fueling this growth.

The growth figures mentioned above include statistics from different sectors, including food and medicine. Speaking specifically on the latter, Mark Sawicki, Chief Commercial Officer of Cryoport, said that according to recent reports, the total global sales year to date for biologic products and drugs has exceeded $300 billion.

“The specialized global logistics solutions for these products are forecast to reach approximately $15 billion by the end of 2018 and grow to $18 billion by 2022,” Sawicki said. “We agree with the estimates and see a growing demand for our products and for the industry.”

Not all industry experts are, however, convinced that the growth could rise at the rapid pace that is projected. This is not because of a lack of demand. In fact, the demand is strong but the infrastructural support to meet the demand may still be at a nascent stage in certain parts of the world. For Alvis Lazarus, CEO of Hesol Consulting, who spoke specifically about the Indian market, the outlook shows strong potential, but the reality is slightly different.

“With the current outlook, cold chain industry could easily be a winner, but it isn’t yet,” Lazarus said. “Though the demand is so promising, the means to cope up with that demand is still very fragile.”

Naturally, the more products that require cold conditions are developed, the more the need for cold chain solutions. Till Krenzien, Principal of Competence Field Engineering and Implementation at Miebach Consulting, pointed out that the cold chain is a process requirement.

“It is constantly growing since more products are developed, which require constantly cold conditions,” Krenzien said. “Our industry studies for the pharmaceutical market during the last five years show a growth of 8 to 10 percent per annum.”

Factors Driving Growth
While there are several factors that contribute to market growth, certain key aspects stand out. According to Lazarus, the root of growth is the rising per capita income and changing consumer buying behavior. The US Department of Commerce, in a recent report, noted that the expansion of cold chain systems is a force multiplier that can boost exports and open new opportunities and markets over multiple sectors in the long term, rather than a one-off export transaction that can be quantified simply as an export success.

Industries like pharmaceutical are increasingly in need of cold chain solutions. Krenzien pointed out that pharma companies are developing more liquid (injectable) and biopharmaceutical drugs, which require cold storage conditions of 2 to 8 ̊C and deep freeze conditions of -20 ̊C and below (down to -70 ̊C). The requirements for existing drugs are also seeing an increase, leading to accelerated efforts to comply with regulations.

Explaining further on the market conditions and the factors fueling demand, Corey Rosenbusch, President and CEO of Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA), added that occupancy levels have peaked at the moment.

“We have seen growth from a capacity standpoint,” Rosenbusch said. “We are looking at about 5 percent growth rate a year in terms of what capacity is added to the industry. Capacity is tight right now, both on the transportation as well as the warehousing side. Occupancy levels are in the upper 80 percent, which is not full but in a distribution environment, it is considered so. Most people would even say at an 82 or 83 percent they are full because they need to have the flexibility for products to flow in and out.”

There are several reasons for this. One of the main reasons is that manufacturers have started to rebuild their inventories after the economic crisis in 2008 when they were trying to pull back and clear up balance sheets. Also, there is a lot of Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) diversification that require additional pallet positions. Further, many retailers are introducing policies that penalize manufacturers who are unable to fill orders. All these have pushed growth.

“Generally speaking, the growth of the food industry, especially the perishable food industry, is highly correlated with middle-income growth,” Rosenbusch said. “So, any time you see a growth of middle income in a region, country, or part of the world, that is going to drive the growth of cold chain.”

According to Grand View Research, growth factors include trade liberalization, government efforts to reduce food waste, and expansion of multinational retail chains. Entities like the WTO, bilateral trade initiatives such as the European Union Free Trade Agreement and the North America Free Trade Agreement have boosted the need for transporting perishable goods across the globe.

While this may be the case mostly in developed economies, emerging markets are seeing a different trend altogether. Here, the cold storage market is fueled by a move from consumption of food that is rich in carbohydrates to those that are protein-rich.

“Countries such as China are expected to portray a significant growth rate over the coming years due to a consumer-led transition in the economy,” reports Grand View Research. “With growing technological advancements in warehouses management and refrigerated transportation, the market is likely to expand in developing economies. Furthermore, growing government subsidies have enabled service providers to tap these emerging markets with innovative solutions to overcome complex transportation.”

Trends Seen in the Industry
Industry experts point out that technological developments have paved way for several trends in this sector. Key among them is the need for real-time monitoring of factors like temperature and atmospheric composition. These data help service providers understand the various conditions and help them take preemptive action.

However, some experts are quick to point out that the trends are in line with technological developments in other sectors in the transport and storage industry.

“There is a misconception that the technologies are so different, but the truth is that they are not,” Lazarus said. “If you consider the overall supply chain, the cold chain fits in majorly on the distribution (warehousing and transportation) as well as the raw material storage and transportation industries. Hence, all the key supply chain concepts, methods and tools make perfect sense for the cold chain as well.”

For example, tool kits for procurement and sourcing, transportation and warehouse management as well as standards all apply to cold chain operations as well. Even in a cold chain setup, all the existing tools and techniques like space planning, layout designing, storage systems, and material flow and handling are used. Despite this, there are certain differentiators that need to be mentioned.

“Now, the differentiator is the technology in maintaining the product at the right specifications like temperature, packing, handling etc., throughout the supply chain,” Lazarus continued. “We really struggle to achieve this due to lack of design norms, operational inefficiencies, discipline issues and lack of process controls. As a cold chain supply chain consultant, I have worked on multiple projects fixing these gaps and, in most cases, we are not inventing anything new, but fixing the missing basics. There have also been instances, where we used IoT-based supply chain solutions to bridge these gaps. Recently we worked on an IoT solution to bridge multiple upstream and downstream issues within a dairy product supply chain.”

Lazarus’ point is that new tools and technologies keep coming up but those that are already there are not obsolete, and they make perfect sense even today. Speaking on this point, Rosenbusch said that technology was indeed the main topic of discussion at GCCA’s recent board meeting, stressing on its importance.

“When I say technology, automation is a big part of that,” Rosenbusch added. “If you look at Europe, the continent has always been a leader in automation, with just about any building you go into having some form of it. This is obviously because of the lack of availability and high price of land and labor. Labor is very expensive in Europe, so that has been a driver behind a lot of the automation that you see there. Those same challenges are not necessarily there in the U.S. However, we are seeing a tipping point and that is labor availability. [Concerns on] the availability of labor have pushed people to seriously consider automated solutions.”

He added that automation does not necessarily mean complete AS/RS systems in the cold chain industry. In some cases, for instance, it’s just about integrating conveyors or pallet moles into existing infrastructure. So, anything that can create efficiency or help replace some of the labor that has become a challenge is definitely being used.

“But it’s not just automation from a technology standpoint, but also systems, that include WMS and TMS, business intelligence, solutions to help look at supply chain optimization for customers, etc.” Rosenbusch. “We have even heard of people using drones in their buildings to do cycle counts, fully IoT-enabled systems for refrigeration. It’s a broader introduction of technology into all elements of the business.”

Challenges Hurting Growth
When it comes to the challenges in this industry, factors ranging from regional differences to economic concerns play a major role.

“We primarily represent, what we call, the third-party cold chain,” Rosenbusch said. “This means anybody who is offering cold chain solutions as a service. There is a lot of demand for these services right now, but I think the contractual environment has prevented a lot of food companies that are demanding those services from making long-term commitments. So, when you look at the need to put up more assets, to put up more buildings, to invest in growth, what they require is an anchor client, an anchor tenant or a long-term commitment.”

This is not just from a return on investment (ROI) perspective but also from a financing perspective when banks and financial institutions look at feasibility.

“The industry in the food sector has become so dynamic,” Rosenbusch continued. “It’s changing so rapidly, that it makes it difficult for food companies to make a ten-year commitment for some assets. But these are not cheap assets, and I think that’s one of the factors that is affecting growth.”

Regulations are another factor that is important to consider. For instance, certain automation solutions might require tall buildings and the height may not be in line with what the local laws permit. The general political environment of a country may also come into play when considering challenges that need to be overcome. Concerns in this regard may limit the amount of investment that individuals and organizations would want to make. Especially when it comes to expanding to new markets, there are uncertainties on how governments function and this too becomes a hurdle to growth.

But perhaps the biggest challenge is labor itself. Having a skilled workforce to fill the jobs and be able to meet the current requirements is not easy.

Krenzien added certain other technological challenges as well. In his opinion, while it is critical to monitor factors such as the temperature at each point of the supply chain, aspects such as lack of adequate infrastructure, especially in terms of refrigerated trucks, warehouses and efficient roads in developing economies is a difficulty.

Enhancing Business in Cold Chain
For vendors that provide technical support to cold chain service providers, understanding the challenges and requirements is critical. Labor and energy are the two biggest costs for service providers, and manufacturers would do well if they can concentrate on coming up with solutions that would ease the pressure on these two fronts.

On a final note, Rosenbusch added that a survey of food companies that GCCA had conducted recently found that food safety and protecting their brand was the biggest concern. No one can afford to have an outbreak of a food-borne illness because it would completely destroy their brand. In other words, this is the major fear that keeps them awake at night and, this, in turn, should be the primary focus of technology vendors who manufacture cold chain solutions.

Giga-TMS Offers an Ideal Cold Chain Solution With Promag

With global trade links continuing to grow at a rapid pace, the need for an uninterruptable cold chain to transport perishable goods like fresh food and medicine is at an all-time high. One of the key players in this industry, offering robust solutions to cold chain service providers, is Giga-TMS.

Controlling the various parameters of temperature is critical to the efficient operation of cold chain systems. In this regard, Giga-TMS offers Promag, its solution that enables temperature monitoring, cloud-based data with web portal access and mobile apps, prevention of data tampering, and track and trace of transport. From an operational point of view, the solution that Giga-TMS provides allows fresh products to hold their value longer, increasing their transportability and providing opportunities that expand their market reach.

What Features Make Promag Special?
Giga-TMS offers an end-to-end solution. Monitoring begins at the farms and factories and remains in operation until products reach destinations like distribution centers, third-party logistic outlets, warehouses, grocery stores, specialty retail stores, restaurants, and hospitality centers. While this itself is a great advantage to the customer, Promag’s following features ensure the whole process runs as smooth as possible.

1. Basic functions: These include a range of relevant sensors for factors like temperature and light, along with an integrated alert mechanism. The solution can make use of Wi-Fi or cellular connectivity.
2. Ease of use: End customers like restaurants and retail outlets do not have dedicated technical departments to take care of cold chain processes. The solutions offered to them should be robust and easy to set up and use. Promag, with its ease of connectivity and cloud-based support, ensures minimum onsite maintenance.
3. User interface: Given the fact that customers in the transport and preparation of food often must adhere to stringent deadlines, a simple, intuitive user interface is critical. This will reduce the time required for training new employees as well.
4. Data for analytics: The role of data is being increasingly understood in various industries and the cold chain is no different. With Promag, customers will be able to gather information through real-time monitoring, which can be analyzed and used to predict conditions.
5. Accuracy and reliability: None of the features mentioned above matter if the solution does not provide a consistently dependable service. This is where Giga-TMS truly stands a class apart. Promag conforms to international standards that ensure reliability and accuracy.

How Does It All Benefit the Customer?
By ensuring that products like food and healthcare supplies remain intact during transport, Giga-TMS is an asset to cold chain service providers. Naturally, customers of different products have different requirements. For instance, the conditions that are necessary to transport fruits and vegetables are different from that required for medicines. The advantage of Promag is that it can suit customers across verticals. By ensuring the efficient transport of goods, the solution helps to boost productivity, improve accuracy, customer satisfaction, reduce costs and enhance the overall brand image. In short, with Promag, cold chain service providers can rest assured that their investment is in the right place.

From pick up to drop off – student tracking provides peace of mind

Student tracking solutions for school buses are allowing both parents and school administrators to keep track of students during their bus journey to and from school.
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It’s a simple fact — parents want to know where their children are. Now, with student tracking solutions, this peace of mind can be offered to both parents, drivers and school administrators alike.

Most of the technologies used by school buses to increase safety (e.g., collision detection, surveillance cameras, GPS tracking, etc.) are not unique to school bus transportation – many of these technologies are already widely used in the transportation industry. What is unique to the school bus industry, though, is the proliferation of apps and student tracking technologies. With these technologies drivers and parents can track both the school bus and students on the bus, while also ensuring that school buses are as efficient as possible.

Different Types of Student Tracking
The latest solution for student tracking is to equip students with their own ID card which is swiped when getting on and off the school bus. This allows administrators and parents to view and track where students are during the school bus operation. Companies like Wireless inks offer passive and active RFID solutions integrated with fleet management to track students. The company’s student and school bus tracking fleet management solution provides visibility and control over the real-time location of students and buses while providing assistance in ensuring student transportation safety.

According to Gene Ballard, Smart Bus Program Manager at Kajeet, the following are required for an effective student tracking solution: full GPS services on the bus, ID cards for the students with RFID or NFC, and driver tablets (which some states prohibit). “The driver tablet is important as students will forget their ID cards and their information must be manually entered into a tablet,” he explained.

The Kajeet solution provides the connecting piece of Wi-Fi to ensure student tracking information can be transferred safely and securely. “Our SmartBus solution also includes the GPS services to: view the current location and location history of every school bus; visualize the position of buses across the school district with a breadcrumbs trail; and create custom reports, including when buses exceed the speed limit,” Ballard said.

Seon’s student ridership tracking solution is integrated with video, GPS tracking and route operations software. “Student tracking requires an RFID card, card reader, wireless connectivity (cellular) and interface with routing or tracking data. Most vendors offer pieces of this solution, leading to incompatibility and incomprehensible data reports. We offer a fully integrated video, routing and tracking solution,” said Justin Malcolm, Director of Product Management for Safe Fleet.

ReaXium has created a unique solution using mobile biometric devices that are outfitted on the school bus. “Upon boarding, students and bus drivers authenticate themselves with a device that captures their fingerprint or ID card which verifies who they are, when they boarded, and what bus and bus stop they should be going to,” explained Edgar Zorrilla, CEO of ReaXium.

Unlike cameras, GPS tracking and roll-call methods of student monitoring, which lack a big proponent in visibility, ReaXium’s solution removes the guesswork of which students are on the bus, what stop they will be getting off at, and when they will be getting off. “Parents and administrators can track the buses in real time and get notifications on student status. The ability to provide constant visibility throughout the bus route is critical in making sure that no child is not accounted for and to advocate safety for the greater community,” Zorrilla said.

Overcoming Challenges
School districts are always under strict budgets, and “extras,” like student tracking, are often seen as unnecessary despite their value. As such, solution providers are working with school districts’ restricted budgets so they can still reap the benefits of this technology.

ReaXium boasts a flexible business model to allow school districts to make the most of implementing its solution. “For starters, as a managed service provider, we don’t make districts take on a capital asset that will depreciate in value, instead our customers will pay a monthly fee that covers full-time monitoring and support as well as access to any software or hardware update,” Zorrilla explained.

Wireless Links offers low-cost options such as its RFID solutions integrated with GPS telematics. “We offer both passive and active RFID solutions in addition to the GPS telematics devices installed on the bus. Both are budget friendly options. For the passive RFID, the student card serves as a passive RFID card. When the student gets on or off the bus, he scans the RFID card by the reader to log the location and time of event. For the active RFID, each student is issued a personal RFTag with a unique ID. When students get on and off the bus, the RFTag automatically links and registers with the Piccolo Plus telematics device installed in the bus,” said Morgan Minster, Marketing Manager at Wireless Links.

While cost is a major challenge, Leslie Kilgore, VP of Engineering at Thomas Built Buses (TBB) pointed out that most school districts keep their school buses for 15 years or more. “Even if a school district does decide to install student tracking technology, some older buses may not be compatible with the technology, leaving only their newest buses (a small percentage of the overall fleet) equipped with the safety feature,” she said.

Education and technology awareness are also challenges. While schools districts are adopting more new, smart technologies in the classroom, understanding how technologies like student tracking work and the benefits are not always so easy.

For companies like ReaXium, with their unique biometric student tracking solution, educating users and exploring with them the effectiveness of its biometric solution is essential to its deployment. “Not understanding how biometrics works, how this would improve safety and security, what are the costs of this system are objections that we face,” Zorrilla explained. “As biometrics makes an advancement toward preventative security, people tend to have the negative connotation that their identity is at risk and that their personal information is stored on a database that everyone can view, which is not the case. In addition to biometrics, we offer card-based ridership solutions with the same solution.”

From a technical standpoint, Zorrilla noted connectivity and the potential for a bus route to cross blind spots as challenges. “However, our solution works online and offline. Any data collected during a lost connection or blind spot such as bus location, students entering and more is automatically synced and logged correctly when a connection is established again,” he added.

Still a Ways to Go
Tracking students can definitely have its benefits, especially in highly urban settings where safety and security may be more of a concern. However, at this point, with limited budgets, school districts will have a hard time spending on technologies like student tracking considering the overwhelming majority of school buses in the U.S. are not even required to have seatbelts. Although, with safety becoming more of an issue, certain school districts are sure to find such technology very valuable.

How Student Tracking Helps School Administrators and Drivers

Student tracking helps parents know where their child is while on the school bus; however, the technology also largely benefits school administrators and drivers.

Student tracking increases awareness on buses by verifying who is who and where. It also helps to provide parents with peace of mind, but more importantly allows school districts to more effectively manage their transportation.

Wireless Links’ solution helps school transport managers to communicate better with school bus drivers, know their driving patterns or violations, view the location of a school bus and receive instant warnings on exit from regular route, explained Morgan Minster, Marketing Manager at Wireless Links; thus assisting schools in managing their transportation effectively. Edgar Zorrilla, CEO of ReaXium, noted that one of the biggest issues with school bus safety is awareness of who is onboard, and what to do in a situation. “While implementing surveillance cameras and bus tracking software are some solutions to show the activity of the bus, they don’t accomplish the greater goal of accountability. This means; who enters and leaves, what time they did, and constant communication between the bus driver and the school,” he said. Student tracking solutions can help to resolve the imbalance of awareness that results in students boarding the wrong bus, not getting off at the right stop, and lack of updates for parents when they ask the school where their child is and the school is unable to answer that. Whether through a data plan or using mobile Wi-Fi, Zorrilla noted that smart school buses can now communicate with dispatchers and administrators in real time by automatically syncing their current rider list and their location, as well as sending any alerts dispatched by drivers. “Administrators can track buses and the students onboard from their secure web dashboard. Parents or guardians can also track the bus and their students using a mobile app.”

Student tracking can also make school bus drivers better. “For instance, our device acts as a student information manager meaning drivers can know how many students and who to expect at a stop,” Zorrilla explained. “Similarly, the device acts as an alert dispatcher letting drivers quickly tell administrators or families of an unexpected delay or incident.”

How technology is making school buses safer

Ensuring the safety of the millions of children that ride school buses daily is a top priority. New and more advanced technologies are helping school districts protect students both on and off the bus.
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School buses are one of the safest modes of transportation on the road. In fact, students are 70 times more likely to arrive safely at school if traveling by school bus rather than by car, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Even so, recent school bus accidents, such as the 2016 Chattanooga, Tennessee, bus crash that resulted in the deaths of six students have highlighted the need for stronger safety measures.

Today, a combination of public awareness, driver and student bus safety training, and installation of integrated onboard safety technologies are essential for modern school bus safety management, according to Justin Malcolm, Director of Product Management for Safe Fleet. By deploying a combination of different safety solutions, school buses across the U.S. can better ensure the safety of the precious cargo they transport.

Using Cameras and GPS Tracking
Nowadays there are many different types of safety and security solutions for school buses. Cameras are a common safety measure, and in the past have mostly been installed inside buses to monitor and keep track of what is happening aboard. However, advancements in camera technology and accompanying software can now offer school districts real-time video footage of what is happening both outside and inside the bus. This is important since students are most vulnerable during the loading and unloading process.

While the deployment of stop arms and crossing arms have helped reduce student injuries and fatalities over the years, implementing stop arm cameras on the outside of the bus is helping penalize drivers overtaking stopped school buses.

“Stop-arm cameras track any illegal passing and some states allow districts to use these cameras to issue tickets to those drivers,” said Gene Ballard, Smart Bus Program Manager at Kajeet. “Rearview or backup cameras provide drivers another point of reference to ensure there are no pedestrians walking behind the school bus. Additionally, bus drivers have a silent alarm or panic button, which they can press to alert their transportation department of an issue or emergency on their school bus,” he added.

Leslie Kilgore, VP of Engineering at Thomas Built Buses (TBB), explained how using a 360-degree camera, such as TBB’s PV360, could provide a 360-degree bird’s-eye view of the exterior of the bus. “Unlike other cameras in the market that provide images on split screens, the PV360 camera shows full visibility all the way around the bus with screens that are stitched together to create one image,” she said. The PV360 uses four cameras to provide bus drivers with real-time video images of everything that is happening outside the bus, without constantly switching views. “If the driver needs a closer look, he or she can toggle between cameras for a closer look. This technology is especially important since most accidents involving a school bus happen outside the bus.”

GPS tracking is another popular solution used for school bus safety. Through GPS tracking, school districts can know the exact location of all buses in its fleet. “GPS technology also provides speed reports, such as the posted speed vs. the actual bus speed. So if bus drivers are speeding, transportation departments can now see who is speeding, where they were speeding, and by how much,” Ballard explained.

Installing GPS telematics units also provides school transport managers with important information ranging from real-time bus location; school bus driver’s driving behavior; geofencing alerts when vehicles exit and enter predefined areas or routes; and maintenance, according to Morgan Minster, Marketing Manager at Wireless Links.

How Wi-Fi Changed the Game
Aside from improved camera and GPS telematics technology, companies have developed a wide variety of solutions to enhance school bus safety. Much of this development has been brought on and made possible by the increased availability of Wi-Fi networks and the overall IoT revolution.

“Technology is bringing more and more safety solutions to the school bus. The first solution to bring school buses into the 21st century is internet access,” Ballard said. “As school buses become well-connected vehicles, there needs to be a factor that ties all of the technology together. And that connecting piece is internet access. With Wi-Fi on the school bus, districts get the access they need to keep moving forward in the connected world while saving money and expanding their capabilities to integrate any Wi-Fi enabled solutions.”

Kilgore observed, “Cellular data and Wi-Fi has enabled apps to function and to be accessible. In addition, cellular data also enables some technologies like onboard telematics to receive over-the-air updates much like a standard computer update. This saves the fleet managers and technicians time and money and makes the school bus safer overall by allowing communication with the transportation department.”

Malcolm noted that adoption of live streaming, which offers the ability to tap into installed video cameras to assess onboard emergencies, has been hampered by the high costs of cellular data plans. “Deployments of mobile Wi-Fi will help reduce the adoption barriers to live video streaming, by sharing data plan costs across applications.”

Additionally, filtered Wi-Fi — meaning students can only access educational, safe sites — on school buses allows students to focus on their homework or educational games, which keeps them entertained and reduces the chances of fighting, according to Ballard. “They won’t be spending their time on social media or watching TV. And students can gain an additional 20 days of instructional time with Wi-Fi on their school bus,” he explained.

New Technologies Creating Safer Buses
There are many new and innovative technologies on the market today that are being deploying on buses to increase safety and security in and around the bus.

“When developing technologies for our industry, we strive to hit the right balance, bringing to market only the innovations that make sense for the customers. In other words, the right technology at the right time. We don’t innovate for the sake of innovating,” Kilgore said. “Instead, we try to address problems in the industry and work to make school buses safer, more efficient, easier to maintain, and to provide a lower total cost of ownership.”

One such technology being developed is pedestrian detection. TBB is currently developing its own pedestrian detection solution, which will be comprised of LED ground lights on the cross-view mirrors as well as multiple radar units on the 77 GHz frequency band installed around the exterior of a Thomas Built bus. “These higher frequency radars, which are used for autonomous vehicles and high-resolution meteorological observations, will allow for more precise detection and measurement of a pedestrian or object within 10 feet of the front, back or side of the school bus. The entire traditional danger zone will be visible. When a pedestrian is detected, the system will alert the driver on an in-cabin tablet, as well as through caution lights on the cross-view mirrors,” Kilgore explained.

Safe Fleet is also working on smart pedestrian detection technologies that use a combination of video, sensors, artificial intelligence and deep learning, which will help analyze and reduce future accidents. “Safe Fleet is currently working on a number of school bus danger zone safety technologies that both improve visibility around the bus and analyze and alert both students and drivers of any hazards in the danger zone. These technologies working together will analyze whether an oncoming vehicle is likely to pass illegally, and warn students and drivers not to cross. These technologies will improve visibility and send both visual and audible alerts to drivers when motion is detected near the school bus at a stop to reduce collisions,” Malcolm said.

Lane departure and collision avoidance warnings, which can alert the driver before an impending accident occurs, are also being adopted by school districts.

While technologies like collision avoidance and pedestrian detection are considered new technologies for the school bus industry, Kilgore pointed out that they are not necessarily new to the transportation industry.

Challenges to Safety and Security
One of the biggest challenges school districts face when wanting to deploy new technology is budgetary. “School budgets are limited and when it comes to purchasing multiple school buses or equipping just a few buses with state-of-the-art technology, most school districts opt to purchase more buses rather than a few with the latest in safety technology,” Kilgore said.

“Budget is consistently a roadblock to advancing school buses with the latest technology,” Ballard said. To meet this challenge, Kajeet has reduced the upfront cost of its solution with a new program, SmartBus Select. “This program brings the first-year cost down to US$840. This fixed monthly rate for this all-in-one program includes: SmartBus hardware, installation kit, installation services, data plan with 4G LTE connectivity on six North American wireless carriers, and GPS services,” he explained.

Urgency, as observed by Minster, is another challenge. “Although schools and districts are aware of the benefits, they are not urgent to pass the necessary budget to equip school buses with these types of technologies or they do not feel that they should invest in these solutions at the moment. This causes delays in the implementation in these solutions which is a shame as all can benefit from these types of technologies to ensure student safety.”

Malcolm noted connectivity challenges, high cost data plans, and IT networking infrastructure knowledge as obstacles preventing faster adoption of newer technologies. “Also with the proliferation of data from all these technologies, school administrators are overwhelmed by system operations and data analysis,” he added.

Seon, a Safe Fleet brand, has tackled these problems by offering a completely integrated out-of-the-box solution for school transportation that combines video, route operations, tracking and student ridership technology to make it easier for administrators to pull meaningful data that improves student safety. Additionally, its Certified Wireless Network Administrators can help districts architect their wireless networks to handle the demands of video transmission.

A Future of Smart School Buses
Despite budget limitations, school buses will continue to become not only safer and more secure, but also smarter. With regulations changing to better ensure student safety, along with increased connectivity and advancements in technology, school buses are bound to become smarter — not just because of available technologies, but because student safety will demand it.

Deadly school bus accidents are driving US lawmakers at both the federal and state levels to strengthen the regulations that govern school bus safety.

New regulations are oftentimes an unfortunate result of tragic accidents. For example, the death of a two-year-old girl in New Jersey resulted in Abigail’s Law. This law requires school buses in the state to be equipped with sensors to detect objects in the front and back of the bus. Then earlier this year in May, a school bus accident in New Jersey, which resulted in the death of one student and a teacher, brought increased attention to school bus safety. In response to the accident, state lawmakers passed a bill requiring all new school buses to have three-point lap and shoulder belts – previously school buses were only required to have two-point lap belts.

Nationally, school bus safety is governed by strict regulations set forth by the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS). “School buses must meet 42 FMVSS requirements, more than any other vehicle on the road,” explained Leslie Kilgore, VP of Engineering at Thomas Built Buses (TBB). “Beyond the federal requirements, individual states have their own safety regulations, plus the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) make recommendations on regulations and restrictions to further enhance the safety of school buses.” According to the NHTSA, in a single day more than 104,000 school bus drivers observed 77,972 vehicles illegally passing school buses in 2017. To combat this, the NCSL reports there are currently 15 states that allow local governments or school districts to use cameras to capture images and issue tickets to drivers illegally passing stopped school buses.

Recently, the NTSB recommended all US school buses be equipped with lap-shoulder belts and electronic stability control. While some states take these recommendations to heart, others are still considering the recommendation. Currently, only eight states — Arkansas, California, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York and Texas — in the U.S. have laws requiring school buses to have seatbelts, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

Electronic stability control, which assists school bus drivers by detecting when a school bus is unstable and corrects the path of the bus before a rollover or loss of control occurs, can help eliminate accidents before they happen. Kilgore noted Canada requires all new school buses be equipped with electronic stability control. “With time, more and more of these safety features will become standard on school buses. Today, our new Saf-T-Liner C2 school buses already come equipped with electronic stability control and engine telematics as standard equipment. More features will follow, due to regulations or needs within the industry. But it will take time and further education before all school buses across the United States and Canada feature all these technologies,” Kilgore said.

 

Making the change from historic building to state-of-the-art medical centre, with SMARTair™ wireless access control

London, June 2016 – Fast, cost-efficient installation and flexible operation convinced architects that SMARTair™ wireless access control was the right choice for securing a new health centre in Stourbridge, England.

Facilities at the new Lion Health Centre include 30 consulting rooms, an enhanced nursing suite, minor operations theatre, physio gym and rehabilitation area, a small lecture theatre and an onsite pharmacy. Abacus Chartered Architects — who led the project to convert a historic Victorian foundry to this 21st-century medical facility — selected the SMARTair™ access control system. SMARTair™ works as a stand-alone system, and is already adopted in small and medium-sized healthcare premises across Europe.

At these protected heritage premises, attractive SMARTair™ components work unobtrusively in both the sensitively converted historic building and its new, modern extension. “SMARTair™ complements the contemporary style of the modern build and is competitively priced,” says Graham Sunderland at Abacus Chartered Architects.

Now staff, contractors and authorized visitors at Lion Health open doors using keyless, contactless technology based on RFID smartcards pre-programmed with personalized access permissions. Using the straightforward, secure SMARTair™ Web Manager tool, facility staff can monitor footfall around the health centre, with the reassurance that private offices and other sensitive areas are protected by SMARTair™ access control.

Because SMARTair™ locking devices are wireless and battery-powered, there’s no complicated, expensive and intrusive electrical cabling required during installation. SMARTair™ is ideal for retrofitting an existing building; SMARTair™ installers simply replace any standard door’s mechanical lock with a SMARTair™ device, and connect it to the SMARTair™ software, to upgrade a “regular” door to an intelligent door integrated with the building’s SMARTair™ access control system. There’s no major upheaval or disruption to a site’s day-to-day running.

For day-to-day system administration, the SMARTair™ Web Manager tool works in any standard internet browser, with https:// protocol communication and SSL password encryption.

“There was no need to install complicated software,” adds Graham Sunderland, “making for an efficient installation process, and allowing the project to progress quickly.”

Adding, amending or deleting a user is easy. With the SMARTair™ Web Manager tool, a simple click cancels a smartcard’s access rights — a much quicker and cheaper process than replacing a mechanical lock. As a result, security is not compromised if someone at Lion Health loses their credential.

About Lion Health: The Lion Health Centre provides GP and other medical services for 26,000 patients across the Stourbridge area, in England’s West Midlands. For more information, see www.lion-health.co.uk.

About Abacus Chartered Architects: See www.abacusarchitects.co.uk.

New Aperio® H100: easy-to-integrate wireless access control technology is now inside a stylish door handle

London, February 2018 — The new Aperio® H100 packs the power and flexibility of wireless access control into one slim, cleverly designed door handle. With easy retrofitting to almost any interior door and comprehensive RFID compatibility, the new Aperio® H100 handle makes extending access control to more doors cost-effective by integrating with a vast range of third-party systems.

The Aperio® H100’s stylish design is perfect for indoor office and facility doors. The Aperio® H100 can work within an online access control system or offline as a standalone device. A battery fits inside the handle, ensuring a minimal footprint and a discreet look to gel with any contemporary door style. The Aperio® H100 is easy to retrofit on existing doors, with no drilling and no wiring required. Any existing mechanical cylinder can still be used.

The Aperio® H100 is specified with maximum flexibility and designed to fit almost any format of interior door. The Aperio® H100 is compatible with most common European (DIN) and Scandinavian mortise locks, in wooden, steel, tubular frame or glass doors with standard lock cases. It comes in left- and right-hand versions for a door between 35mm and 80mm thickness, with optional U-handle and USB adaptor.

The Aperio® H100 is compatible with multiple RFID technologies, including iCLASS®/ISO14443B, iCLASS® SE, Seos®, MIFARE® Classic, Plus and EV1, and DESFire® SE.

“Like all Aperio® devices, our new handle can upgrade site security for a very affordable price,” says Matthias Weiß, Product Manager Aperio® at ASSA ABLOY EMEA. “The Aperio® H100 further extends a range which adds access control wirelessly to exterior and interior doors, from fire and safety doors with regulatory requirements to meeting rooms, labs and offices.”

The new Aperio® H100 handle completes a comprehensive range of Aperio® wireless access control devices that already includes online and offline Aperio® cylinders (C100/C900) and escutcheons (E100/E900); an online and offline lock (L100/L900); and a wireless lock for bringing server racks and cabinets (KS100) into the same access control system as doors. To discover more about how Aperio® enhances security and convenience at any premises, you can watch a short film at www.assaabloy.co.uk/aperiowirelesslocks.

5 ways SMARTair® brings your workplace into the 21st century

London, August 2018 – Most modern employers want to make their workplace into a more responsive, more flexible environment. Upgrading security offers a major quick win. While frustration is part of the package with old-fashioned locks and mechanical master-keys, wireless access control — including SMARTair® — is designed around security, control and convenience.

1. Be more productive. Adding wireless access control makes workplace security flexible and responsive. It’s easy to create access time schedules for different user groups. So, if your cleaners should access only after office hours, SMARTair® access control system can handle it. If a team relocates, it’s easy to change their access permissions en masse — and with zero interruptions to everyone’s workflow. The bundled SMARTair® admin software makes it easy to achieve all this (and more) from an intuitive interface.

2. Spend money wisely. How much of your budget gets eaten managing mechanical keys? With SMARTair®, you can forget about keys altogether, replacing them with easily programmable smart-cards. You don’t need to change your doors or pay for expensive cabling. Should the CEO lose her key-card, cancelling it and issuing a replacement is simple, almost free and instantaneous. Battery-powered, wireless locks also deliver ultra-low energy consumption compared to traditional wired access locks. And with SMARTair®, your investment is protected: you can expand your system at any time, or upgrade its functionality, without having to begin again from scratch.

3. Make staff happier. Happy staff are more loyal and more productive. With its focus on user experience, SMARTair® banishes everyday frustrations. It’s easy for managers to program just the right level of access for freelancers and contractors. Facilities staff could open doors remotely or get a real-time site security overview. Employees can use their SMARTair® access card for the canteen, vending machines, changing room locker locks and even the photocopier. And with the new Openow™ app from SMARTair®, you don’t even need a key-card (or to wonder where you left it).

4. Create the right impression. With SMARTair® and the Openow™ app, employees and visitors can open authorized doors with their mobile phone. Facility managers can issue virtual keys to anyone who needs them — and revoke them whenever they choose, or set them to expire automatically at a certain time. No more plastic key-cards means there’s no need for a card activation terminal on reception or elsewhere, and no need for your visitors to hang around waiting. You just send them a time-limited virtual key ahead of the visit. With Openow™, if you have your phone, you are already carrying your keys.

5. Maintain your aesthetics. There’s a SMARTair® wireless lock to fit pretty much any door. Battery-powered escutcheons and cylinders fit wood, glass, emergency exit and fire doors, and there are wall readers for high-traffic entrance doors, barriers and lifts. Because SMARTair® devices come in a subtle, contemporary design — no clunky wired doors — they have proved attractive enough for high-spec co-working spaces and prize-winning architecture; and robust enough for a hectic university campus.

The complete SMARTair® solution includes wireless escutcheons, cylinders, wall readers, locker locks and more; the intuitive SMARTair® TS1000 software; and the enhanced new Openow™ app management functionality. It’s all easy to install — and even easier to operate.

You can transform your workplace with SMARTair® wireless locks and download a free brochure at: campaigns.assaabloyopeningsolutions.eu/openow

Can phones challenge the resilient plastic card?

London, November 2018 – Mobile access control will increasingly keep pace with modern mobile working, says Thomas Schulz, Director Marketing and Communications, Digital and Access Solutions at ASSA ABLOY EMEA

In a world where we never stop moving, it makes sense that mobile technology is everywhere. This includes almost all workplaces. By 2016, 94% of European large businesses were providing workers with connected mobile devices, according to official EU statistics. And they are using them for more than just email. Recent Criteo research suggests 39% of online travel agency bookings now come via a mobile phone. I could cite many similar statistics: The growth of “mobile-first” cuts across industries.

Yet there is a workplace function where mobile phones are the exception: access control. The technology exists, for sure. Mobile seems a natural fit for convenient security. The device you carry everywhere — the smartphone — can replace a separate RFID card. The mobile phone is at the centre of many exciting innovations in access control.

So why does the physical credential still reign supreme in offices and commercial buildings?

Lift-off for mobile?

As a new report on the access control industry identifies, mobile phones have not made predicted progress in replacing the plastic smart-card — at least, not yet.

According to the Wireless Access Control Report 2018: “Where access control is concerned, security departments have historically been tasked with fulfilling two major tasks as inexpensively as possible: tracking time and attendance; and preventing unauthorised entry.

“Rightly or wrongly, cards, fobs and keycodes are seen as fulfilling these jobs adequately. Security professionals are unwilling to jeopardise security by adopting innovations perceived as unproven.”

Research supports the notion of wary security managers. One European Commission Digital Transformation Monitor report suggests 51% of businesses with a BYOD policy believed they had suffered some kind of mobile security breach. Device manufacturers including Lenovo note the growth of CYOD as a potential remedy.

These reservations about mobile phone access are well rehearsed. Yet using a mobile phone instead of a smart-card also has advantages. How quickly would you notice if you lost your work access card? Everyone is more careful with their precious handset. And if a phone is stolen, password, pattern and fingerprint ID security can prevent a thief from gaining entry to premises, or even to the phone itself.

Student halls of residence, for example, can expect a significant uptick in site security from mobile phone credentials. Few students would instantly notice a missing smart-card; almost none survive for long without their mobile.

Phones can also be protected with biometrics much more cheaply than whole premises. “Rather than having to add biometric capture devices in or alongside readers, the phone itself can easily be used as a capture device for face or voice (or both), with comparison and matching done locally on the phone or centrally,” David Anthony Mahdi, research director at Gartner, said in 2017. “This approach also mitigates the risks from an attacker who gains possession of a person’s phone.”

Phones open new possibilities for keeping credentials up-to-date without the need for separate readers or a return-to-base. To take one example, the new SMARTair® Openow™ solution enables security managers and site users to manage virtual keys inside a secure app. If a security admin cancels a virtual key, it vanishes immediately from a user’s Openow™ app. These virtual keys can be created and sent from anywhere. Facility managers can check and amend every virtual key’s access rights whenever they want, and wherever they are.

Students and staff at the new $100 million Arkansas State University campus in Queretaro, Mexico, are already reaping the benefits of Openow™. With no access cards to collect or validate, every user installs and validates their app and collects keys virtually. It’s secure and convenient.

Getting rid of physical credentials has these concrete advantages. It also helps to project a contemporary image for your business — perhaps why the SMARTair® solution attracts major interest from the fast-growing, design-conscious co-working and shared office sector. When Openow™-equipped phones replace plastic key-cards, there’s no need for a card activation terminal at reception. Access feels slicker.

Mobile solutions for mobile workers

These advantages foreshadow a brighter future for phone-based credentials. By 2020 Gartner predicts 20% of organisations will use smartphones for access, in place of plastic smart-cards. These same positives outweigh those surmountable issues with mobile access. Perhaps, too, they explain why mobile solutions keep winning industry awards. ASSA ABLOY’s mobile solution CLIQ® Connect has been a winner at the Detektor International Awards, recognizing outstanding innovation in security alarms, access control and CCTV. It also won the Gold Trophy at France’s APS Awards and Protector & Wik’s Golden Protector Award 2018.

In many sectors, mobile credentials are now expected to spread fast. IHS Markit’s senior analyst Jim Dearing writes: “The end users most likely to transition to a full mobile credential-only system are those who have to deal with large numbers of temporary visitors or who experience exceptionally high card turnover rates. Examples include building sites at which contractors require access to varying locations, as well as universities and hotels where large numbers of cards have to be replaced each year.”

Solutions for mobile workers are amenable to smartphone-based access; this exact constituency is a focus for CLIQ® Connect. With this mobile-first extension to the CLIQ® mechatronic access control system, a key-holder no longer needs to update access rights physically in person. All they need is a smartphone and the CLIQ® Connect app. To change a key-holder’s access permissions, an admin accesses the CLIQ® Web Manager — from anywhere — and updates it. A key-holder makes an encrypted connection between their programmable Bluetooth® key and the app to instantly update permissions from the cloud.

As well as saving companies’ administration costs, CLIQ® Connect boosts security, because in the event of a lost key, access authorizations can be deleted instantly. Shorter (i.e. safer) access validity timeframes no longer disrupt everyone’s work.

Only mobile technology gives facility managers the ability to react at such speed. Hats off to the longevity of the RFID card. But the future’s brighter and faster… and mobile.

You can download the full “Wireless Access Control Report 2018” from https://campaigns.assaabloyopeningsolutions.eu/wacreport2018

SMARTair® and co-working make perfect partners at a new Barcelona business centre

London, November 2018 – In the booming workspace market, a professional welcome is crucial to success. At Barcelona’s Gran Vía Business Centre, 2,500m2 of offices and shared collaborative workspaces in the heart of the city, managers chose SMARTair® wireless access control system — because it protects and manages their premises, and also projects the right image for a contemporary co-working environment.
Gran Vía is a flexible and well-equipped home for companies from international corporates to local start-ups. Fibre optic broadband, LED lighting, an on-site restaurant and adjacent rental apartments are also part of Gran Vía’s high-end service. This is why they sought an upgrade and replacement for an existing, out-of-date access control system.

Gran Vía needed more flexibility and control over access to their premises; a system to seamlessly manage diverse access needs of permanent versus temporary users, and that would cope with rapid personnel turnover. Locking devices must complement the professional, modern image of the workspace, which attracts high-profile, design-savvy business clients. On top of these demands, any new system would have to be fitted without disrupting day-to-day business.

SMARTair® delivered
SMARTair® access control locks now control access to Gran Vía’s six floors of offices, meeting spaces and communal areas. Access requirements change all the time at the business centre, and security managers now have a system where programming and reprogramming access rights is fast and easy. Thanks to the slick, flexible management software behind SMARTair®, everything works in the background — keeping site users safe almost without anyone noticing.

“SMARTair® is an effective solution that is easy to use,” says Esther Portillo, Marketing Director at Gran Vía Business Centre.

Over 50 new SMARTair® wireless escutcheons are operated with RFID smart-cards, so security is not compromised if an office user loses their credential. Security administrators simply cancel the lost credential’s access rights — much quicker, cheaper and more professional than replacing a traditional mechanical lock. The user gets their new smart-card validated at one of five SMARTair® wall updaters: it is the perfect combination of contemporary image and efficient user experience for Gran Vía’s clients.

Importantly, SMARTair® wireless door and wall devices complement Gran Vía’s contemporary aesthetic. “SMARTair® has a modern design and suits our installations perfectly,” confirms Esther Portillo. Bringing more doors into any installed SMARTair® system is straightforward, because SMARTair® escutcheons fit wood, glass, emergency exit and fire-resistant doors.

Gran Vía now has an access control system they can reconfigure and expand to suit both their needs and their clients’.

Dahua Technology Cameras Provide Winning Video Surveillance

When the Olympic Games come to town, the welfare of people and property are of paramount importance in both the planning process and during the event. The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro draws 500,000 foreign visitors and sells$7.5 million tickets to people who will watch 10,500 athletes compete. There are 85,000 security personnel on hand, and the overall budget for security totals $895 million.*

Challenge

To ensure a secure environment for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro government officials sought a comprehensive video surveillance solution to monitor a wide expanse of areas inside and around the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro—Copacabana, Maracanã, Deodoro, and Barra da Tijuca. Other venues that required monitoring included the Olympic Stadium, Sambódromo, Maracanãzinho Olympic Centre BMX, Beach Volleyball Arena, Olympic Village and Paralympic, as well as the surrounding roads that are for exclusive use by the Olympic officials, athletes, and official press.

The Olympics security project required cameras that could produce high definition (HD) images and be capable of supporting intelligent video analytics, which is key when monitoring events with a high flow of foot traffic.

Solution

Rio de Janeiro government officials selected Dahua Technology, a high-value, total security solutions provider with the second largest market share worldwide (according to research firm IHS), because it fulfilled all bidding requirements and was regarded as the best solution that offered the highest performance.

Dahua provided 1823pcs high-resolution IP, dome, and 30x optical zoom pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras for the project. The Dahua cameras were installed in strategic locations where security personnel could observe the Olympic complex and its environments. The video feed was transmitted through a private network to the central monitoring stations inside Olympic Park and the Rio de Janeiro Operation Center, where people and objects could clearly be identified to help safeguard athletes and visitors. The Dahua total security solution assisted authorities in identifying medical emergencies, vandalism, and other situations where a response team was required.

The video surveillance system was designed to capture high quality HD images. The cameras have advanced technology to support embedded intelligence functions, such as sending an alert to central monitoring when it detects abandoned or missing objects, unauthorized entry into a prohibited area, and other defined activities. The cameras also supported multi-streaming that allows images to be recorded and monitored in real-time high resolution, so that operators had a clear and well-defined view of both live and recorded footage.

Benefits

In addition to its video surveillance products, Dahua also contributed to the 2016 Rio Olympics security project by providing full technical and commercial support that included training operators and managing settings adjustments. Dahua also coordinated a partnership between the integrators and the Rio de Janeiro government to provide comprehensive integration between the cameras and third-party platforms deployed in this project.

“The Dahua Technology products were amazing during the entire operation. Their image quality is much better when compared to other brands,” said Rio de Janeiro City Hall Security Officer Thompson Peixoto. “We look forward to other opportunities to cooperate with Dahua in the future.”

Dahua Delivers an Elite Security Solution for a Luxury Hotel in Italy

HANGZHOU, CHINA / September 10, 2015 —The Villa d’Este has been nestled in Cernobbio for almost 150 years. It was built in 1568 as a private residence and was transformed into a hotel in 1873. The Villa itself is a great example of Renaissance architecture and its luxurious rooms are located majestically along the shore of Lake Como. For years, many international awards have been bestowed upon Villa d’Este as the most wonderful hotel in the world. It has received numerous prestigious international awards for excellence.
Through the centuries, countless celebrities have stayed in this beautiful hotel, including kings and queens, presidents, Hollywood stars, writers, musicians, singers, designers, politicians, etc. The first important guest was Giorgio Ricordi who invited famous composers Giuseppe Verdi e Giacomo Puccini. Additionally, celebrities like Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Sinatra, Leopold, King of Belgium, King Vittorio Emanuele, the Princess of Monaco, Barbara Streisand, Madonna, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, John Kennedy, Gorbachev, Churchill, the Shah of Persia, Maria Callas, Onassis, just to name a few have all been guests at the Ville d’Este. Also, each year the hotel hosts internationally cultural events like the “Workshop Ambrosetti”, a benchmark for the highest levels of politics, finance and industry; and the “Concorsod’ Eleganza Villa d’Este”, an annual world-wide event for classic cars with custom bodywork.

Dahua, in conjunction with Videotrend, was paid the highest compliment as it was asked to secure this spectacular venue. The challenge was to set up a highly professional video surveillance system with the specialist installer Emit di Lecco for its property protection, while ensuring the most absolute privacy for the celebrity guests. The security system exerts strict monitoring for the entrances, parking lots and other outdoor areas to greatly eliminate possible unsafe factors. In total, the hotel has installed 75unitscomprised of different camera types from the Dahua Eco Savvy 2.0 series.

Dahua’s latest 2.0 series features a 4-megapixel progressive-scan CMOS, which delivers high quality images at 20fps.The end result is an image twice as clear as a traditional 1080p camera. The series features an impressive range of smart detection features, including face detection, tripwire detection, and intrusion detection. These features mean that users are equipped with more precise video analysis and, as a result, greater security efficiency. Eco-savvy 2.0 also boasts WDR image enhancement technology, triple video streams, and Intelligent Video Surveillance (IVS). The wide dynamic range (120dB) ensures the cameras offer impressively high performance in scenes that are backlit as well as those situated in dark areas, which has traditionally been challenging for surveillance cameras.

The majority ofthe cameras are installed mainly in the primary areas for monitoring. The camera is equipped with CMOS progressive scan sensor, featuring 4MP resolution which provides high quality images at 20 fps. Thanks to the powerful sensor, images are twice as clear as traditional cameras 1080p (2MP) which affords the hotel better protection with finer details.

In addition to these cameras, Dahua also upgrades the NVRs for the hotel which is NVR6000. It supports max 128 channel IP cameras input with 1080P real-time live view. It is able to provide smooth video streams as well.

Moreover, the hotel has simultaneously installed Dahua VDP system for the interior of the villa. Dahua video door phone is specially designed for the modern intelligent Villa. It features outdoor visual intercom, face recognition access control, card unlock, indoor monitor unlock, and camera surveillance. The outdoor station is made with an aluminum alloy panel with an ultrathin machine. The indoor monitor is very sleek looking and easy for installing and removing. A complete parking guidance system solution, including monitoring, recording, analysis and license plate reading was also installed. All the information is recorded and classified for rapid access of information when searching for a particular event.

“We delivered the most advanced comprehensive product series to secure Ville d’Este. Compared to other suppliers, Dahua’s products offer the great advantage of high definition viewing, which enables users to see the details of the scenes and ensures safety as well,” said Elmer Zhang, Sales Director of Europe at Dahua Technology.” The proper use of our products in Ville d’Este has proven to be a great success, which we hope will encourage the installation of our products to serve more customers in the hospitality field.”

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