Door control
Reflections on door automation, security doors, industrial doors, docking stations and gates.
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Report: Smart-Home Security in 2016
This report reveals answers to key questions about the growing market for smart locks. What do consumers think a digital door lock should do? How do they …
Enhancing the user’s door experience
ASSA ABLOY asked students at Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology to put their imaginations to work to enhance the user experience in a door. …
Smart energy savers
Growing climate change concerns and constantly rising energy prices are increasing demand for environmental solutions in the home – from the simple …
Giving – and getting retail service
Whether it’s a security system or an entrance system, retailers cannot afford downtime. Various services are popping up to ensure that doors, locks …
The greening of retailers
Environmental awareness and energy savings have become a priority for many retailers, who are starting to rethink such things as an open-door policy.
Hospital friendly design
Hospital design is evolving along with advances in technology, safety and security.
Unleash the power
New technologies have emerged that can power up security systems without wires or batteries. Solar, wireless power transmission and energy harvesting solutions …
Opening the green door
Ever since the first cave man came up with the idea of shielding the family dwelling by hanging a fur rug in front of the cave’s opening, doors have …
Closing time
On the surface, the mechanics of door closers seem pretty straightforward. “A door closer makes sure your door…closes,” explains …
Open, Sesame!
Unless you live in a remote rural area, hardly a day goes by without using an automatic door. From retail outlets to train stations, airports and care …