ATLANTA, Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell
(NYSE: HON), a global leader in fire and life safety, today
launched the first tools from its new suite of Connected Life
Safety Services (CLSS), its first all-in-one cloud platform for
fire safety systems.
Honeywell's CLSS suite of tools, built on the Honeywell Forge
platform, enable fire technicians to minimize disruption, prove
compliance and reduce time needed for design, installation,
commissioning, inspection, maintenance and reporting of life safety
systems.
"Today's global environment requires the fire and life safety
industry to innovate with solutions that enable facility managers
and system integrators to monitor their systems and diagnose issues
anytime, from anywhere," said Sameer
Agrawal, general manager, Global Fire Software and Services,
Honeywell. "Many facilities are working to create healthier
environments and even limiting occupant density to comply with
social distancing. With CLSS, we help system integrators provide
their customers with the highest level of safety and service and
work more efficiently by giving them insight into the system
problem before they even get to the site."
Especially in today's environment, organizations across the fire
safety value chain face multiple challenges:
- Achieving more with fewer resources – many facility maintenance
teams are working with reduced staff.
- Managing challenges of limited access to facilities due to
shutdowns.
- Dealing effectively with safety incidents, where risks remain
the same at any occupancy level.
Honeywell's CLSS platform addresses these challenges by enabling
systems integrators and facilities management firms to access the
data within a fire system from anywhere, without necessarily being
physically be at the control panel.
Firetron, the largest individually owned life safety systems
company in Texas, is using the
Honeywell CLSS platform to support the development of compliance
records for its customers.
"We're always looking for the most technologically advanced
reporting so that we can reduce customer time and effort during
audits," said David Maloy,
president, Firetron. "For example, our healthcare facility
customers are under increasing pressure to provide accurate
compliance records per The Joint Commission reporting requirements.
With more than 600,000 devices under our management, CLSS provides
us with a scalable tool to meet our customer service
aspirations."
Honeywell's CLSS platform is also being employed by EDSB Group
of Companies, a UK-based provider of fire, security, electrical,
mechanical and building services, in a
50,000-square-meter logistics center for a freight carrier at
East Midlands Airport.
"CLSS offers a level of connectivity that provides invaluable
reassurance that the system has been commissioned effectively and
is being maintained safely," said Jonathan
Parker, managing director, EDSB Group of Companies. "We can
also see how old every detector is and when it needs to be changed
based on prevailing regulations. With CLSS, we can tailor settings
based on a customer's requirements and verify weekly testing is
carried out according to their specifications while also logging
faults and fire activations."
Improves Fire System Commissioning and Maintenance
Through application of digitization principles and Industrial
Internet of Things technology, Honeywell's CLSS tools make it
easier to design, install, test and commission fire systems while
helping eliminate errors and manual data entry throughout the
designing, commissioning and maintenance processes. These tools can
also improve the delivery of on-time completions and the handover
of a compliant system with the relevant reports, saving channel
partners – and end users – time and money. During planned
maintenance, CLSS streamlines the verification of compliant fire
system testing and automatically generates and archives compliance
reports for audit purposes.
Whether using the CLSS mobile app or a PC, facility managers can
monitor their systems and easily access compliance reporting. This
real-time view also enables technicians to troubleshoot a system
remotely, allowing them to arrive on site with the right tools to
service a system the first time, truly maximizing efficiency and
minimizing disruption. This is even more critical given the
industry's talent gap of skilled fire technicians.
Using CLSS tools, Honeywell partners can reassure their end
users that they are in full alignment with mandated inspection and
maintenance requirements. CLSS automatically captures the testing
activity thereby removing any doubt on which device was tested,
when and by whom. It also automatically generates suggested
corrective actions and planned maintenance recommendations based
upon local regulations.
CLSS is protected with extensive built-in cybersecurity
provisions. Honeywell is committed to proactively monitoring the
cybersecurity landscape, ensuring data is safely stored and
securely accessible to permitted system users.
Delivering full backwards compatibility, CLSS safeguards
investment in legacy systems, while preparing Honeywell partners
and end users for ongoing digital transformation. Honeywell's CLSS
platform will continue to integrate the latest smart solutions,
enabled by cloud connectivity, to ensure buildings and their
occupants are as safe as possible. The CLSS tools are accessible
via a mobile app and web browser.
The CLSS tools are available in markets globally via several
Honeywell Fire brands, including: Gent, NOTIFIER and ESSER. It will
be rolled out to additional portfolios over the next year. For more
information, please visit https://hwll.co/ltc8v .
About Honeywell Building Technologies
Honeywell
Building Technologies (HBT) is a global business with more than
20,000 employees. HBT creates products, software and technologies
found in more than 10 million buildings worldwide. Commercial
building owners and occupants use our technologies to ensure their
facilities are safe, energy efficient, sustainable and productive.
For more news and information on Honeywell Building Technologies,
visit http://www.honeywell.com/newsroom.
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 technology
company that delivers industry specific solutions that include
aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings
and industry; and performance materials globally. Our technologies
help aircraft, buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and
workers become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and
more sustainable. For more news and information on Honeywell,
please visit www.honeywell.com/newsroom.
Contacts:
Media
Megan McGovern
Honeywell
+1 470-449-6313
megan.mcgovern@honeywell.com
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