Touchless Security Entrance Solutions.
Commercial buildings have deployed touchless entrances for decades – in the form of automatic doors that are activated by presence detection sensors, Bluetooth, biometric readers, voice recognition and more. Many sectors employ touchless entrances today, for example: hospitals, retail stores, research facilities, academic institutions, airports, data centers, etc.
The right touchless entrance for you will depend on your facility: is the public to be allowed access, or only certain authorized individuals and approved visitors? If your facility requires restricted access, keep in mind that automatic swinging and sliding doors, though they are touchless, enable unauthorized intrusion through the act of tailgating.
Touchless Entrances Designed to Secure Facilities
Automatic door guidelines require that a swinging or sliding door remain open for at least 10 seconds before closing. During that 10 seconds, an authorized user may enter, but several unauthorized ones can as well – either innocently or with bad intentions.
Automatic turnstiles, security revolving doors and mantrap portals operate under different guidelines and are designed to protect facilities from intrusion. They offer a truly hands-free experience for users while protecting people and assets from threats such as theft leading up catastrophic loss and liability.
Integrating Technology for Touchless Entrances
There are many opportunities to integrate a host of cutting-edge technologies that prevent the need for any user contact, such as:
- Access Cards
- Facial Recognition
- Hand-wave Technology
- Iris Scanners
- Mobile/Bluetooth Readers
- 3D Touchless Fingerprint Access
By using these technologies in conjunction with automatic security entrances, the benefits include:
- Less risk of user cross-contamination
- Faster, secure access to destinations
- Continuous industry innovation, enhancing the user experience
- Ability to connect once disparate building systems
- Increased visibility to mitigate risks
Touchless Entrances for Public Access
Automatic revolving doors continue to serve public buildings, airports, hospitality, large retail and more. They have been touchless by design for decades to serve the busy traveler, the hospital gurney, shopping carts and more, all while keeping unwanted air outside, reducing HVAC loads, stack pressure and wind tunnel effects.
Today’s revolving doors also offer security options worth considering, such as remote locking and integration with access control systems.
Refining the Boon Edam Touchless Experience
Our dedicated R&D teams work tirelessly to give our products the vital updates they need. Listening to industry experts and evaluating current climates, our development departments are always looking for new ways to invest in innovation. While we have been crafting touchless entry solutions for decades, we continue to explore how we can better the lives of our users worldwide.
Retrofitting and Upgrading to a Touchless Solution
If you are interested in converting your current entrances to automatic, touchless entries by Boon Edam, please contact our entry experts. The benefits of upgrading your current entry solution are as follows:
- Converting sliding doors to automatic revolving doors for keeping dust, polluted and unfiltered air outside of the building
- Automatic revolving doors offer controlled building access through rotating segments
- Converting swinging or sliding doors to security entrances provide touchless entry while also mitigating unauthorized entry
- Automatic upgrades allow for a more contactless entry, decreasing the risk of cross-contamination and regulating user entry
- There is a wide availability of integrating external access control system, connecting once disparate systems together
Touchless Entrance Solutions Blogs and Whitepapers
If you are interested to read more about the touchless entrance solutions, we have some extra information available in the following blogs and whitepapers.
Boon Edam Blog Touchless Entry Without Compromising Security
Due to the global outbreak of COVID-19, business executives are thinking about future changes to their buildings for increased employee safety. Aside from social distancing, staggered operating shifts and temperature readers, facility managers are being told to make every door at the building envelope and within “touchless.” Not only do these entrances need to be hands-free, but they must also operate safely. We see this shift to contactless entry as a two-step process. The initial step fulfills the need for touchless entry, while the second addresses a new issue as a result – compromised security.
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News Boon Edam & Oosto Announce Strategic Partnership to Bring AI-Powered Entrance Solutions to Customers Around the World
Boon Edam announces their new partnership with Oosto, a global leader of artificial intelligence (AI) computer vision software solutions, to advance their cutting-edge entrance solutions and entry experiences. The partnership integrates Oosto's Abraxas technology into Boon Edam security doors and optical turnstiles, bringing advanced safety, security and seamless access capabilities to the entry experience.
Read moreWhitepaper The New Lobby: How Will Secure Buildings Change in a Post-Pandemic World?
In this whitepaper, you’ll discover why controlling the entry is important and the 3 inputs to help you do it right; building designs to support social distancing; and rethinking existing technologies for a new purpose, such as thermal cameras and touchless entrances.
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Dexus Gateway Building
Location: Sydney, Australia - Product: Lifeline Speedlane Swing, Lifeline Boost (MorphoWave Compact option)
Dexus Wholesale Property Fund has upgraded the Gateway Building in Sydney’s Circular Quay to feature entry security measures to protect employees, visitors and valuable data. The ideal solution was found by integrating Boon Edam Speedlane Swing optical turnstiles, IDEMIA’s MorphoWave touchless fingerprint scanners, Schindler’s elevator dispatch and Honeywell’s access control technology.
