Bosch Building Technologies has installed a digital public address and voice alarm system at Telford Shopping Centre in the United Kingdom. On 25 acres of commercial space, the IP-based Praesensa system from Bosch now provides music, announcements, and emergency alerts for retail stores, restaurants, hotels, and a cinema. The shopping mall operator was looking to upgrade the existing public address system with an IP-networked solution for retail environments with two key requirements: heightening the center’s sustainability and energy efficiency while keeping costs for the upgrade low.
Bosch partner North AVS refurbished all existing loudspeakers installed at Telford Centre across 16 zones via minor modifications on the end lines. As a result, system integrators merely needed to replace the obsolete control equipment — including a call station with analog buttons — and amplifiers. Since the cost-effective upgrade, security staff at Telford Shopping Centre now control the public address system via an intuitive touch screen interface.