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Defining Sustainability From a Security Industry Perspective

June 10, 2022

SDM recently caught up with Darren Blankenship, vice president, commercial excellence at dormakaba, to address what sustainability means to the security industry.

Sustainable Green Products

Green Practices in Access Control

When you think of sustainability in the security industry, access control isn’t the first application to come to mind. These professionals explain why it should be.

April 8, 2021

IF YOU WERE TO ASK A SECURITY PROFESSIONAL what words come to mind with the phrase access control, terms like door solutions, readers and credentials would be a few of the likely responses. There’s one phrase, however, that they probably won’t say: sustainability.

Securitas Annual & Sustainability Report

Securitas Publishes Annual & Sustainability Report for 2020

March 25, 2021

The report looks at financial targets, target fulfillment, key performance indicators and overall goals of the company.

SALTO Adopts UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

November 5, 2020

SALTO Systems, a manufacturer of electronic access control solutions, has committed to helping achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as defined by the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly.

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SDM Digital Shuffle - July 2019 Edition

July 1, 2019

Here are the latest industry innovations in this month's "Digital Shuffle".

Axis Holds a Town Hall Meeting to Introduce New Products

April 11, 2019

In a “town hall meeting” held yesterday morning, Axis Communications introduced several new solutions that it said will change how cities secure their citizens, property and assets. “People choose a city based on a number of factors, such as livability, efficiency of services, mobility, safety and security, economic growth and city image, reputation, and sustainability,” said Fredrik Nilsson, Vice President, Americas. “As an industry we can help cities to be smarter and safer,” he said.

ASSA ABLOY Releases 7 Environmental Product Declarations

October 22, 2015

Three of ASSA ABLOY’s group brands, Adams Rite, HES and Securitron, have released seven environmental product declarations (EPDs) for several of their products.

Securitron Focuses on Sustainability With EcoPower

July 6, 2015

Securitron, an ASSA ABLOY group brand, launched EcoPower power supply. EcoPower reduces locks’ power supply standby power consumption to only 8.5mW, a 99 percent decrease compared with current switching power supplies. According to Securitron, it is GreenCircle Certified to dramatically lower total door power consumption by up to 99 percent, reducing it from 20W or more to 0.3W when used with a low-power lock.

The Connected Home and Energy Management

April 17, 2014

At Alarm.com, we have more than 1 million homes signed on to our Connected Home platform, giving us plenty of insight about the power of connecting all the home’s critical devices together through a single technology platform.