Smart Buildings

  • The Key to Retail Security: Access Control Explained

    Security certainly remains a top priority for retail, particularly during periods of high footfall in peak shopping times. Staff can be better supported by using the appropriate technology to ensure a high level of security, while delivering a positive service and experience for your customers.
  • Access Control in the Workplace: Securing Office Spaces

    A commercial access control system helps businesses securely manage who can enter their premises. Commercial building access control systems allow only authorised personnel to enter an area or building using credentials such as cards, keypads and biometric data.
  • Community Safety First: Access Control at Sports Clubs

    Organising an event at your sports or social club can be challenging. There are numerous tasks to coordinate, purchase, and manage, whether it's for a birthday party, wedding, business event, or wake. You already have enough on your plate to ensure the event runs smoothly, without worrying about opening the facility, managing access, ensuring the building is used appropriately, and securely locked after the event.
  • The EntroStore Guide To Security Cameras

    The use of Security Cameras has increased significantly in recent years.  Historically the devices were extremely complex and expensive with many offering poor image quality and restricted recording capability.  Advances in technology have allowed significant improvements in the quality of the image recorded, as well as increases in recording capability.  However, perhaps more importantly, the cost of such systems has reduced significantly from earlier devices.
  • What are Electronic Access Control Systems?

    The practice of restricting entry to a building, a room or an area is known as ‘Access Control’.  Access Control can be achieved by a human (securi...
  • How Face Mask Detection Systems Work

    In some environments it is important to quickly detect if a person is not wearing a face mask.  Wearing a protective face mask has become mandatory in many places across the World, with Mask Detection Solutions providing a smarter, safer and faster way to monitor this.

  • How Contactless Access Control Card Readers Protect People

    Access control readers are the most visible part of any access control system. Selecting the right type of reader and keypad is a critical decision and there are several options to choose from. Choices range from simple mullion card readers to readers with keypads as well as more complex biometric readers that use fingerprint or Iris recognition. Biometrics usually have a price premium due to the cost of the image sensor required.

  • Use Temperature Screening Devices to Test for COVID-19 Symptoms

    In some environments it is important to quickly detect if a person has a high temperature.  A high temperature continues to be one of the main symptoms of the coronavirus (COVID-19), with Temperature Screening Devices providing a smarter, safer and faster way to identify an individual with an elevated temperature.