July 23, 2003—Johnson Controls’ Metasys building management system supports an enhanced life-safety system that can control smoke during a fire using a building’s own network communications systems.
The Metasys system integrates traditional environmental systems such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, fire alarm, security, and more. By integrating the smoke control system, the Metasys technology enables the building to “respond” to a fire alarm. For example, explains Johnson Controls, if a fire were to start on the fifth floor of a building, the building systems would react by decreasing air pressure on the fifth floor while simultaneously pressurizing the floors above and below to contain the smoke, clear evacuation routes, and minimize smoke damage.
The solution supports a new set of UL 864 (UUKL) Ethernet communications hardware and Metasys equipment that together can be configured as a stand-alone building control network or a sub-network that ties into a larger information technology network in a building.
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