sponsored by HEALTH SECTOR NEWS
UPS systems’ critical role in focus at June webinar
A webinar being held at 12.00 pm on 12 June in association with Health Estate Journal will see Alex Emms (pictured), Technical director for Kohler Uninterruptible Power – who has over 30 years’ experience in the UK power protection sector, discuss ‘Powering Safety: Uninterruptible Power Systems for Life Safety in Healthcare Buildings’. Kohler Uninterruptible Power explained:
“With growing restrictions on generators, the use of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems in healthcare buildings to support life safety equipment is becoming increasingly important. If a power outage occurs, a UPS system provides a reliable power source to critical building systems such as evacuation lifts and emergency lighting, and those for smoke extraction and fire suppression, security and access, building management, alarms, and controls. Alex will discuss the various standards, regulations, and guidelines, related to the installation and maintenance of such UPS systems, how the type of load may affect the
system, and additional considerations such as fault clearance.” Kohler UP says
engineers will learn how to determine which life safety system-related regulations and standards apply to their application; why a UPS may now be the preferred secondary source; factors such as load type to consider; how / why a UPS may
be required to react differently to faults in these applications; what to consider when choosing the battery component; how to design for easy installation and maintenance; what to look for in a UPS supplier, and ‘what a successful, compliant, UPS installation looks like’. Alex Emms has 23 years’ service at
KUP, having initially joined as a Field service engineer, progressing to Senior engineer, Supervisor, Service manager, Operations director, and now Technical director. Attendance at the webinar is free. To
register, please use the following link:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/ register/1675105304308191581
Former Technical director
CABE (the Chartered Association of Building Engineers) has announced that Richard Harral, formerly the Association’s Technical director, has been formally announced as its new Chief Executive. Richard Harral FCABE joined CABE
PAVA system the world’s first with UL certification
Voice alarm and safety communications specialist, Vox Ignis, has launched its new ‘unified’ PAVA (public address and voice alarm) system, Unicorn Voice, after becoming the world’s first to receive UL certification to EN54-16 – a European standard that specifies the requirements for voice alarm controls and other equipment used in fire detection and alarm systems. The company explained: “Unicorn Voice is a powerful wall-mounted, scalable PAVA system for almost any site, designed to be the easiest to specify, install, and configure. It can grow from one panel to a fault- tolerant network of 64 multi-amplifier panels, with up to 256 speaker circuits supporting over 163,000 speakers, as per BS EN 5839-8.”
in 2018 as Technical director, and worked closely with former CEO, Dr Gavin Dunn, playing a major part in the Association’s transformation, which saw it widen its membership base and become an Engineering Council-licensed professional engineering institution. As Technical director, he co-authored BSI Flex 8670: Built Environment. Core criteria for building safety in competence framework. Code of practice, and led on drafting a cross- industry report on the Future Regulation of Building Control. This became the starting point for the Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) consideration of how to introduce the registration of Building Inspectors. Richard Harral was also instrumental
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becomes CEO at CABE in establishing a route for Building Inspectors to prove their competence – a route that gives successful applicants the required evidence to register with the BSR. CABE remains the only professional body to offer a building inspector competence assessment scheme. Along with his previous background as a chartered architect, and his work as a policy official for the Building Regulations Division of MHCLG, he has an in-depth understanding of the challenges and needs of professionals and the industry. He said: “I am excited to have this opportunity to lead in delivering the next chapter of the Association’s history, with a strategy that helps support members as they adapt to changing technology, regulations, and expectations.
Unicorn Voice is easily programmed and managed via integrated, intuitive touchscreens or PC, with a range of amplifier sizes and speaker taps to maximise power efficiency. Amplifiers can be hot-swapped, and Vox Ignis’s speaker range promises ‘easy first- fix’, with ‘plug-and-play’ installation. Unicorn Voice offers pre-recorded and live voice messaging, background music, integrated fire telephones, disabled refuge, fire alarm VADs, and assistance alarms, delivering one system for all the fire and life safety voice and alert systems required in modern sites.
Vox Ignis MD, Anthony Smith, said: “The result of a multi-million pound development project and 30 years’ leading experience, Unicorn Voice delivers a best-in-class feature set, and is a product that demystifies the voice alarm world, and ensures the very best audio safety systems are available to the market. We are proud that this is the first product tested and certified by UL to EN54-16, or any EN or UK standard.”
Vox Ignis is a global specialist in voice
alarm, emergency voice communication, and assistance call systems. Designed and manufactured in the UK, its systems are sold under the Vox Ignis and leading OEM brands worldwide.
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