The Accor Hotel Group Fulfills Reliably Distinguish Disturbance Multilingual Speech Announcements This Requirement with Special Care

Accor Hotel Group Reference

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Comprehensive fire protection concepts for Accor hotel group Accor is with 4,000 hotels in 100 countries the European market leader and one of the largest hotel enterprises in the world. In Germany alone, this French hotel group maintains 330 hotels. The following brands belong to the group: Formule 1, Motel 6, Etap, Ibis, Suitehotel, All Seasons, Mercure, Novotel, Pullman, and Sofitel. When it comes to fire protection, this enterprise has put its trust in IQ8Quad detectors from ESSER since 2006. Up to now, 30 Accor hotels have already been equipped with this false-alarm-proof multiple-criteria detector. The Task

Inconspicuous but efficient fire detection technology: IQ8Quad O2T detectors from ESSER can even be integrated into architecturally demanding surroundings without attracting attention.

Highest safety standards in the area have as small a false alarm rate as addition, the fire detectors used of fire protection are essential in possible: They have to be able to should support evacuation using hotels. The Accor hotel group fulfills reliably distinguish disturbance multilingual speech announcements this requirement with special care. variables such as steam or cigarette in case of emergencies. The archi- For this reason, the available fire smoke from fire smoke. tectural variety of Accor hotels addi- protection systems in existing hotels tionally demands flexible system are renovated or expanded and indi- The fulfillment of international stan- components which are capable of vidual, integrated concepts are dards is also decisive. In particular, cable-free operation, depending on developed for new buildings. Ac‑ guests from the USA frequently structural or aesthetic requirements. cording to the head of the depart- inquire (even before they begin their ment for hotel technology, Mr. journey) about whether the hotel in Franck Freitag, one essential re- question has the required fire alarm quirement for the detectors is to system and book accordingly. In

The Solution

Up to now, a total of 30 Accor hotels engineering offices such as K+P scattering, it reliably recognized have been equipped with ESSER GmbH, Ingenieurbüro für Elektro- disturbance variables and scored IQ8Quad O2T detectors. Where technik in Karlsruhe, Germany, with unrivalled protection from false necessary, additional system com- among others. The detection process alarm. This convinced the fire pro- ponents by the market leader in fire of the ESSER detector was the decisive tection authorities as well: With the detection technology were used. The criterion for the award of contracts. use of the reliable multiple-criteria individual solutions were designed During testing, the two-angle tech- detector, the necessity of two detector and planned together with the technology of the O2T proved itself: Due interdependency could even be nology department of Accor Hotelle- to the differentiated observation and waived. rie Deutschland and referenced evaluation of forward and backward

Response characteristics IQ8Quad O2T detectors in TF 5 Optical two-angle principle

LED Optical forwards Thermal transmitter Optical backwards Combined

Alarm threshold

Receiver Signal t/min Forward scattering Backward scattering The Benefits

During a fire alarm, a fire brigade key depo- The IQ8Quad O2T detector not only reliably Highly visible emergency exit signs support sition facilitates perpetual easy access and detects in emergency situations – it also the evacuation in the case of a fire. passage to all rooms protected with fire initiates an orderly evacuation via correspond- detectors and/or automatic extinguishing ing multilingual speech announcements. systems.

In the future, disturbance variables The O2T is able to generate four dif- O2T has the option of being installed such as steam from showers will no ferent speech announcements – even as a wireless detector in buildings – longer lead to unnecessary false multilingually – and thus even guaran- flexibly and without cables – it even alarms in Accor group hotels. The tees help for international guests by fulfills all of the aesthetic demands of IQ8Quad O2T detector clearly increases securing their orientation. Induced by historically protected premises, while the level of certainty in the recognition specific events (e.g. fire alarm), mes- still conforming to the current norms of smoke from fire, at the same time sages can be reproduced for the entire and guidelines. Thus, in the case of dramatically reduces the false alarm building or only certain areas. This not an elaborate ceiling construction rate, as it is able to clearly distinguish only facilitates enormous flexibility, it made of wood and glass in the Mer- fire smoke from disturbance vari- also allows for an orderly evacuation cure Hotel Braunschweig, Germany, ables. in a timewise fashion. structural measures could be re- frained from during the hallway instal- In addition, the detector functions as In addition to the sometimes complex lation by using the wireless model. an optical and acoustic signaling de- project planning, the various Accor vice and enables a quick evacuation hotels often have special designs to with its speech function. be considered. Since the IQ8Quad

The Products

IQ8Quad O2T speech alarm detector IQ8 Wireless FACP IQ8Control M

IQ8Quad O²T Fire alarm control panel The O²T detector is ideal for usage at the same time dramatically re- IQ8Control M in areas with disturbance variables. duces the false alarm rate, as it is able The modular fire alarm control panel is As a “dual” smoke detector, it works to clearly distinguish fire smoke from ideal for objects with complex security according to the optical light scat- other disturbance variables. As a requirements. It facilitates the connec- tering principle with two different wireless model, it can also be sub- tion of up to seven esserbus loops scattering angles, and offers two sequently connected to a conven- and supports both the connection decisive advantages: It markedly in- tional installation without difficulty. of wireless components as well as creases the level of certainty in the the innovative alarm via the generation recognition of smoke from fire and of IQ8 detectors. Novar GmbH a Honeywell Company Dieselstraße 2, 41469 Neuss, Germany Phone: +49 2137 17-0 (Administration) Phone: +49 2137 17-600 (Customer Service Center) Fax: +49 2137 17-286 Internet: www.esser-systems.com E-mail: [email protected]

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