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JOHNSON CONTROLS STRENGTHENS BAS OFFERING IN
EUROPE WITH LAUNCH OF FACILITY EXPLORER
The easiest choice in building automation
recently merged with Tyco, so we’re 100% into the
just got easier thanks to Johnson Controls’
building market.
launch of Facility Explorer in Europe. Unveiled
“As part of the development of Facility Explorer,
at the Niagara Forum at London’s Park Plaza
Westminster in June, Facility Explorer combines
all the strength and reliability of the Niagara
platform with the proven ease and engineering
that only comes with Johnson Controls. Using
Niagara enables the open integration with
di erent building systems, making installation,
configuration and commissioning faster and
easier than ever before.
As an established product with more than 14
years of development behind it, the launch comes
at a pivotal time for Johnson Controls as the
organisation looks to strengthen its independent
we’ve partnered with Cisco; this allows us to
channel o ering in Europe.
use their MRP ring technology which is industry
Speaking at the Niagara Forum, Jason Sawyer,
leading. We can have up to 100 controllers on a
Senior Product Manager – BAS for Johnson
single loop, where some of the other technologies
Controls, said: “We’re really excited to be able to
are limited to around 16 devices.
introduce Facility Explorer to the System Integrator
“We’re just releasing a new generation of MSTP
network here in Europe. Johnson Controls is
controllers with more processing power and new
all about buildings today; we’ve divested our
features like the background download, which
automotive business and power solutions and
avoids needing to reset the controller once a
new program is loaded into the controller. And,
we’ve got new sensors coming out with CO2 built
in besides Temperature, Humidity and Presence
Detection, which is unique to us. We’re constantly
introducing new products into the market.
“We hope that System Integrators are going to
be as excited about Facility Explorer as we are.
It’s a new o ering, something they haven’t seen
yet on the market; it’s a really solid product that
will allow them to di erentiate themselves. We
understand that the labour in this market is hard
to come by and retain, so we’ve automated a lot
of the more mundane tasks to allow businesses
to better utilise their existing resources and
introduced a lot of Productivity Tools, which really
make Facility Explorer unique.”
To find out more about Facility Explorer watch
our video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g_
kCgPw_wM&feature=youtu.be
https://on.jci.com/FX_UK Jorge.delatorre@jci.com
INTRODUCING THE DESK BIKE: AN END TO SEDENTARY WORKING
Numerous studies have identified
Using a desk bike is not about
a sedentary lifestyle as one of the
cardio training but rather maintaining
biggest risk factors for significant
a low steady speed to boost
health issues such as cardiovascular
circulation and keep your body
diseases and type 2 diabetes.
moving. This low-intensity workout
As the average o ice worker
breaks the damaging cycle of a
spends 6-8 hours sitting each day,
sedentary lifestyle, yet it is easy to
these warnings have led to many
pedal several miles a day without
people starting to change the way
feeling fatigued. By replacing sitting
they work.
or standing with this type of activity,
Regular movement has been shown to
you can increase your metabolism
increase metabolism, strengthen core
and burn more calories; there is
muscles, improve posture and boost
also a positive impact on your blood
concentration levels. The most e ective
pressure and blood sugar levels.
way to combat a lack of physical
Low-level physical activity
activity while working is to vary
throughout the day is the only way
between sitting, standing, walking and
to combat the negative e ects of
low-intensity exercise throughout your
a sedentary lifestyle. The more
workday.
movement you fit into your day, the
That’s why AJ Products has launched
better it is for your health.
a desk bike, designed to add another
AJ Products focuses on ways to
level of movement into your daily
solve the problem of a sedentary
routine. With a desk bike you can move
workday. As a member of ukactive,
as much as you want without having
the company is committed to making
to take time away from your desk,
workplaces healthier and more active
allowing you to increase productivity
through an innovative and evergrowing
and well-being at the same time.
range of sit-stand furniture.
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