Self-testing ‘Internet-of-Things’ fire door launched by Harmony

Harmony has launched Auro Door, a fully integrated and certified Internet of Things (IoT) fire door. Auro Door is initially being launched as a self-testing, 30-minute rated (FD30), UK-manufactured fire door that helps keep residents safe 24/7 by actively monitoring its performance. 

Landlords increasingly report that their mandatory compliance inspection regimes for fire doors are often incomplete through lack of access to homes, increasing risks to those individual residents and the wider building community if fire doors are found to be non-compliant. Auro Door provides invisible, always-on fire door compliance monitoring, protecting residents every day of the year between annual inspections. 

As well as real-time compliance notifications, Auro Door provides asset managers with essential predictive maintenance information to ensure wearing components, for instance door closers, can be replaced in line with product specifications and ahead of more costly failure, that could also compromise door integrity. 

Designed to embrace the Golden Thread of Information ethos, Auro Door provides landlords with immediate validation on installation, then performance against strict measurement tolerances is tracked in real-time for the lifetime of the door. Embracing developments in AI, Auro Door is a continuously learning product, with pattern recognition data constantly informing future development and predictive maintenance regimes. 

Auro Door can connect to existing facilities management systems, or act as a standalone system, and the flexible interface enables customised dashboard configurations, warnings and alert notifications. The ability to remotely provide an instant and comprehensive overview of fire door compliance is a major leap forward in the use of IoT data to protect residents and building assets. 

Ged Moore, Managing Director at Auro by Harmony, said: “Auro Door addresses a major challenge facing organisations with responsibility for resident safety, that of access to homes to assess fire door compliance. Registered Providers regularly report that over a third of fire doors cannot be annually inspected due to access issues, with Auro Door providing an innovative solution for safety compliance that is constantly vigilant and self-reporting. 

“As a front-line defense against the ingress of smoke and fire into homes, Auro Door is a life-saving barrier, manufactured to the highest quality standards and incorporating a unique active monitoring system that transforms fire door compliance from annual inspection to self-reporting and diagnosis.”  

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