Project description
New system for improved fire protection
Fire safety and prevention awareness are essential for proper building safety and the well-being of persons and assets within the building. For this reason, innovations in fire protection are highly desirable. The EU-funded AFISYS project will address this need by introducing the novel software tool AFISYS. This unique tool, developed based on the experience of AGNOSYS staff in control system development for commercial buildings, can evaluate CAD building plans to accurately discover actuators and provide in-depth visualisation of the building’s fire control system. Also, it can use this information to reduce up to 95 % of system installation and integration time and improve handling efficiency for system operators.
Objective
Our company AGNOSYS GmbH is a small Austrian company founded in 2009 with a staff that develops and sells control systems for preventive fire protection in commercial buildings. Our latest innovation, AFISYS, is a unique software tool that analyses CAD building plans and extracts relevant information about fire protection devices through an algorithm that detects automatically the symbols of actuators. In this way, AFISYS provides a new intuitive visualization tool for the representation of the whole fire control installation, displaying high-level information, i.e. the real-time states of the actuators together with their exact position in 2D floor plans and their detailed technical data. In this way, AFYSOS has a double benefit: (1) it completely changes the work of system integrators, reducing by 95% the installation time of the visualization control system, and (2) it provides a much more efficient system for handling an emergency by the building operator: thanks to the rapid location of a fault in case of incident, the response is shortened by valuable seconds that will help save lives and assets. With this innovation, we aim at setting a new standard in the area of fire protection and building control technology. Considering the positive market situation (driven by the increasing awareness on fire hazards, the recovery of the construction sector and the rising trend of automation in commercial buildings) AFYSIS will be the key to our growth and expansion towards the European market from 2021 on, multiplying by 5 our revenues within 5 years and implying a return on investment (ROI) of 3.2 by 2024. Moreover, AFYSIS will also optimally position our company for subsequently addressing other rapidly expanding markets in the field of building management.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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8054 GRAZ
Austria
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