Wireless management gives emergency lighting fixtures considerable added value 

New body variants popular in the market

With smart, high-quality emergency lighting products, HBI Bisscheroux builds a solid bridge between safety and comfort on the one hand and energy savings and sustainability on the other. That happens, among other things, with the new Series 770 SEPTAGEM-M and SEPTAGEM-U, the wirelessly manageable surface-mounted luminaires for escape route signaling and escape route lighting, respectively. Versatile top products embraced by more and more installation companies. Teuben Fire Protection from Hoogezand is one of them. 

For the world of tomorrow, the Series 770 SEPTAGEM-M (surface mounted pictogram lighting) and SEPTAGEM-U (surface mounted spotlight) are valuable new stars. These innovative luminaires are therefore a valuable addition to HBI Bisscheroux's already extensive range of products. "Our in-house developed products symbolize our innovation drive and full attention to sustainability and user-friendliness," said Tim Rijnders, business developer on behalf of Sittard-Geleen-based HBI. "Furthermore, they fit perfectly with our belief that wireless lighting management is the future."

Versatile platform

The installer benefits from all this, but so does the end user. After all, both plug-and-play solutions are easy to install, maintain and apply just about anywhere. Moreover, like the other emergency lighting fixtures from HBI Bisscheroux, they can be managed completely wirelessly and integrally with Sqippa Online. A cloud-based environment where administrators can monitor and manage emergency lighting and other devices and sensors in a building. "The versatile platform uses the globally open LoRaWAN standard," explains Rijnders. "This makes Sqippa, an initiative of HBI Bisscheroux, an affordable and fully wireless management system. For every building."

'Really top'

Teuben Fire Protection from Hoogezand has been a loyal customer of HBI Bisscheroux products for years. As a total supplier in the field of fire safety, the company also focuses on the supply and maintenance of emergency lighting. A product group that Teuben is increasingly linking with wireless management via the Sqippa platform. Similarly in the case of Het Kielzog, a prominent building in the municipality of Midden-Groningen in which, after a phase-by-phase renovation, among other things the town hall, an arts center and library have been stylishly housed. An adjacent theater dating from the 1980s is also part of the cultural center after a major renovation. Precisely for this 400-seat space, Teuben provided the assembly of eighteen SEPTAGEM-U fixtures to replace the existing emergency lighting. As a work planner at Teuben, Evert-Job ten Doeschate was closely involved in the work. "First of all, the technical lifespan of the old fixtures had come to an end," he says. "In addition, the lighting that hung there could not be checked annually, because it is very difficult to have a full day's disposition of the hall. Especially the latter aspect resulted in the application of SEPTAGEM-U with the wireless management system Sqippa. A more than excellent choice. Not only are both systems very user-friendly, their quality is really top notch. Just like the linking of the fixtures with the management system. This combination ensures that no one needs to take a ladder into the room to do an inspection round. Everything happens remotely and completely integrally."

Direct response

The lighting solutions Teuben applied within the theater auditorium of Het Kielzog have lifted the number of fixtures the fire safety specialist now remotely manages to 1,300. All of them are from Sittard-Geleen, the place where HBI-Bisscheroux is firmly rooted. Ten Doeschate is therefore pleased with the mutual cooperation. "Besides offering top quality lighting solutions, they at HBI are also open to suggestions that we sometimes make from practice that can be used to further improve the technology. In addition, they provide excellent support during the implementation. It is not limited to delivery only. And what is also important: the lines of communication with the company are nice and short. If we have a question or need advice, one phone call is enough to get an appropriate answer immediately."