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The global crisis in the healthcare system has created additional and unexpected pressure on many cities and is a catalyst for an accelerated adoption of technology, with the aim of reducing the likelihood of future crises and better responding to an emergency situation.
In order to mitigate potential future crises in the healthcare system, sources and vectors of infection must be controlled as best as possible. Buildings and cities will strive to reduce physical contact points, especially in public areas, through means such as the use of automatic doors, frictionless access and contactless payments. People will also expect cleaner air, both indoors and outdoors, and cleaner water.
Honeywell is seeing a significant increase in the adoption of Healthy Buildings solutions, which integrate technologies to improve the air quality, safety and security of building beneficiaries, as well as advanced building performance indicators to help owners and managers maintain continuity of operations. This interest is also shown in our smart city solutions as innovations expand across all of these sectors. Here are some of the challenges cities have faced in recent years and how technology has helped:
- Managing quarantines and implementing social distancing or contact tracing procedures: video surveillance means can detect crowding and compliance with provisions, such as wearing masks.
- Increasing the capacity to manage sick patients: the technology allows for a holistic integrated approach, from registering a sick person, calling the ambulance, to collecting and sharing essential information, testing and quarantine.
- Communications and decision-making: City administrators dealing with emergencies can use city command and control centers, which combine information from traffic systems, utilities or video networks, to make the best informed decisions.
- Providing clear voice indications and multisensory fire detectors to support faster evacuation of a building, as well as providing general announcements / notifications daily.
Honeywell's IoT-based command and control system is a turnkey solution for city management, which enables GIS-based incident management (Geographic Information System), team distribution and management, and collaboration with citizens.
To find out more information about Honeywell's solutions for smart cities (Honeywell Smart Cities Solutions), we invite you to watch our session on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021, at the VII-th edition of the Smart Cities of Romania conference. Access to this virtual event is free of charge, by registering on the conference website here.