Geze, a leading developer of construction systems for doors, windows and safety technology, said it is increasingly focusing on automated operating functions and networked solutions to help tranform buildings into 'smart homes' of the future in the Middle East.

Sustainability is high on the agenda at Geze with economic, ecological, technical and social sustainability criteria considered right from the outset of the product development.

The sustainability of Geze products is demonstrated in their durability, which meets the most stringent of quality standards. These products can also be subsequently extended and combined with system solutions, said the company in its statement.

Geze products offer one-stop-shop system solutions that combine various requirements, such as accessibility, fire and smoke protection, natural ventilation and smoke and heat extraction, the control of escape and rescue routes, increased break-in resistance or access control, and design.

The company is increasingly focusing on automated operating functions and networked solutions. This means that individual systems communicate with each other. A building management system also allows the functions of different products to be controlled meaningfully and mutually, it added.

With commercial buildings becoming increasingly open to the public, the trend in architecture is to establish an 'inviting atmosphere' in which façades are increasingly no longer barriers to buildings. The outside and inside aspects of a building are designed to flow into each other, said the company.

One consequence of this open public-oriented approach is the need for a greater number of building entrances and thus doors which equally have more demands on them, it stated.

Geze said it sees itself as a 'connector' of interior and exterior space and delivers individual automatic door solutions, such as atria, lobbies, cross-over points or thoroughfares, which bring together barrier-free convenience with security and excellent design.

Apart from the use of glass as the next step in modern façades, the automation of doors is a progressive trend, it added.

A major player in the Middle East region, Geze said its transparent, automatic door solutions make the passage from inside to outside, for example to covered gardens and outside areas, almost imperceptible.

Because buildings are increasingly assessed (and certified) according to wellness aspects too, the connection between inside and outside areas on higher storeys is often achieved by using viewing platforms which can be made accessible thanks to automatic door solutions, it added.-TradeArabia News Service