Educational institutions like Ultimo TAFE and Randwick TAFE face unique challenges in maintaining safety for students, staff, and visitors across expansive campuses with diverse activities. Fire safety, emergency lighting, and environmental monitoring systems must function seamlessly to ensure compliance with strict regulations and to minimise disruptions to learning. WBS, through its Elumen and Plexus brands, offers tailored solutions that address these needs, delivering advanced, integrated systems to create safer, more efficient educational environments.
Education
Networking Emergency Lighting (Elumen)
Reliable emergency lighting is critical for safe evacuations in schools. Elumen’s Networking Emergency range, powered by LoRa technology and integrated with the Plexus mesh network, offers automated self-testing and real-time status reporting. These devices provide comprehensive coverage across buildings while enabling remote monitoring through the Plexus console, reducing manual checks and minimising disruptions. Additionally, the energy-efficient lighting systems, with dimming features, have helped institutions such as Ultimo TAFE achieve significant energy savings of $19,367 per year, while ensuring compliance with AS/NZS 2293 standards.
Tether [I/O Monitoring] (Plexus)
UV lamps are essential for ensuring the effective sterilisation of drinking water from waterborne illnesses like legionella. With water systems in educational institutions supplying drinking water across buildings, it is crucial that UV lamps operate without failure to maintain water safety and prevent contamination for students and staff. Plexus’ Tether monitors these UV lamps in real-time, providing immediate alerts to maintenance teams in the event of a failure or malfunction. This approach ensures that drinking water can be delivered safely, reducing risks and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations in educational environments.
Saturn Smoke Alarms (Elumen)
In educational facilities, minimising disruptions is critical to maintaining a productive learning environment. Elumen Saturn smoke alarms, equipped with self-testing capabilities, reduce the need for intrusive manual checks. These alarms integrate with the Plexus mesh network, enabling remote testing via the Plexus console or Elumen app. Maintenance teams can complete testing efficiently without interrupting classes, ensuring compliance with fire safety standards while safeguarding the campus.
Kelvin Dot (Plexus)
Maintaining consistent comfort levels across classrooms and shared spaces in educational institutions can be challenging, with air-conditioning systems often relying on single-point temperature measurements. Kelvin Dot can address this issue by providing precise, real-time temperature and humidity monitoring across multiple locations. Integrated with the Plexus mesh network, facility managers can remotely track environmental conditions and receive instant alerts for temperature inconsistencies, alerting for possible drafts or open doors. This ensures a comfortable learning environment for students and staff, optimises air-conditioning performance, and reduces energy waste.
Plexus Gateway (Plexus)
At the core of the Plexus network is the third-generation Plexus Gateway, a standalone device installed in the facility’s main office. It provides GSM connectivity for Plexus-enabled devices, using them as long-range wireless repeaters to create a smart, connected environment. Even during internet outages or power failures, the Gateway ensures uninterrupted monitoring of emergency systems with its built-in 4G connection and backup lithium battery. This redundancy keeps systems online, transmitting vital alarms and SMS notifications to maintain safety and compliance in all conditions.
WBS, through our Elumen and Plexus brands, provides educational institutions with innovative safety solutions that can be tailored to meet their unique needs. Systems such as fire safety, emergency lighting, and environmental monitoring can be complicated and disruptive to maintain. WBS streamlines this maintenance, and ensuring compliance with strict regulations through our self-testing and networking technology. With Elumen and Plexus, educational institutions can focus on providing the best learning experiences for students whilst maintaining a comfortable teaching environment that is secure and cost-efficient for staff and facility managers.