With the renovated apartments located in an urban environment, the college needed to upgrade the apartments’ locking systems from the mechanical key-based system to a smart access control solution that could provide management with audit trail information and lock battery status without having to visit all the doors in the building.

The system incorporates electronic mortise locks with deadbolts, two hotspot wall readers and panic devices, all controlled via contactless MIFARE-enabled key fobs. The wireless system also utilizes the SALTO Virtual Network and 48 off-line XS4 locks fitted to each individual student apartment.