The Consulting-Specifying Engineer’s “Perfect 10” Awards is a two-part product-of-the -year competition in which a selection of this year’s new products has been chosen by a panel of expert judges for ultimate consideration by CS/E's readers to determine award winners. The awards competition will recognize the best new products from these categories: HVAC, controls/building automation, plumbing, fire protection, communications/security, electrical, power generation/emergency power and lighting.

All 46,154 subscribers of Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine will then have an opportunity to vote for one winner from each category. Winners will be published in the November 2006 issue of Consulting-Specifying Engineer.

The CS/E judges have narrowed contest entrants to four finalists in the fire category. We are proud to announce the E3 Series Expandable Emergency Evacuation System has been nominated and noted as offering “huge” safety benefits due to its broadband capability, which offers speed and reliable communications between nodes.

E3 Series by Gamewell-FCI
This expandable emergency evacuation system employs “building block” architecture, allowing multiple modules and cabinets to be configured to suit a wide range if applications, from a stand-alone fire alarm control panel to an expansive mass-notification system. Its distributed communication control capability provides clear instructions, automated or live, to needed areas – even on a floor-by-floor basis. Each segment of the system operates independently, allowing evacuation instructions to be delivered even if part of the system is damaged. One judge noted that the product’s broadband capability, which facilitates speedy, reliable communication between nodes, could be “huge.”
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