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DOOR launches Scout device combining remote lock control and edge AI for multifamily building health monitoring

Research from Parks Associates has found that operators using connected access control and smart home technology realize a roughly 20 percent gain in operating efficiency and about $80,000 in annual savings per building. Those returns grow as a building's systems work together instead of in isolation.

From DOOR's press release, "DOOR Introduces Scout, a Single Device Bringing Remote Access and Building Health to Multifamily Units"

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