Hochiki’s award winning ACD Multi Sensor with CO demonstrates how multi criteria detection is improving accuracy and reliability across complex fire environments.
Hochiki Middle East’s ACD Multi Sensor with CO has gained significant industry attention following its recognition as Best Active Fire Safety Product at the Intersec Awards 2026. Beyond the accolade, the device is now demonstrating measurable performance benefits across a range of real-world installations where early detection accuracy, false alarm reduction, and system resilience are critical.
The ACD Multi Sensor with CO integrates smoke, heat, and carbon monoxide sensing within a single intelligent detector. By assessing multiple indicators of combustion simultaneously, it provides a more informed interpretation of developing fire conditions compared to single or dual technology devices. This approach enables faster and more reliable detection while significantly reducing unwanted alarms caused by environmental factors such as steam, cooking vapours, or temperature fluctuations.
As building use becomes increasingly complex, particularly in mixed occupancy and specialist environments, multi criteria detection is becoming a practical requirement rather than a technical upgrade. Hochiki’s solution addresses this shift by offering 24 EN approved configurable operating modes, allowing detection behaviour to be precisely tailored to the risk profile of each space. Fully compatible with addressable fire systems, the sensor integrates seamlessly into modern fire detection architectures, supporting intelligent communication, advanced diagnostics, and long term system reliability.
Proven Performance Across Diverse Applications
The operational value of the ACD Sensor is already being realised across a wide range of live installations. At Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London, the technology was specified as part of a major fire detection system upgrade at the landmark, creative venue, that incorporates performance spaces, studios, offices, and public areas, each presenting different environmental challenges. Multi sensor detection was selected to provide consistent early warning across varied conditions while reducing false activations in a high occupancy, mixed use environment.
A similar requirement informed the deployment at the National Museum of Serbia in Belgrade. Following a €12 million refurbishment, the six-0storey heritage site housing more than 400,000 artefacts required a detection solution capable of delivering dependable coverage without compromising the historic interior. Hochiki’s multi sensor was selected for its ability to detect smoke and heat simultaneously, reducing false alarms while supporting discreet installation. Integrated with a compatible control panel, the system also provided improved environmental monitoring for the museum’s maintenance team.
In the education sector, Livingstone Academy in Bournemouth demonstrates how multi criteria detection can deliver tangible operational benefits. The purpose-built secondary school includes food technology rooms and science laboratories where heat, steam, and airborne particulates are part of daily activity. These conditions traditionally lead to higher false alarm rates. By deploying Hochiki’s ACD Multi Sensor with CO, the system is better able to differentiate between everyday environmental activity and genuine fire conditions, reducing unnecessary evacuations.
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