Creating secure, welcoming, and adaptable learning environments is a top priority for today’s educational facilities. As Allegion brands, Unicel Architectural, AD Systems and Technical Glass Products (TGP) deliver several solutions for safer school design. Meeting multiple best-practice recommendations from the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) for enhancing school safety and security, these resilient systems improve visibility and access control measures without compromising an occupant-centered design.

Together, these three brands help architects and facility managers design schools where students and educators can feel both protected and connected to their environment and each other.

Unicel Architectural – Vision Control® IGUs for Daylight and Privacy Management

Unicel Architectural’s patented Vision Control® technology gives educators and staff precise control over visibility, daylight, and privacy—helping to create safer, more adaptable classrooms. This technology can also contribute to enhanced classroom security. Meeting baseline recommendations from the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS), Vision Control® can instantly shift from open visibility to full privacy, supporting both daily classroom needs and emergency lockdown protocols.

• Hermetically sealed IGU design with integrated, cord-free operable louvers for maintenance-free performance.
• Variable sightline management: interlocking aluminum louvers maintain parallel alignment for one-way vision or complete blackout when needed.
• Compatible with a wide range of glazing types: tempered, laminated, Low‑E, fire-rated, security-rated, and impact-resistant glass to meet code requirements and align with project goals for energy efficiency and school safety and security.
• Applications: classroom sidelites, interior partitions, and corridor glazing that balances supervision and privacy.

AD Systems – Space-efficient Doors that can Enhance Security

When specified with code-compliant Allegion locking hardware, AD Systems’ sliding door systems can meet best practices for safer school design. As the first recommendation from the Final Report of the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission reads, “all classrooms in K-12 schools should be equipped with locked doors that can be locked from the inside by the classroom teacher or substitute.”

• Compatible with Allegion access control hardware from manual locking hardware to electronic locks and credentialed entry systems for enhanced security.
• Acoustic performance independently tested up to NIC 39 (STC 34) for reduced noise transfer between adjacent spaces.
• Available with multiple glazing and finish options to meet project goals for safer school design, student engagement, and building flexibility.
• Applications: classrooms, break-out rooms, study spaces, and faculty offices in areas where floorspace is limited.

Technical Glass Products (TGP) – Multifunctional, Fire- and Security-Rated Glazing Systems

TGP delivers advanced glazing solutions that defend against multiple threats to life safety. These multifunctional, fire-rated glazing assemblies combine high-performance safety and security with clarity, improved sightlines and optimized light transmission, helping schools achieve stringent building codes and voluntary security goals while maintaining inviting, naturally lit spaces.

• Fire ratings up to 180 minutes for certain assemblies, supporting code-compliant compartmentation in corridors, stairwells, and door systems.
• Bullet resistance tested to the 11th edition of UL 752 standard. This ballistic glazing can readily achieve Level III resistance, with options that meet Level VIII.
• Forced-entry resistance to support best-practice recommendations from the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS).
• Applications: secure vestibules, administrative offices, and entry points that would benefit for improved visual connection and code-compliant, enhanced security.

A Unified Approach to School Safety

From interior visibility control to multifunctional, fire-rated glazing, these three Allegion brands work together to solve several safer school design challenges.

• Unicel Architectural helps ensure adaptable sightlines and controlled visibility.
• AD Systems aligns flexible and accessible design with classroom security recommendations.
• TGP provides fire-rated glazing tested to forced-entry and ballistic resistance standards to address multiple threats to life safety.

Together, they deliver advanced solutions for school safety – helping protect people while preserving openness, daylight, and design excellence.