The ceremony was held in Montpellier at the end of the outdoor hotel equipment trade fair, the European leader in this sector. Every year, the event attracts 20,000 visitors who come to gather the latest trends to integrate into their business. Managers of hotels, campsites, lodges and restaurants met there and attended the SETT d’Or for innovation, the awards that reward the best technologies for outdoor hotels (HPA) . The HPA Federation PACA Region is the co-organizer of the event in which more than 50 companies competed for these awards and saw their creativity rewarded: infrastructure, equipment, entertainment, applications, products -soft etc., technological advances that allow the sector. stay in line with new customer requirements.
Patented technology
Among the five winners of this competition is Grassoise STME FIREfounded in 2021, by DX Groupe (STME, STME FIRE, SUN and GO and Auberge Alpina – 60 employees, version 9 ME 2024). They were awarded a gold SETT Innovation for CLEVER, their patented solution for automating their FIRE system (also patented). “This is self-defense against forest fires and special hazards, for all types of buildings.” Guillaume Dujardin, project engineer at STME, developed the CLEVER solution. “Fire” makes it possible to slow down and reduce the spread of a forest fire by installing debris trees, a pumping unit, a water reserve and an automatic controller. The FIRE solution without human intervention.” CLEVER is based on detection, prevention and protection. “Certainly, with upstream sensors that monitor environmental parameters (temperature, hygrometry, level of volatile organic compounds, etc.) to detect the presence of fire and and analyze simulations, we will be able to identify specific masts implement as a priority The system restarts the calculation at each variable change The aim is to provide the most targeted response.
The STME FIRE solution already equips around thirty customers, campsites, supermarkets, schools, universities and business people, in the PACA region and in the Landes.
Interface between forest and built structure
“We specialize in forest fire protection. Being the interface between forest and inhabited structure. Our masts have a variable height according to the vegetation, they can water to be thrown about thirty meters from the radius, through sprinklers.” A self-sufficient water and energy solution. The proof of concept is completed and all that remains is to market the solution. The four STME FIRE employees also developed in-house software, Mentawais, which is able to optimize the position of the cranes by taking into account the weather on the distribution of irrigation on the ground. “We measure the effect of the wind on the spray radius that we have finalized. “
Guillaume Dujardin continued: “It is important to push the thinking – and therefore the technology – to anticipate as much as possible the protection of property and people due to the increasing risk of forest fires. “ Thanks to this award and the publicity given to its solution, STME FIRE is starting the marketing phase of its CLEVER solution and plans to continue working on internal research and development projects to expand more sites protection from the ever-increasing risk of fire. STME FIRE positions itself as a manufacturer and ultimately would like its solution to be subcontracted to trusted partners. The young company is already profitable and shows continuous growth.
The SETT d’Or for innovation also highlighted these other technologies: Culbuto, a solar powered carrier; EcoludiK, an innovative connected screen designed for campsites, aims to raise holidaymakers’ awareness of their water and electricity consumption; HabiLev’, a hydromechanical device that allows mobile homes to be raised almost 2 meters from the ground in case of flooding and Gecko, the first small, intelligent, ecological and economical water heater. La Grassoise wowed the jury!
