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8 The location is not a bad choice to give free rein to creati- vity as well as to develop successful business ideas. The gas factory, which was completed in 1915, formerly pro- duced gas from coal and survived the second world war almost undamaged. The construction of a large chamber furnace in the 1950s resulted in a real gas coking plant. Half a century later the plant was shut down. The complex with its courtyard-like arrangement of buil- dings and gas tanks on an area of 70,000 square metres is today a European industrial monument in a “place with aura”. Open air events take place here, and there is also a restaurant and bar. A part of the State Theatre is at least temporarily housed here and has rented 80 percent of the premises. The other 20 percent consist of offices and practice rooms as well as studios for cultural workers and start-ups. There are several reasons for access control with elec- tronic locking systems. One of them: “We want to save ourselves keys and key management”, says Bernhard Liepert, Project Manager Electrical Engineering. Accor- ding to ISGUS sales representative Christian Danziger, it is no coincidence that ZEUS® keyless was chosen: “The municipal utilities have been working with us for several years, most intensively in the field of ZEUS® access con - trol. For time management, ISGUS supplies terminals that transfer the time bookings directly to SAP.” The municipal utilities have followed every step of ZEUS® development, always using the latest generation. This means that in addition to access control and SAP time recording, the multifunctional employee cards can also be used for payment in the canteen or stadium, for example. The LEGIC advant transponder technology ma- kes this possible. Today round about 125 access control and 35 time and attendance terminals are distributed throughout the city. So what milestone does ZEUS® keyless represent in the creative work? The doors in the other buildings of the municipal utilities are cabled and also integrated in the access control. The centrally stored access authoriza- tions for each individual door are distributed to several so-called access control centres where they are available around the clock to check access bookings. Municipal utilities – this is generally associated with local transport, energy and water supply. Culture, on the other hand, does not really come to mind. Different in Augsburg. Here the former gas factory has developed into a creative work of art, offering attractive premises to many artists and start-up companies. Right in the middle as the technical link: an electronic locking system based on the ZEUS® keyless access control system from ISGUS. ENHANCED SECURITY FOR ARTISTS AND START-UP‘S AT THE “CULTURAL WORKSHOP” IN AUGSBURG WITH ZEUS® KEYLESS DIGITAL LOCKS