Hands-free electronic door unlatching and/or opening system

A hands-free door unlatching system for an access door operatively mounted to a jamb assembly of a building, the door including a handle set having a latch normally received, with the door in a closed position, within a latch pocket of a jamb of the jamb assembly to latch the door to the jamb, the hands-free door unlatching system comprising:

• a plunger axially aligned with the latch pocket opposite to the latch, and
• an actuator operatively coupled to the plunger and responsive to actuation to advance the plunger into the latch pocket to force the latch out of the latch pocket to unlatch the door from the jamb.

A hands-free door opening system for an access door operatively mounted to a jamb assembly of a building, the door having a closed position with one side of the door adjacent to a jamb of the jamb assembly, the door hingedly mounted to the jamb assembly such that the door is pivotable away from the closed position, the hands-free door opening system comprising:

• a plunger operatively mounted to at least one jamb or header of the jamb assembly and having a free end facing the door, and
• an actuator operatively coupled to the plunger and responsive to actuation to advance the plunger into contact with the door and to push the door away from the closed position to an open position.