Room automation, a step towards the smart hotel
More than 100 professionals from around the world have recently participated in the international Interihotel fair, which this year has been held in a digital format. The event, an international benchmark in southern Europe, connects people and brands that define the interior design of hotels. In this latest edition, technology has become one of the main protagonists, with the automation of rooms as one of the big bets of the sector towards smart hotels.
Loxone, manufacturer of complete solutions for automating buildings and homes, has actively participated both from its virtual stand and in the Concept Rooms, spaces for design experimentation with proposals from interior design studios and hotel chains.
For hotel establishments, the commitment to the smart rooms allows them to offer their guests a unique and different experience. They are self-sustainable spaces that are automatically optimized to avoid electricity cost overruns and maximize energy efficiency: intelligent and energy-saving lighting, climate control combined with automatic shading, air renewal and air conditioning. Sustainable rooms with water leakage control and automatic watering of terrace plants.
For the huéspedes, staying in an automated room enhances the experience through different elements, such as música, música,, sustainable rooms with water leakage control and automatic watering of terrace plants;sica, illuminación o climate, which allows them to customize the room to rest, relax, rest, work…. In short, they are rooms in which you can feel the space, generating well-being and comfort.
The Concept Rooms that have been seen at the fair show the possibilities of automation of a hotel room offered by technology. One of the most outstanding is The Digital Trotter, proposed by the interior design studio Wilson Asociates and the hotel chain;NH Hotel Group, a city hotel room designed for the techie millennial traveler who combines leisure and work. The room can be used in different ways: rest, exercise, eat, work, meet, meet, entertain, relax…
Through the interoperable room automation system, the room operates on its own; alone automatically, allowing the guest to change moods or lighting scenes, temperature or play their favorite music through their smartphone or tablet with the Loxone app. It automates lighting, temperature, environments and scenes, and detects the presence of people, opening and closing of doors… in short, all those elements that allow you to save energy and water.
Another is the Slow Family Traveller, proposed by the interior design studio Patrick Genard and the hotel chain Guitart Hotels. It offers welcome messages, automatic lighting that detects if there is enough natural light, temperature sensors for room climate control, lights that turn on and off when passing from one room to another, music control, scenes and environments to choose… All automated and that the customer can adjust to your tastes or needs through the Touch Pure, Touch Surface or Nightlight push buttons and the Remote Air remote control.
In addition to comfort, sustainability and efficiency are the main protagonists of this proposal: the presence detectors switch on and off light and audio if the room is occupied or not, and regulate the temperature, avoiding energy costs. The door and window contacts for detecting closings and openings save light, the automatic watering system with humidity sensor saves water on the terrace, and the leak detector in the bathroom.