Today, the country is facing a difficult economic situation, including in the energy market. Unfortunately, Ukraine’s economy depends on energy imports, which is why the problem of energy supplies has been and remains one of the most urgent. Ukraine is one of the countries where the level of energy consumption is incredibly high. Its share of global energy consumption stands at 1.9%, while its population makes up less than 1% of the Earth’s population.
But at this stage, the visible reaction of consumer enterprises is straightforward – it is an increase in prices to balance profitability. Dozens of questions remain in the invisible zone, which cannot be left unanswered: How to reduce consumption? How to control it? How to switch to alternative types of energy resources painlessly? When will it pay off? The question of how to minimize the negative impact on the environment is no longer on the agenda.
While some enter into industry collusions and raise prices, restructure costs, and downsize staff, others invest in effective energy-saving technologies and management systems. As an example of such a system, we suggest considering a solution from SMARTEH (Slovenia) as the most convenient and technological, in our opinion, for application in the hotel business.
SMARTEH – is a European developer of professional building automation systems (Building Management System – BMS). Unlike industrial systems, their specialization is hotels, cruise liners, and restaurants.
Thanks to such a focused specialization, SMARTEH developers were able to create a very convenient, reliable, and most importantly, clear energy-saving management system for hotel rooms (Room Management System – RMS) and public areas of the hotel.
The most inefficient energy expenses occur exactly when the guest is not in the room. Smarteh makes it possible to control the heating and air conditioning of rooms through specified Occupied / Unoccupied scenarios; to switch the room into a comfortable mode a few hours before the guest’s check-in; to turn on the economy mode when the guest is, for example, on a ski slope or on an excursion all day.
Precisely because of this, at the core of their philosophy, the developers used the principle of maintaining the maximum possible comfort for the Hotel Guest, along with effective ecological and energy management for hoteliers.
What the Guest sees:
- Familiar and intuitive lighting control.
- Climate control (heating and air conditioning temperature).
- SOS buttons, Room Service call, Do Not Disturb mode – integrated on the software level into the hotel management system.
- Control of additional systems (for example, blind control).
All of this can be managed using an intuitive and simple interface: a touch panel, TV, mobile device, or wall thermostat.
What, at the same time, the Manager gets:
- Energy efficiency management of both occupied and unoccupied rooms and public areas: conference halls, restaurants and kitchens, fitness and SPA zones, which allows significantly reducing building maintenance costs.
- Access control and presence tracking in the room (maid / guest) – security.
- Fast and effective response to alarm events, such as equipment failure, water leakage, short circuits in electrical appliances, etc.
- More efficient room service, which increases guest satisfaction and loyalty.
Distinctive features of the system are:
- the ability to integrate with already installed systems, which will not require
additional costs for re-equipment
- a wide range of supported standard communication protocols for interaction with the management system (SCADA).
- Components: access control, presence control, air conditioning, heating, lighting, water leakage, blind control, room service.
- the Certified Smarteh Fidelio interface designed to connect the BMS into the Fidelio information system.
All these advantages as a whole certainly bring increased productivity and allow reducing business operating costs, which will bring the ROI closer. Along with this, competent energy management demonstrates compliance with standards, contributing to the expansion of your business opportunities, ensures fulfillment of regulatory requirements to strengthen trust from shareholders and clients, and also increases stress resistance and readiness for changes in the business environment.
