The Hotelier's Guide to Room Automation: How to Save Energy and Stay Green
The hotel industry is under pressure to reduce its environmental impact. Energy consumption and emissions are two of the main areas where hotels can make a difference. One way to save energy and stay green is through room automation. In this article, we will discuss how room automation can help hotels save energy and reduce their carbon footprint.
Room automation is the use of technology to control the functions of a hotel room, such as heating, cooling, lighting, and security. By automating these functions, hotels can save energy and money. For example, by using sensors to detect when a room is occupied, hotels can automatically turn off the lights and air conditioning when no one is in the room. This can lead to significant savings on energy costs. In addition, automated systems can also provide guests with a more comfortable stay by ensuring that the room temperature is always at their desired level.
There are many benefits of room automation for hotels. In addition to saving energy and money, automated systems can also improve guest satisfaction levels and increase operational efficiency. Automated systems can help hotel staff to manage rooms more effectively and free up their time for other tasks. In addition, automated systems can also help hotels to meet their sustainability goals by reducing energy consumption and emissions.
What is Automation
Automation is the process of performing routine, time-consuming activities without requiring human input. Automation usually takes place through software and technology, but it may also help hotels and their visitors in a variety of ways - such as saving time, money, and alleviating stress.
Benefits of hotel automation include
Increasing the efficiency of your daily tasks
Reducing error in recording information and reporting on data
Eliminating friction and frustration from manual operations
Boosting revenue and cutting costs
Increasing productivity by allowing you more free time
Increasing connectivity and synchronisation to other hotel systems and extra booking channels
Flexible and automatic check-in/out for guests
Better upselling and packaging opportunities
Increasing the personalisation of your service
Streamlining communication between staff and also to guests
Better reporting and analysis
Allowing you to be away from your property to attend to personal matters
Hotel access automation
Hotel access automation is the most important solution for saving time and guest pleasure. Traditional keys and keycards are dangerous since they're easy to misplace. Not only are lost keys a hassle for personnel and visitors, but they may also fall into the wrong hands, posing a security risk for hotels that no longer have to worry about it.
Hotel digital keys, allow access to each room via a computer network. This generates individual codes for each guest, allowing them to check in and out without speaking to anyone. When the visitor leaves, it notifies the proper personnel automatically.
Automation for guest experience
Automation can be utilised for a variety of room and property features, not just your own management. Your visitors will appreciate you for adopting automation into your hotel. The sooner they are able to check-in and get to their room, the better. Any delay at the front desk would be inconvenient after a lengthy journey.
In the room, some properties use automated smart apps so guests can easily control lighting, heating, fans, TVs, and blinds etc to ensure they have a constant sense of comfort and convenience. Believe it or not, some hotels have implemented mobile key access but still require a card to use the lighting when in the room. This defeats the whole objective and just adds another barrier to guest satisfaction. Ensure that when thinking about automation you think about every touchpoint in a guest journey.
After this, automation can help guests order room service, make requests, or ask questions on a device like an iPad instead of having to call up the front desk.
Hotel guest room automation systems
You may use hotel guest room automation in the same way that smart home systems allow individuals to automate their appliances, lighting, and HVAC systems. You can automate the following things using hotel guest room automation:
Lights
Fans
TVs
Blinds/window coverings
A/C
Set-top boxes
Hotel room automation, on the other hand, isn't only useful for the visitor. These amenities can help you save a lot of money on your power bill. Hotel guests appreciate being able to control the temperature in their rooms and it's great to be able to give it to them, but we know that they frequently forget to turn off the air conditioning when they go out for their meeting, or that they leave the heating on while out and about.
The expenses mount up quickly. Allow guests to maintain control, but automate energy cuts off while they're away so you don't have to rely on the visitor to keep your energy costs low.
Conclusion
If you are a hotelier, room automation is something that you should consider implementing in your property. By doing so, you will be able to save energy, money, and help the environment. If you would like to learn more about room automation and how it can benefit your hotel, please contact us today. We would be happy to discuss this topic with you in further detail.
Do you have any questions about room automation? Contact the Siemlus Team to enquire about how we can implement automated features across your guest experience.