Smart solutions are actively used in various areas of business, and certainly have a great impact on the field of hospitality.  In hotels, smart technologies help to reduce costs, save energy and water consumption, ensure safety, simplicity and control, as well as create a comfortable environment and high-quality service. All these advantages help to achieve a high level of profitability and provide guests with maximum comfort.

Smart devices and smart systems meet the needs of hotel guests and save staff time. For example, presence sensors and thermostats track guests’ stay, monitoring energy consumption and water consumption, minimizing losses. The environmental problem associated with the active use of plastic they solve with the help of special applications for contactless entry, which eliminates the need to use plastic cards.

Voice control is also very popular now. With its help, hotel guests can control TV channels, the temperature in the room, curtains, choose their favorite music, listen to the news, receive information about the weather and even traffic jams. And if you integrate AI into a smart system and use the data collected during the guest’s stay at the hotel, you can create the most comfortable environment for him, which will automatically adapt to personal needs. Imagine that the next time a person comes to a hotel, the system, having studied the guest’s preferences, immediately creates an ideal personal environment.

SMART LIGHTING SOLUTIONS FOR HOTELS

Among the various smart systems, special attention should be paid to lighting. In hotels, it is used constantly, day and night, 365/24/7. This is not only the room fund and public spaces, but also areas for personnel, additional services (shops, restaurants, spa complexes, fitness rooms, conference rooms), but also architectural lighting, lighting of the territory and landscape – all this constantly consumes electricity. Lighting control systems will help to reduce costs and reduce the consumed electricity.

Regardless of the typology of the space, lighting solutions should be developed by lighting specialists (engineers and lighting designers). High-quality and well-thought-out lighting provides comfortable conditions for guests and staff. It is important to remember that first of all, light helps to solve functional tasks, but the aesthetic component is no less important. Nowadays, guests have high demands on design solutions, service level, technology and care for the environment, so it is important to design the best lighting solution that will solve the hotel’s problems and satisfy the client’s needs.

The main tasks and possibilities of modern lighting design solutions with smart systems:

– energy saving and cost reduction
– ease of use
– flexibility of lighting solutions
– use of daylight
– dynamic and color lighting (RGB, tunable white)
– creation of lighting scenarios
– creation of lighting conditions taking into account circadian rhythms (Human Centric Lighting)
– automatic operation of the system
– management of individual rooms, buildings in the complex, territory
– possibility of integration with the IoT platform
– integration with other building management systems
– possibility of modernization and upgrade of the system

Typology of lighting control systems:

1 – manual control: on/off (switches, buttons, handles, panels, etc.)
2 – dimmers (smooth adjustment of light source brightness)
3 – motion/presence sensors (on/off depending on motion detection and human presence)
4 – timer control (on/off at the right time)
5 – regulation of color temperature of white and shades of colored light (tunable white, RGB)
6 – photodetection (adjustment of artificial lighting level depending on natural light)
7 – wireless control systems (for example, convenient control of the lighting environment through mobile gadget applications)
8 – centralized (network) control systems (integration of various lighting control elements into one large network)

Technologies and smart lighting solutions help people solve such important tasks as:

– creation of sustainable objects and solutions, minimizing the impact on nature and the environment
– reduction of light pollution
– care for health and well-being.

Lighting is an important component of the hotel business, which requires a professional approach and competent use.
It is important to remember that the development and implementation of smart lighting solutions must be carried out taking into account safety requirements and quality standards. This guarantees not only the guest comfort, but also the durability and reliability of the systems used.
Investments in high-quality lighting and smart lighting solutions are investments in the future, which pay off in increased customer satisfaction, improved reputation and increased revenue. The implementation of modern smart lighting systems opens up new opportunities for increased efficiency and comfort, making guests’ stay more enjoyable and unforgettable.