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Engineering tools for hospitality.

Guest experience, engineered.

Hotels, resorts, boutique stays and serviced apartments — guest-room control, in-room entertainment, PMS-integrated voice, BMS, life-safety and surveillance.

Calculators for hospitality

10 tools
01BMS · Energy

Energy & BMS ROI Calculator

Adjust building variables and see indicative payback for a BMS-driven energy upgrade plus daylight-harvesting LED retrofit. Conservative; defensible in a first conversation.

Live payback modelOpen tool
02IT · Networking

Network & PoE Calculator

Sized to year-three load — switches, Wi-Fi 7 access points, PoE budget, Cat6A run count, project cost. Cisco / HPE Aruba / Juniper-class enterprise gear.

Switches · APs · PoE WOpen tool
03AV · Acoustics

RT60 Acoustic Calculator

Room dimensions and finish materials in, indicative reverberation time and recommended absorber area out. Sabine equation; defensible for early-stage acoustic planning.

Sabine · seconds · m²Open tool
04AV · Audio · Coverage

Speaker Coverage Planner

Engineering-grade speaker coverage and SPL planner across K-array, KGEAR, JBL Professional, d&b audiotechnik, L-Acoustics, Fonestar and Ecler. Predicts SPL at listener distance, coverage radius on the -6 dB dispersion axis and quantity needed for the room. Sources cited.

7 brands · SPL predictionOpen tool
05ELV · Surveillance · Storage

CCTV Storage Retention Calculator

Multi-brand, codec-aware CCTV storage retention sizing across Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Hanwha, Bosch, Honeywell, CP Plus and Prama. Computes storage TB, HDD count plan, recorded bandwidth and an NVR/VMS class recommendation against camera count. Pairs with the CCTV Coverage Calculator.

8 brands · codec-awareOpen tool
06AV · LED

LED Wall Size Calculator

Direct-view LED wall sizing across Samsung, LG MAGNIT, Leyard, Absen, Unilumin, Panasonic, Delta, Christie and Barco. Cabinet count, native resolution, brightness adequacy, power and weight — with pitch-vs-distance honesty and camera-refresh flags. Sources cited per model.

9 brands · pitch-awareOpen tool
07AV · Projection

Projector Throw Calculator

Engineering-grade throw distance calculator across 14 brands and 30 verified models — Sony, JVC, Epson, BenQ, LG, Optoma, ViewSonic, Panasonic, Barco, Christie, Hisense, Samsung, XGIMI, Formovie, AWOL Vision. Throw range, lens-shift envelope, viewing distance, pixel density and feasibility flags. Sources cited per model.

14 brands · sourcedOpen tool
08AV · Cinema

Cinema Sizer

Room dimensions in, recommended screen size, seat layout, Atmos format and budget out. Reference / Premium / Media-room tiers.

Screen · seats · AtmosOpen tool
09Power · BESS · Solar

DG → Solar+BESS Crossover

Diesel price, DG capacity and monthly run-hours in — the kWp solar + kWh LFP BESS that breaks even against running the genset out, plus capex, payback years and CO₂ avoided.

kWp · kWh · yearsOpen tool
10IT · Wi-Fi · Coverage

Wi-Fi AP Planner

Floor area, ceiling height, wall material and client density in — AP count, PoE budget, switch ports and channel-plan advice out. Wi-Fi 6 / 6E / 7 with material-derated coverage and hex-packed cell preview.

APs · PoE · channelsOpen tool

03 / Frequently asked

Hospitality — the early conversation.

What's the difference between hotel and home guest-room control?

Hotel guest-room control adds PMS integration, housekeeping mode, language preferences and graceful check-out reversion — none of which exist in residential. Operational priorities. A hotel guest-room control system has to know who is in the room (via PMS integration), what their preferences are (lighting, climate, language), how housekeeping interacts with it (housekeeping mode, do-not-disturb), and how the system gracefully reverts on check-out. None of that exists in residential. We design hotel rooms to that operational discipline.

Does the BMS in a hotel really pay back?

Yes — a hotel BMS typically pays back in 18–24 months through chiller and AHU energy savings alone, with operational benefits beyond that. Typically 18–24 months. A hotel runs HVAC and lighting 24/7 across hundreds of rooms; even a 12% reduction in chiller and AHU energy is substantial. Beyond energy, the BMS catches faults early (a fan-coil drawing 15% extra current) before guests file complaints, which is operationally significant for any property tracking review scores.

Which life-safety systems are mandatory under hospitality codes?

Mandatory hospitality life-safety covers addressable fire alarm, voice-evacuation PA, wet-riser hydrant network, emergency lighting, smoke management and fire NOC compliance under NBC. Addressable fire alarm, voice-evacuation PA, wet-riser hydrant network, emergency lighting, smoke management, and fire NOC compliance — all mandatory under NBC for hotels above defined occupancy and floor counts. We engineer to these as the baseline and document the cause-and-effect matrix that ties them together for the local fire authority.

Can your AV in restaurants, ballrooms and bars handle live performances?

Yes — our hospitality F&B AV is engineered for live performance up to concert SPL with cardioid sub arrays for residential boundary control. Our hospitality F&B AV is engineered for live performance up to concert SPL with cardioid sub arrays for residential boundary control. Ballrooms get configurable PA with line-array and centre-cluster options. Bars and lounges get DJ-booth integration, façade lighting, and acoustic isolation that lets the venue hold its sound NOC.

How do you handle PMS integration for the in-room phone, voice and entertainment?

PMS integration runs through certified Grandstream, NEC and Yeastar IP-PBX bridges, pre-tested with Opera, IDS and Hotelogix — check-in fires the room-prep scene and check-out reverses every step. Certified PMS integrations on Grandstream, NEC and Yeastar IP-PBX platforms — pre-tested with Opera, IDS, Hotelogix and others. Check-in fires the room-prep scene, registers the guest's name and language preference, opens billing, and configures voicemail. Check-out reverses every step. The integration is documented per property and tested before soft-opening.

· Begin

Tell us about the hospitality project.

Tools answer the early questions. A written reply from the studio usually answers the harder ones. Send drawings and a brief — we respond within two working days.

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