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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

11 tools
01BMS · Energy

Energy & Efficiency Estimator

Adjust building variables and see indicative energy and CO₂ savings (kWh) for a BMS-driven energy upgrade plus daylight-harvesting LED retrofit. Conservative; defensible in a first conversation.

kWh · CO₂ savedOpen tool
02IT · Networking

Network & PoE Calculator

Sized to year-three load — switches, Wi-Fi 7 access points, PoE budget (watts), Cat6A run count, port/AP sizing. 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
04IT · Cabling

Structured Cabling Estimator

Estimate total structured-cabling length, patch panel count and IDF closet count against floor area and drop count. Panduit, CommScope, Belden, Legrand, Corning, Furukawa, R&M. Cat6, Cat6A, Cat7, Cat8 copper plus OM3, OM4, OS2 fibre. TIA-568 compliant.

7 brands · 7 categoriesOpen tool
05AV · 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
06ELV · 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
07AV · 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
08AV · Projection

Projector Throw Calculator

Engineering-grade throw distance calculator across 15 brands and 51 verified models — Sony, JVC, Epson, BenQ, LG, Optoma, ViewSonic, Panasonic, Barco, Christie, Hisense, Samsung, XGIMI, Formovie, AWOL Vision. Searchable picker, throw range, lens-shift envelope, viewing distance, pixel density, feasibility flags and a custom-throw fallback. Sources cited per model.

15 brands · sourcedOpen tool
09AV · Cinema

Cinema Sizer

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

Screen · seats · AtmosOpen tool
10Power · BESS · Solar

DG → Solar+BESS Crossover

Diesel rate, DG capacity and monthly run-hours in — the kWp solar + kWh LFP BESS that breaks even against running the genset out, plus annual diesel litres displaced and CO₂ avoided.

kWp · kWh · yearsOpen tool
11IT · 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

Configurators for hospitality

9 tools
01Discovery

System Need Finder

Building type, stage and goals in — the disciplines to consider and the documents to share first out. Advisory; not a scope or BOQ.

Advisory · qualitativeOpen tool
02Readiness

Consultation Prep Checklist

Assemble the drawings, site information and people to prepare before the first conversation. Copyable; a preparation aid, not a scope.

Advisory · copyableOpen tool
03Coordination

Architect Brief Builder

For architects, consultants and project teams — assemble a plain-language coordination brief. A draft input, not a statutory submission.

Advisory · copyableOpen tool
04Readiness

CCTV Readiness Checker

A readiness self-check before a surveillance conversation. No camera counts, no placements, no coverage maps, no compliance pass/fail.

Advisory · readinessOpen tool
05Readiness

Fire Readiness Checklist

A readiness self-check before a fire alarm, hydrant or extinguisher conversation. No device counts, layouts, zoning or NOC/AHJ pass/fail — design and approvals stay with the fire consultant and the authority.

Advisory · readinessOpen tool
06AV · Selector

Boardroom Solution Selector

Pick the room, how it is used and the platforms in play, and see a broad meeting-room direction with what to share. A planning aid — not a final design, model list, quantity or budget.

Advisory · directionOpen tool
07Smart Home

Smart Home Discovery Wizard

For villa and apartment owners — pick your home, the zones that matter and the experiences you want, and map a coordination scope and room checklist. Not a final design, device count or security layout.

Advisory · discoveryOpen tool
08AMC · Lifecycle

AMC Plan Selector

Four quiz questions about your operation. We recommend Bronze, Silver, Gold or Mission-Critical AMC tier with response targets and PM frequency.

4 questions · tier matchOpen tool
09Hospitality · Systems

Hotel Technology Planner

Pick the property archetype — boutique, 4-star, 5-star, resort — and the planner maps each space (guest floor, lobby, banquet, F&B, spa, BoH) to systems, AP density, AV grade and lifecycle cost.

property × space × systemsOpen tool

03 / Frequently asked

Hospitality — the early conversation.

What systems can TechnoGuru support for a hotel, resort or banquet property?

For a hotel, resort, guest house, serviced apartment or banquet property, TechnoGuru can plan and integrate guest-room automation and mood scenes, IPTV and in-room entertainment, multi-zone background music across lobby, restaurant, spa and corridors, banquet and conference AV with projectors, LED walls and PA, CCTV and access control, guest Wi-Fi and IT networking, EPABX / IP-PBX telephony, fire alarm and fire-hydrant safety systems, boom barriers, digital signage, and UPS backup for the systems that have to stay on — coordinated as one connected estate. BMS integration is added where required, and the property is supported afterwards under an AMC. Exact scope depends on the property, the brief and site conditions.

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.

· 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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