VingCard Elsafe and Lutron Collaborate to Offer the Hotel Industry a Fully Integrated Light Control and Energy Management Solution

Industry leaders collaborate to help hoteliers maximize energy efficiency, ensure guest comfort and enhance the guest experience through complete room control solution.
 
DALLAS – June 25, 2012 – VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, today announces an integrated product solution, with Lutron Electronics, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of light and shade control solutions for commercial and residential applications. Through this collaboration, VingCard Elsafe and Lutron have developed a total guestroom control solution package for luxury hotels, which integrates Lutron’s premier lighting, drapery and shade control modules with VingCard Elsafe’s award-winning Orion energy management system, as well as guestroom door locks, electronic safes and minibars.  
Using this solution, hotels can provide their guests with total in-room comfort and increase energy efficiency with the option to: 
•    automatically turn lights on, adjust shades, and adjust the temperature when the room becomes occupied
•    automatically turn lights off, adjust shades, and setback the temperature when the room is vacant

Through advanced occupancy-sensing technology, the comprehensive solution is designed to address the industry’s growing need to implement energy saving strategies. In addition to maximizing guest comfort and providing an unparalleled guest experience, hotels can expect to experience a 20-30% reduction in energy expenditures through the combined savings produced by light and temperature controls in unoccupied rooms.
 
For more information, please visit www.vingcardelsafe.com or www.lutron.com
 
VingCard Elsafe Introduces “Essence by VingCard”, the World´s First Invisible Door Lock
 
World leader in hotel locking solutions once again revolutionizes the hotel industry with debut of the ultimate in minimalistic locking solutions.
 
[an error occurred while processing this directive] DALLAS – June 26, 2012 – VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, today announced the introduction of “Essence by VingCard,” an entirely new concept in locking design and technology, patent pending. Essence takes minimalism to the extreme, eliminating all lock hardware on the door by encasing all electronic components inside the door itself and making security virtually invisible to hotel guests. Although undetectable on the door exterior, Essence by VingCard integrates VingCard Elsafe’s most advanced contactless locking solutions into the interior electronics, including Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Near Field Communication (NFC) compatible locking technologies. Essence by VingCard is being unveiled this week at HITEC 2012, the world’s largest hospitality technology show, taking place June 25th–28th at the Baltimore Convention Center. Demonstrations of the Essence by VingCard locking system will take place continuously throughout the show at Booth # 1210.

VingCard Elsafe is the world leader in developing locking systems, electronic in-room safes and energy management solutions for the hospitality industry, offering user-friendly systems that meet the unique operational needs of hotels and resorts.

For more information, please visit www.vingcardelsafe.com.