User Manual

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Cost transparency as a
result of visible cost savings
Total Building Solutions –
economical right from the start
Project developers and owners must
meet their budgets, generate operating
profit quickly, and increase the value of
the real
estate. Integrated planning has a
positive impact on all three requirements
as it facilitates a high level of system
integration – in the form of Total Building
Solutions (TBS).
TBS perfectly coordinates all the daily
challenges a hotel operator has to face.
The integrated communication of TBS
allows for example to trigger, execute,
and monitor service requests and room
status data even on mobile phones,
PDAs or remote networks. All aspects
of comfort, safety, security, and energy
consumption can be controlled from a
single cockpit. Thus, measures
can be
initiated proactively, while at the same
time increasing staff productivity by up
to 15 percent.
Energy efficiency – making green
technologies profitable
Investments in green technologies im-
prove the average ROI by up to 6.6 per-
cent and often quickly pay for themselves,
especially through energy savings. TBS
makes it possible to control and analyze
energy consumption
throughout the entire
infrastructure, and
implement management
decisions quickly.
Permanent, automated
tuning of set points and parameters aligned
with operational needs enables up to a
25 percent reduction
in consumption. In
addition, the hotel
itself can become an
energy producer and
actually earn money
through the Smart
Grid – a new technol-
ogy for which Siemens
is a driving force.
IT outsourcing – trust saves costs
With our outsourcing approach, you can
always rely on the experience and know-
how of our IT specialists. You decide how
much you need us to do – all the way to
handling of your business processes by
our experts in our secure IT centers. You
will benefit from the use of the latest
technologies to significantly reduce your
IT spendings and improve your operating
costs.
Did you know ...
Only 25% of the total
costs in the life cycle
of a hotel are for the
concept, design, and
construction – versus
75% for operation?