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Our client

Building type: Hotel Buildings

Client Name: Indesmatech and wiseIoT for Hotel Allinge

Location: Allinge-Sandvig, Denmark

Building parameters: 5 buildings, 55 rooms

Product(s) implemented:
114 Vicki LoRaWAN® Smart Radiator Thermostats
1 MClimate Wireless Thermostat LoRaWAN® 
By third party providers:
New air-to-water heat pumps in January of 2023 

“The Vicki Smart Radiator Thermostats were the key devices that enabled us to achieve significant savings in energy consumption.”

Partner Company

WiseIoT provides IoT products and solutions tailored for associations, businesses, and municipalities, enabling them to gather valuable data for portfolio insights and optimization. Their offerings include devices, network infrastructure, data visualization through dashboards, and secure data storage—powered by technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT.

Indesmatech is a technology and advisory company dedicated to helping companies unlock new business value through IoT. They support the setup of teams with the best mix of internal and external resources, accelerating time to market and ROI across Europe from 10 office locations. Representing leading brands in advanced technologies, Indesmatech collaborates with multiple system solution providers to deliver a wide range of products for LoRaWAN infrastructure. Their offerings are truly "end-to-end."

Challenges

The Hotel Allinge, located in Allinge-Sandvig, Denmark, consists of five separate buildings, each equipped before 2023 with an outdated and costly heating system that uses oil to heat water for the hotel. The long heating season, energy-inefficient radiators, lack of individual room control, and absence of temperature data were major obstacles to achieving efficiency and reducing energy costs. The building required a modern solution that would enable hotel management to monitor and control the temperature on a room-by-room basis, without the need for time-consuming renovations or labor-intensive manual adjustments.

 

Solution

In January 2023, the hotel installed air-to-water heat pumps, using the oil heater only as a backup during peak hours throughout the year. In mid-December 2023 they installed 114 Vicki LoRaWAN® Smart Radiator Thermostats across five buildings, with each room featuring two thermostats—one in the bathroom and one in the main room, and in some cases, two in the main room. Additionally, 10 Vicki thermostats were installed in common areas such as the lobby, public restrooms, lounge, and office, and 1 Wireless Thermostat in the dining room. The devices allowed for remote monitoring and control on a room-by-room basis, offering real-time and historical data that could be easily analyzed for sustainability reporting. The scheduling function, combined with the open-window detection feature, proved particularly beneficial in helping the hotel prevent energy waste when rooms were unoccupied. The MClimate Wireless Thermostat installed in the dining room enabled occupants to control all the radiators, adjust the room temperature directly from it, and provide indoor climate information such as current temperature and humidity levels. Installing Vicki Smart Radiator Thermostats at the end of 2023 led to energy savings for the first heating season of up to 30%. The reduced need for oil heating contributed to an 84.7% decrease in oil consumption in 2024 compared to 2022, and a 56.4% decrease compared to 2023. Additionally, electrical power usage for heating in 2024 was reduced by 10,125 kWh with an average price of kWh for the period H1 2022 to H1 2024 being 3.2028 DKK per kWh, a 26.2% decrease from 2023—marking another significant reduction in energy consumption.  
The smart building solutions enabled the hotel to achieve energy efficiency without requiring major construction work.

Results

up to 30% reduction

of the heating costs

99% compatibility

with standard radiators

Single point

of room temperature control with Wireless Thermostat

Installation

within 24 hours

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Products in this case study

Vicki LoRaWAN® Smart Radiator Thermostat

Vicki LoRaWAN® is a radiator thermostatic valve fully compliant with the LoRaWAN standard. It is the perfect choice for large-scale projects as it offers amazing battery life, RF performance, and no maintenance for years as well as functionalities such as child lock, detection of opened windows, and much more.

MClimate Wireless Thermostat LoRaWAN®

MClimate Wireless Thermostat is a stand-alone thermostat powered entirely by solar energy using an organic solar panel. The device features a 2.9" e-ink screen, sensor for movement (PIR), temperature and humidity sensor, LUX sensor and 3 buttons. The user can change the target temperature and see current indoor conditions. The device sends an uplink after any event as well as periodically.

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MClimate 16A Switch & Power Meter LoRaWAN®

The MClimate 16A Switch & Power Meter LoRaWAN® is a compact 16A relay and electricity meter. The device is small enough to fit behind most wall switches and power equipment, enabling you to automate, track, and control your electrical appliances. This is possible as the device has 4 terminals L, N, N, Lout, and it works in a way that connects and disconnects Lout from L. With an overheating protection mechanism, FUOTA (Firmware Upgrades Over The Air), and operation in LoRaWAN Class C, the MClimate 16ASPM is ideal for rapid building retrofitting.

MClimate Vicki Anti-vandal protective case

Protect your Vicki from tampering, vandalism and theft with our robust anti-vandal cover.

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