Architects and Engineers

The smart solution to providing intelligent accommodation on a whole life approach

In an industry overloaded with initiatives, energy targets, emissions targets, design values, key performance indicators, cost constraints and deadlines, how do you find true value for money solutions? As a designer in this environment, how do you successfully translate your vision to reality?

Developers, building owners and operators are looking for low energy, sustainable designs and solutions for their accommodation needs. We are moving away from cost driven solutions to value driven solutions.

In a world of diminishing resources, consumers and businesses are more environmentally aware and expect high ethical and sustainability standards from their accommodation providers. The challenge for the designer is not only to meet these consumer demands, but also provide a great building user experience at a lower energy and operational cost. The ability to manage and control energy consumption, combined with improved, management response, reporting, security, space availability and utilisation is essential.

Traditionally ‘island’ solutions have been employed to address energy, access, security, room management, SOS alarms and so on. Pressure to reduce the supply costs of these solutions can be ineffective due to the disparate nature of the supply chain. The result is hidden costs in ‘fuzzy’ interfaces. Wasted time and money.

Removing waste from the design and delivery process not only reduces time and cost on projects, it increases the value the project team can deliver to the client and their buildings.

MACH® is a fully integrated solution to automated room and energy management, incorporating all the benefits of a single source supplier, removing wasteful and costly interfaces between systems and enhancing operator and business efficiency. The result is a low energy sustainable solution with an excellent return on investment, normally between 1 and 7 years depending on the application.

ROI is traditionally based on energy saving benefits. MACH^® also improves operational efficiencies within a facility, allowing the owner/operator to fine tune staff and maintenance responses, further enhancing energy savings and staff utilization. Adding these further financial benefits and expanding over the whole life of the project , allowing for inflation, breakdowns and replacement costs, will produce a solid business case in favour of the MACH^® system.

• Web enabled system allowing remote access and support functions reducing downtime to bare minimum.
• Wireless peripherals such as window switches, flood control, and SOS alarms, minimising installation time and disruption.
• Plug & play units allowing for very quick replacements by your own maintenance staff should the need arise.
• Full spare part stock service held in the UK, (often in the clients own premises) for speedy rectification of malfunction.

Not only does the system have an exceptional performance, it can be installed easily and the finishes enhanced to match the location. Visible hardware and interfaces can be colour and finish matched to interior design requirements. Wireless elements within the system not only reduce material content but enhance installation solutions, particularly in refurbishment projects.

Interior Control Ltd. has been approved as a supplier for loan funding by the Carbon Trust. This scheme provides 0% interest loans for refurbishment projects that demonstrate substantial reductions in CO₂ emissions.