For independent hotels under 200 rooms

Hotel room automation that pays for itself in energy savings.

4Control brings the room automation the big chains have used for years to independent Australian hotels. Occupancy-based air-conditioning control, smart locks and circuit-level energy monitoring connect directly to your property management system — cutting HVAC energy use up to 50% while guests simply enjoy a room that feels ready the moment they arrive.

Book a 20-minute walkthrough See the energy savings
Up to 50%
HVAC energy reduction from occupancy-aware climate control in guest rooms
~30%
total per-room energy reduction when HVAC, lighting and standby control work together
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Utilities are a hotel's second-highest operating cost after labour
Why hotels lose money on energy

Independent hotels pay chain-sized energy bills without chain-sized controls.

Guest rooms sit empty between bookings with air-conditioning running as though occupied. Housekeeping leaves lighting and HVAC on for hours. Without occupancy sensing and PMS-driven control, an independent hotel carries waste a branded chain engineered out a decade ago. Hotel room automation closes that gap on hardware you can actually justify.

Empty

Air-conditioning running in vacant guest rooms

Between check-out and the next arrival, rooms typically sit empty for hours with HVAC and standby loads running. Occupancy-aware control trims that runtime automatically, room by room, across the whole hotel.

Manual

Energy management that depends on staff remembering

Asking front desk and housekeeping to adjust thermostats never scales. PMS-driven automation fires the right scenario on check-in, check-out and no-show without anyone having to think about it.

Reactive

HVAC faults discovered through guest complaints

Circuit-level monitoring flags compressor strain and abnormal loads early, so you fix equipment before it shows up in a review.

Unseen

Guest EV charging on a standard room outlet

A single overnight EV charge can draw 50+ kWh the room tariff never priced for. Per-room energy monitoring surfaces it within minutes instead of at the next bill.

What hotels gain

Lower HVAC energy, higher guest comfort, no construction.

Wall panels replace existing air-conditioner remotes, so a hotel can start with a single floor or wing and roll out in phases. These are the kinds of results independent hotels see once occupancy-based automation is running.

Up to 50%
heating & cooling energy reduced
By trimming runtime in vacant rooms and pausing HVAC when a door or window is open
~30%
total per-room energy reduction
Occupancy-aware HVAC, lighting and standby control working together
Higher
guest comfort scores
Rooms pre-condition to comfort before arrival — never a cold or dark welcome
Faster
check-in with PMS-issued smart locks
Time-bound codes issued from your booking workflow, no keys or cards to manage

Industry-accepted ranges for hospitality smart-room deployments. Your numbers depend on tariff, climate, baseline behaviour and which integrations you choose. See the full breakdown on our hotel HVAC energy savings page, or check what energy rebates may offset the cost.

Built for independent hotels

Justifiable on a 30-room property. Yours included.

4Control uses off-the-shelf, electrically certified hardware managed in the cloud — no bespoke software, no on-site server, self-installable by a licensed electrician. That's what brings chain-grade hotel room automation down to a price an independent operator can actually justify.

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