Smart restaurant TROYKA
Among other meanings, troyka stands for a group of three. In this case, Alexander Wulf, Marcel Kokot and Ronny Schreiber, two chefs and a sommelier respectively, fulfilled a long-standing dream by creating their own star-rated restaurant TROYKA. And what makes it even more spectacular is the functionality that Loxone technology brings to it. Lighting, shading, energy management… Read more to find out in detail what has been realised and the advantages Loxone offers to managers and their guests.
Smart restaurant TROYKA
Among other meanings, troyka stands for a group of three. In this case, Alexander Wulf, Marcel Kokot and Ronny Schreiber, two chefs and a sommelier respectively, fulfilled a long-standing dream by creating their own star-rated restaurant TROYKA. And what makes it even more spectacular is the functionality that Loxone technology brings to it. Lighting, shading, energy management… Read more to find out in detail what has been realised and the advantages Loxone offers to managers and their guests.
Lighting
In the dining area of the restaurant, a wide variety of luminaires and spots perfectly set the scene for the smart restaurant, creating an impressive ambience. Thanks to the DALI Extension, all lighting circuits can be dimmed individually and the brightness can be adjusted to the respective needs.
Thanks to the different operating modes, the lighting automatically adapts to the respective needs. Whether it is preparation, guest or party mode, the Miniserver always automatically provides the appropriate lighting.
Shading
Relay Extension
In the dining room, large glass windows provide an open view of the outside. In a non-automated restaurant, this could lead to the building heating up quickly in the warm summer months. But this is not the case here.
Thanks to the Miniserver, the intelligent system adjusts the shading to the position of the sun and ensures an optimal use of it. So, the managers don’t need to think of it and can fully concentrate on their passion.
Facts at a glance
Location
Erkelenz, Germany
Loxone Partner:
Norman Jöris, smotions
Building area:
160 m²
Main components:
Miniserver
DALI Extension
Relay Extension
Modbus Extension
Touch Pure Tree
Room Climate Sensor Tree
Intercom
NFC Code Touch Tree
Audioserver
Alarmsirene Tree
Weather Station
Surveillance
Temperature sensors and door contacts
The special gems of the two chefs and the sommelier are stored in the cold rooms of the smart restaurant. Thanks to integrated temperature sensors, the cold storage rooms are precisely regulated to keep a constant temperature so that the food and wine are not damaged. If there is a failure of the refrigeration units, the Miniserver immediately triggers an alarm via push notification so that immediate action can be taken. With integrated door contacts, the opening status is recorded and if the door of a cold storage room is left open for too long, an alarm is also triggered. This prevents the managers from major damage.
Energy and load management
Modbus Extension, Modbus Electricity Meter (3 Phase)
One particular concern of the managers was load management, as the high energy consumption catering equipment exceeds the maximum capacity of the building at full load. With the fully configurable Loxone Config, the free software for configuring a Loxone building, a load management system was implemented that is individually adapted to the building. Depending on the priorities, appliances are switched off in order to reduce the current power consumption and to keep the restaurant running smoothly.
Multiroom sound system
The guests not only enjoy excellent food and drinks, but also the suitable background music is provided. Depending on the operation mode, the Audioserver provides beat-heavy sounds during preparations and soothing background music for guests. But the Audioserver can do even more! Via the individual text-to-speech notifications, a voice notification is automatically output when guest operation starts or the fan level is increased.
A special eye catcher!
The smart technology often keeps a low profile and automates the systems invisibly in the background. The automation is different in the two cold rooms where the wine bottles are stored. These are illuminated by LED strips in the colours blue for white wine and red for red wine. Thanks to the glass walls and the lighting effects, this creates a real eye catcher when entering the restaurant. When the sommelier, Ronny Schreiber, enters the cold rooms to present the fine wines to his guests, the lighting automatically changes to bright, warm white light. After leaving the rooms, the impressive lighting effect is automatically switched on again.
What the managers & partners say about the project
We have been working with Loxone products for almost 10 years and believe that the system with the variety of components, interfaces and the constantly growing software is absolutely the best choice! We are proud to be able to equip this special restaurant with the automation possibilities that Loxone offers.
At first, we often faced perplexity when we told people about our smart restaurant. But now, after the opening, it is more than clear how much added value an automation of the processes gives us. As managers, we can devote ourselves fully to our work and don’t need to worry about the lighting, shading, air conditioning and much more in the building!
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