{"id":17807,"date":"2026-11-08T08:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T07:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/hotel-lueften-fensterantrieb\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T08:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T07:13:22","slug":"ventilating-hotels-window-actuators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/hotel-lueften-fensterantrieb\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventilating hotels: window actuators for rooms, corridors and lobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In brief:<\/strong> In a hotel, electric window actuators open fanlights in corridors, stairwells and the lobby and ventilate empty rooms on a schedule. A rain sensor closes everything before water gets in \u2013 even when no guest is in the room.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Typical uses in a hotel<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lobby and conservatory:<\/strong> high fanlights and roof windows via a switch at reception.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Corridors and stairwells:<\/strong> open fanlights centrally, for example in the morning by time programme.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Rooms:<\/strong> ventilate after check-out, before housekeeping arrives.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Restaurant and conference room:<\/strong> quick purge ventilation after events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which actuators are suitable?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For fanlights and bottom-hung windows the <a href=\"\/en\/product\/vs-ka\/\">VS-KA<\/a> with 250 N is usually enough. For roof windows and rooflights in the lobby there are stronger force ratings and <a href=\"\/en\/product-category\/spindle-drives\/\">Spindle actuators<\/a>. Visually neater is the concealed <a href=\"\/en\/product\/vs-cka-300\/\">VS-CKA 300<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">steering<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/product\/vs-ls7\/\">VS-C24-7A ventilation control unit<\/a> for up to 7 actuators with switch and sensor input.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/dictionary\/rain-sensor\/\">Rain sensor<\/a> and <a href=\"\/en\/dictionary\/wind-monitor\/\">Wind monitor<\/a> for all windows that are left open unattended.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Connection to the building management system via the i-series actuators, see <a href=\"\/en\/integrating-window-drives-into-building-management-systems\/\">Integrating window drives into building management systems<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Costs and examples: <a href=\"\/en\/window-actuator-cost\/\">Window actuator costs<\/a>. For a quote, send photos and dimensions via the <a href=\"\/en\/project-enquiry\/\">Project enquiry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does the actuator disturb guests?<\/h3>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chain actuators run quietly and only for a few seconds. For rooms we recommend ventilating on a schedule only when they are empty.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens when it rains and the room is empty?<\/h3>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A rain sensor on the ventilation control unit closes the connected windows automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can the windows still be opened manually?<\/h3>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, via the switch. How the window is operated without power depends on the hardware.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ventilating hotels automatically: fanlights in corridors and lobby, scheduled ventilation of empty rooms, rain and wind protection and suitable window actuators.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1958],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lueftung-gebaeudeautomation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventsystems.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}