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CUSTOMER CASE
Flexibility: the main reason Madrid’s Funway Academic Resort switched to SMARTair® access control
2022-05-01
1 min read
A single programmable SMARTair card opens bedrooms, common areas, and student safes
The Challenge
Funway, a student accommodation block in the Spanish capital, provides a range of premium facilities beyond single and double rooms with Wi-Fi. Residents can access a swimming pool, gym, laundry facilities, restaurant, games room, and rooftop bar.
Funway takes its duty of care seriously. Managers sought a modern, flexible access control solution to protect the young people from all over the world who live at the site.
Key Requirements
- a secure system robust enough to handle high-traffic volume in residence common areas.
- wireless devices to fit all Funway’s multiple door types, including rooms and lockers.
- the flexibility to cope with rapid and high turnover in site users — students always come and go and may need access for one day, one week, or a few years.
- software that makes it easy to add, amend, or cancel access rights at any time.
- a solution that “forces” students and other users to regularly update their access permissions.
The Solution
Funway selected a SMARTair electronic access control system. Now, student rooms are locked with SMARTair escutcheons. Energy-saving wall devices inside rooms regulate electricity use, and students each have a safe with a SMARTair e-motion cabinet lock. Students and staff open all authorized doors with the same access card: Funway’s gym, study rooms, games rooms, pool and changing rooms, spa, and staff areas are also locked with SMARTair escutcheons. Because SMARTair escutcheons are powered by standard batteries, they do not rely on mains power and are cost-efficient and low-carbon.
Wall readers to open the main entrance and car park also function as updates. So, all users are “forced” to update their personal access rights every time they use a credential to enter the accommodation block.
The bundled intuitive SMARTair TS1000 software makes day-to-day facilities admin straightforward. Adding or deleting a user’s access rights is easy — so security is not compromised if a student loses their smart card; for example, adding new student arrivals or deleting former students from the system takes no time. It’s also easy to view an audit trail for any SMARTair lock or user, guaranteeing facility managers stay in control 24/7.
- Education
- Flexbility
- Access control management
- SMARTair