Just Switch It Off When You’re Not Using It
Blyx is built around a simple idea: solve real operational problems without creating more work for the people on site.
Not more dashboards. Not more checklists. Just smarter automation that quietly does the right thing in the background.
In many remote accommodation facilities, there are always rooms that sit empty for weeks or even months. They might be held for construction crews, shutdown teams, or specialist contractors who only arrive a few times a year. The rooms aren’t “out of service” forever — just unused for long stretches of time.
So what happens to them during those periods?
In a perfect world, someone walks through and manually turns off the air-conditioning, hot water services, maybe even isolates the water supply. But if everything is turned off, someone also has to remember to turn it all back on again when those rooms are needed. For long-term shutdowns, that process makes sense. For short gaps of a week or two, it often doesn’t happen at all.
And that’s where a lot of invisible energy waste lives.
From our research, a central hot water system can consume more energy reheating water twice a day than all the air-conditioning units in a block of empty rooms combined. It’s not obvious, and it’s not something most people would ever guess — but it adds up quietly, day after day.
This is where Blyx looks at the problem differently.
Instead of relying on someone to remember to turn systems off and on, Blyx automates both the decision and the action. The Blyx Device Controller can be installed alongside hot water systems serving low-occupancy areas. When rooms have no upcoming reservations, or are given a status of “not in use,” Blyx automatically triggers a relay to isolate power to those systems. When the rooms are required again, Blyx brings them back online.
The platform even manages the operational safety window — ensuring rooms can’t be reallocated until the hot water system has had sufficient time to reheat and stabilise before guests arrive.
You don’t need to control every hot water system across the entire site. The real savings come from targeting the zones that experience long or frequent low-occupancy periods. Energy waste is reduced, risk is managed, and nothing new is added to anyone’s to-do list.
Inside each room, the Blyx Environment Controller applies the same philosophy to air-conditioning. It doesn’t just turn systems off when rooms are vacant — it also protects the room itself. In extreme climates, an unventilated room can reach oven-like temperatures. Over time, excessive heat can damage furniture, finishes, and even bedding materials. Blyx monitors conditions and will intelligently run systems when required to prevent unsafe or damaging environments, while still minimising unnecessary energy use.
It’s about balance: reducing waste without creating new risks.
Blyx also changes how rooms are allocated in the first place. Most systems assign the “next available room” based on a simple list — alphabetical or numerical. That often scatters occupancy across a site, even when overall numbers are low.
With Blyx, room allocation can be driven by location and building grouping instead. During low-occupancy periods, entire wings or buildings can be left vacant, allowing hot water and environmental controls to be consolidated and shut down in a meaningful way. Staff don’t have to remember which rooms should stay offline. Blyx can make the decision automatically, or the Live Facility Map can make it visually obvious at a glance.
No spreadsheets. No memory games. No post-it notes on a wall.
Just intelligent automation that switches things off when they’re not needed — and brings them back online exactly when they are.
