posted originally from: AT:Hometech
Scandic Sensibility
Since you need your keycard when you leave the room, it guarantees that you switch off all your lights when you are not in the room. No card means no wasted electricity.
Another nice convenience was the 'Main Switch' located next to the bed. A quick tap of the button after a little bedtime reading and all the lights in the entire room are turned off and you stay cozy under the covers.
Building on this great post from Ryan, here's a note from the Green Home editors: we've seen variations of this idea implemented in the US two ways. First: a main switch that turns off all power to the house. This has been a favorite solution of people who want to avoid exposure to electromagnetic fields. Second: twin switches in a bedroom, so you can turn the lights off from the bed. Now that's green and romantic! -JB
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I've seen those keycard slots in Cuba as well. The issue can still be, because we were issued two cards so had we wanted to, we could have kept one key in the keycard holder, and one key with us.
As far as the bedside switch goes, I've got a remote control / dimmer for my bedroom light. My toes are happy I made that choice. I don't see that as a *Green* thing, though. Who's gonna sleep with the lights on? It's merely convenient.
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Cuba...Scandinavia? Heck, I've seen them in Marriott Hotels (both Flagship & Courtyards) right here in the good ol' US of A. And since they are by the door, it's easy to remember your key card on the way out.
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We encountered this somewhere... Milan? We were only issued one key (it was a physical key, not a card), which meant that if I sent the husband on an errand with the key, I couldn't work on the computer or have any light to read by!
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Most of the hotels I've stayed at in London have those keycard-operated lights. The first time I walked in the room I became outraged that I couldn't turn the bathroom lights on. Finally after almost playing the "dumb American" card at the front desk, I noticed the card reader by the door. Good idea, bad usability.
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