Quick-Service Restaurants
Add savings to your menu with the i.LON Internet Server.
Quick-service restaurants offer convenience and value — and that’s what makes Echelon’s technology such an appealing solution. Restaurant owners who incorporate LonWorks technology into their kitchen equipment and building systems can start saving energy and increasing efficiency right away. The key ingredients in this easy-to-install system? The i.LON Internet Server and our flexible networking technologies.
How It Works
The i.LON Internet Server helps owners monitor and control key building systems — including HVAC and lighting — and kitchen equipment through a single network, locally or remotely, to manage energy use and improve efficiency. This can save considerable money since the average quick-service restaurant, operating without an effective control system, wastes thousands of dollars a year in energy costs.
Now Serving Benefits Round the Clock
The i.LON Internet Server offers quick-service restaurants many ways to improve operations and increase efficiency.
Save energy. The i.LON Internet Server lets you collect information for trending, reporting, and analysis applications so you can quickly identify stores in your franchise network that are less energy-efficient. You can also monitor and control lighting through the i.LON Internet Server’s astronomical clock, which lets you schedule applications based on local sunrise and sunset times. Control your building’s climate and lighting further by using LonWorks enabled occupancy and light sensors.
Turn off unneeded kitchen equipment automatically. The i.LON Internet Server provides a built-in scheduler for local, automated control based upon date, day, and time of day. Save energy by setting equipment to shut off or power-down to standby mode when not in use — for example, when you switch menus.
Keep equipment running smoothly. There’s nothing worse than a grill or deep fryer breaking down before the morning rush. Let equipment tell you when it needs servicing — before it malfunctions. Instead of a fixed-date maintenance schedule, the i.LON Internet Server and LonWorks technology let you maintain equipment by usage. For instance, you can monitor recovery time to make sure fryers and grills are working correctly. The i.LON Internet Server can also alert you to change fryer oil after a certain number of cook cycles to ensure high-quality menu items.
You can also remotely monitor equipment performance, diagnose part failures, and trigger corrective workflow changes to make repairs. These proactive measures reduce equipment failure, lower equipment downtime, lower repair costs, and protect assets — and keep your customers satisfied.
Easily reconfigure equipment layout. Whether you need to move kitchen equipment to a different location or add new equipment to support new menu items, power line signaling technology makes it easy to do. You can move or rearrange smart equipment without any re-wiring costs, and still maintain 100-percent reliable communications. Power line doesn't suffer from the reliability issues that are common to wireless mesh communications, particularly in heavy metal environments.
Ensure food quality. Customers expect your menu items to be made with fresh ingredients, no matter when they order them. The i.LON Internet Server and LonWorks enabled temperature sensors can help ensure consistent storage conditions in your refrigerators and freezers so that freshness is never an issue. If temperatures in cold cases rise above or fall below a specified range, the i.LON Internet Server can alert you via an alarm message. And when it comes to inspection, the detailed reporting of smart equipment provides all the statistics you need.
Benefits for Both Integrators and Owners
The i.LON Internet Server provides benefits to both system integrators and franchise owners. Integrators can offer owners a solution that can be installed quickly, reliably, and affordably — thanks to Echelon’s free topology twisted-pair and power line technologies — while owners can realize fast cost-savings from a solution that’s available today. And because LonWorks technology is open, integrators can help owners create control systems from multiple suppliers, building a best-of-breed network where all the pieces work seamlessly.
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