Smart technology and automation in saunas
Smart home technologies are also finding their way into luxury saunas, enhancing user comfort and personalising the experience. Modern saunas can be fitted with digital control systems and sensors that enable precise control of the temperature, humidity and duration of the sauna session via touch panels or mobile apps. Some high-end Finnish saunas now offer smartphone control, enabling users to preheat the sauna or set the programme remotely before arriving.
Integration with smart home platforms brings additional features, such as voice control via Alexa-type assistants, automatic shutdown, and energy-saving modes that monitor energy consumption. Air quality sensors can monitor steam concentration and adjust ventilation as needed to ensure optimal comfort in the sauna.
These technological innovations make sauna use more convenient for discerning clients and increase safety and operational efficiency (e.g. remote shutdown if necessary). Combining the traditional sauna ritual with modern smart features creates a luxurious, tailored experience. But how do these smart technologies work?
The future of relaxation: smart technology and automation in your sauna
Wellness trends are on the rise, with more and more homeowners looking to integrate relaxation and self-care into their daily lives. While saunas were once often associated with clunky wooden boxes, modern suppliers now offer sophisticated designs with glass fronts that transform your bathroom or backyard into a spa. The latest trend is the integration of smart technology and automation, which takes home sauna use to new levels of comfort and safety.
The ultimate in convenience: a sauna at your fingertips
One of the biggest advantages of a smart sauna is the ability to control it remotely, eliminating the need to wait. Thanks to smartphone and tablet apps, you can adjust the temperature, humidity and lighting, even when you’re out.
You can turn on the sauna and preheat it to the desired temperature and time on your way home from work, or even from the reception area. The app will then notify you when the sauna is ready, so there’s no need to keep checking.
Custom sauna programmes: Create and save personalised profiles with your exact temperature, humidity and sauna time preferences.
Central control: You can use a central smart home control system to control your sauna, saving you from having to buy expensive control devices and touch tablets from the sauna manufacturer.
Intelligent integration and atmosphere
A smart sauna is not just about heating; it’s about creating the perfect relaxing atmosphere. Automated systems can integrate and control all elements of your wellness space.
Mood lighting and chromotherapy: The right lighting enhances the appearance of the sauna and creates a unique atmosphere. Intelligent lighting allows you to set different colours (chromotherapy) or dimmed ambient light to create a spa-like atmosphere. The system can even alert you with a colour-changing or flashing light signal when it’s time for the relaxation phase, so you don’t have to watch the clock.
Audio and aromatherapy: Built-in Bluetooth audio systems allow you to listen to your favourite music or relaxing sounds. Essence dispensers maintain the optimum level of fragrance throughout the sauna session, thus enhancing the effects of aromatherapy.
Harmonising the whole room: the Smart House adapts the whole room to the sauna ritual — the heating system sets a comfortable temperature in the relaxation zone, starts the music, and adjusts the lighting.
Safety and energy saving
Modern technology increases the comfort, safety and efficiency of sauna operation.
Intelligent monitoring and safety: The system constantly monitors key data such as temperature, humidity, stove status and smoke detection. If any of these readings are outside the normal range, the system will send an alert (via notification, email or phone call) and can shut down the sauna automatically.
Child lock: the lack of a conventional control unit in the sauna makes it easy to secure. You can simply disable the sauna control in the children’s app for peace of mind.
Financial savings: Smart saunas allow energy consumption and run time to be monitored. Energy-saving solutions, such as infrared heating panels, use 30–50% less energy than traditional systems, appealing to environmentally conscious clients.
Saunas promote health by boosting the immune system, stimulating metabolism, helping with skin problems, and relaxing the body and mind. With the integration of smart technology, investing in your health becomes a highly functional and effective ritual, not just a luxury. Just as a conductor controls an entire orchestra with a single baton, a smart system can control your entire sauna and wellness area with a single app — from turning on the stove to starting relaxing music.
