Why Own an iLOQ S5 Key for 365 Days if You Only Need It for 7?

Your building has made a smart investment in the iLOQ S5 locking system. You get strong security, reliable physical credentials, and a setup residents can trust.

Still, day-to-day life creates temporary access needs all the time: a friend arrives before you get home, a partner visits for the weekend, or a cleaner needs access while you are at work.

For these short visits, most buildings offer residents two bad choices: buy a brand-new key for just a few days of use, or hand over their own key, leaving themselves locked out.

The Core Problem: Permanent Ownership for Temporary Needs

When permanent ownership is the only model, keys are overproduced and underused. In practice, many expensive keys spend 50 weeks a year sitting in a drawer after a single short visit.

This is inefficient for residents and costly for the building. It creates a bloated key inventory that could easily run with fewer physical keys in circulation.

A Better Model: Keys as a Service with LivionKey20

LivionKey20 for iLOQ S5 introduces a shared key pool. Instead of owning a spare key full-time, residents borrow one only when they need it.

1. On-demand pickup: The resident (or their guest) retrieves a key from the lobby Key Automat using a simple PIN code.
2. Instant programming: The Automat selects a reusable key from the internal pool and instantly programs access rights for the specific apartment.
3. Automatic reset: When the visit is over, the key is returned to the machine. It is automatically wiped clean and returned to the pool, ready for the next user.

Why This Matters for Buildings and Residents

• Lower resident costs: Eliminates the need to purchase permanent keys for short-term visits.
• Sustainable inventory: Reduces the number of dormant keys sitting idle in drawers.
• Better convenience: Solves the logistics of handing over keys without compromising security.
• Streamlined administration: Automates the handing out and return of keys, removing manual work from property managers.

This is the sharing economy applied to access management: shifting from ownership to usership. It makes your iLOQ S5 investment work harder with significantly less friction.