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A lot of the energy used in buildings comes from either heating or cooling. Using the natural environment more effectively in designing schemes could help hospitals to mitigate against heat
This could allow hospitals to combine different energy systems more easily, switching between alternative sources to help decarbonise and/or reduce energy costs.
Reliability as a Service Reliability as a Service is another area. By using data analytics on assets like heat pumps, boilers, fans, and chillers, we can optimise their energy use, predict when they might fail and intervene with maintenance, reduce unnecessary intervention, and, ultimately, extend their lifecycle. In the context of critical infrastructure like a hospital, the ability to use digital tools to engineer better energy efficiency and measurable cost reduction, as well as to establish resiliency, is impossible to ignore.
Breaking down silos A further benefit to digitalising infrastructure is that the data can be even more powerful when different departments can share insights. So, replacing numerous different platforms, and thus making data accessible to all stakeholders, could connect the dots between energy consumption, emission data, water use, and footfall through the hospital, and help pick through trends and generate insights. We recently launched Building X, which is designed to do exactly this. It uses AI-based analytics and forecasts, and customised notifications alert the user to take action to prevent budget overruns. A commitment to sustainability goals and transparency go hand in hand: automated reporting and filters for compiling ad-hoc reports keep your reporting quick and
straightforward. Scalable and modular, our open platform offers a suite of AI- enabled applications and vendor-agnostic connectivity. It helps hospitals connect real estate assets, and bring them into the cloud to form a silo-free environment to accelerate the sustainability and performance of smart and networked properties, and enhance the experience of the people in them. Using data in this way could allow for hospitals to be planned more effectively, connect IT systems with operational systems, and provide meaningful insights for other departments like HR and Finance on how buildings are used.
Helping hospitals achieve pre-defined goals
Building X is underpinned by our Xcelerator platform, which has been created following demand from customers looking for digital platforms that could bring together a tech portfolio, a partner ecosystem, and a marketplace, along with an open, AI-enabled suite. Systems like this will allow hospitals to start to create and adopt customised XaaS models to achieve pre-defined goals. Across the industries we work with
we know that decarbonisation is considered a central challenge. Increasingly, digitalisation and decarbonisation go hand in hand – whether it’s at a factory, in a university, or in a hospital. The digital tools and resources to make better decisions are out there, and many are in use across UK hospitals. While previously, many of these systems have offered single solutions and acted as fragmented islands, the real
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gains will be made in connecting systems to ensure a single vision of the truth for buildings. To do this in new-build or existing
assets, our UK built environment will need to be more connected and data-led. It needs to happen if we’re to achieve carbon neutrality, and mitigate against the hotter summers and colder winters we’re experiencing. But it also provides insights beyond too. How can we make hospitals better environments for patients and staff? How can building projects create social good in communities? How can we invest in community renewables projects that can provide industrial-scale benefits, jobs, and energy security? The answers to all these questions can be gleaned from data too. Technology that can securely monitor,
control, and optimise assets should be at the heart of all healthcare estates being planned or refurbished today.
Ian Ellis
Ian Ellis is the Marketing and Sales Specialist manager for Siemens Building Products in the UK & Ireland. He has been involved in the BMS and controls industry for over 35 years. He is passionate about delivering smart buildings for clients, and helping them meet their energy efficiency and sustainability goals.
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