Comprehensive Building Analytics

A hospital saves over a million dollars in annual energy costs while improving comfort, sustainability, and social responsibility in the community.

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This Hospital* is located in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Hospital set a goal to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions while maintaining a high level of air quality and patient comfort. To this end, Hospital was interested in implementing energy
conservation measures and technologies, which help achieve these goals while considering their specific needs as a healthcare facility.

* Due to confidentiality agreements, we are not able to provide the client name. We will refer to the firm as Hospital throughout this case study.

Cimetrics’ Solution
Cimetrics was selected to provide its Analytika Pro solution for Hospital. Within the 2.1 million square feet monitored by Cimetrics, there are operating rooms, research labs, vivariums, and offices. Cimetrics collaborated with the hospital and their building automation system provider to connect to and collect sensor and actuator data from over 59,000 physical points. Data was collected every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for a total of approximately 5.7 million data samples per day. The following systems were monitored: 135 Air Handling Units, 2 Chillers, 187 Heating & Cooling Pumps, 82 Fume Hoods, 4,820Terminal Units, and other miscellaneous equipment.

Over 2,000 Analytika software algorithms then analyzed the data to identify opportunities to reduce energy, improve environmental conditions, maintenance, operations and reduce regulatory costs. Analytika also uncovered apparent equipment problems, potential
health & safety concerns, occupant comfort improvement, and operational uptime improvements. Experienced Cimetrics engineers leveraged Analytika to identify opportunities, determine root cause, and calculate annual savings impact. Actionable recommendations were documented and provided to the client both through online and offline channels.
Cimetrics’ role did not end at recommendations. Cimetrics engineers engaged with the client team on a regular basis to help answer questions, coordinate implementation, and provide regular feedback on progress.