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Most important, integrating building management Ongoing services Proactive maintenance Remote monitoring Carbon reporting Long-term energy planning Executive reporting Training Building optimization All of these features and capabilities add up to an integrated solution that enables hospitals to manage several different subsystems as a single cohesive network, including those from thirdparty providers. This smart grid approach can generate comprehensive energy savings across the enterprise. In addition, it is possible to better control and optimize overall savings over time with an intelligent metering and centralized energy monitoring system. with your hospitals IT, security, and building systems, offers greater cost savings and allows facility managers to see real-time energy use trends and building alarms, and avoid costly reactive maintenance. For example, a smart grid enables organizations to link peak energy costs to load shedding and/or the building management system. There are many other significant cost-saving scenarios available to hospitals. For example, by integrating bed-flow management software to patient room control systems, you can set lights to turn off and lower room temperatures automatically for patient rooms that are not in use. Another example: By integrating with the peri-operative management software systems, ventilation systems can be set to operate in a reduced mode when operating theatres are not in use, yet still maintain the minimum required air changes, as well as temperature and humidity requirements.

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