Advanced automation for specialty care clinics

Specialty clinics can achieve significant energy efficiency improvements while maintaining required environmental standards for patient care. Building automation platforms can optimize HVAC systems—which account for more than half of total energy consumption in outpatient settings—through intelligent controls, occupancy-based setpoints and real-time monitoring.1,2 Additional strategies include LED lighting upgrades, occupancy-based controls and real-time energy monitoring to identify and address inefficiencies. 

1 https://www.pnnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-31040.pdf

2 https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/building-controls 

Integrated building automation systems help streamline operations by connecting HVAC, lighting, energy management and environmental monitoring into a unified platform with centralized control.1 Open-protocol systems enable information sharing between building domains, helping reduce the need for multiple standalone systems and simplifying facility management.2 Automated building controls can reduce manual intervention, provide predictive insights and enable faster response to environmental issues.3 Mobile computing devices enable clinicians to access electronic health records, medication administration systems and patient information at the point of care, which can reduce time spent traveling to and from workstations. These technologies can work together to reduce redundant data entry, minimize delays and help ensure that information flows efficiently throughout clinical operations. 

1 https://www.pnnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-31040.pdf

2 https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/building-controls

3 https://www.honeywell.com/us/en/industries/healthcare