According to Schneider Electric, Circle Health, which has 53 hospitals, has ‘made huge operational efficiency gains across its complex healthcare estate’ as a result of the partnership.
Schneider Electric explained: “Partnering with Schneider Electric in 2017, Circle Health Group began by rolling out energy management and building control solutions across its estate. With additional priorities such as decarbonisation, cybersecurity, and staff training, the Group then decided to ‘level up’ its partnership with us by transitioning to a Connected Services Hub and introducing EcoStruxure Building Operation.”
Circle Health Group now has access to a centralised overview of estate data and an advanced analytics platform with 24/7 remote maintenance support. Using over 500 AI-powered algorithms, the ‘supplier-agnostic tool’ monitors alarms across critical equipment and systems to flag issues. Schneider Electric has now connected over 75 per cent of the hospitals, and is working on connecting another 15 per cent, by the end the first quarter of this year. The technology specialist added: “The digitisation of the estate is also supporting sustainability decision-making with detailed metrics across energy usage. The hospitals can now adapt quickly and with a greater degree of control across heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and space utilisation, to provide adjustments and reduce the environmental impact.”
Steven Buchan, Circle Health Group’s director of Estates, said: “As a healthcare provider it’s critical that we minimise downtime so as not to impact patient care. The service plan we have in place with Schneider Electric is critical to this. We can gain invaluable insights into how the estate is performing and take swift action – remotely or via on-site support, if an issue is detected. This digitised, data-driven approach has streamlined our operations, bringing operational efficiencies, while also giving us the information we need on our energy usage – which supports our sustainability initiatives as we look to decarbonise our operations.”