BuildingIQ 5i Platform Reduces St John of God Murdoch Hospital’s Energy Consumption by Nearly 50,000 kWh in One Month

Hospital cuts operational costs by $4,500 a month with IoT
intelligent energy management platform

SYDNEY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BuildingIQ
(ASX: BIQ), a tech-enabled services business, today announces that its
5i intelligent energy management platform has been able to significantly
reduce the St John of God Murdoch Hospital’s overall projected energy
consumption via data visualisation, fault detection and closed-loop
control of specific HVAC zones. Despite only managing half of the
413,872-sq. ft. (34,450-sq. m.) hospital, BuildingIQ’s IoT-based
solution reduced the facility’s HVAC energy projected consumption by 10
percent and its overall projected energy consumption by 5 percent. Since
BuildingIQ’s technology is offered on a subscription basis, St John of
God Murdoch Hospital has essentially been able to sign up for energy
savings, with a nearly 50,000 kWh reduction occurring in July 2017.
These reductions have translated to approximately $4,500 in net savings
per month.

St John of God Murdoch Hospital – which houses more than 500 beds and
serves nearly 50,000 patients per year – is a division of St. John of
God Health Care, one of Australia’s largest health care providers with
locations throughout the country. The facility consists of operating
theatres, a 24-hour emergency department, as well as various other
wards, common areas, and rooms. The BuildingIQ 5i platform was installed
utilising the building’s existing BMS as a source of data and proxy to
implement control over the building, and did not require any significant
changes to the facility’s existing infrastructure.

“The 5i platform exceeded our expectations,” said John Bose, Manager
Engineering Services of St John of God Murdoch Hospital. “The technology
is backed by BuildingIQ’s remote team of monitoring engineers and data
scientists that provide an additional layer of support and oversight
from our on-the-ground facilities staff. The data and analysis that is
created is always actionable so our technicians have clear guidance on
how to fix discovered faults or optimise energy usage.”

“St John of God Murdoch Hospital is the perfect example of a customer
embarking on our 5i journey,” said Michael Nark, President and CEO of
BuildingIQ. “Our partnership started off with vital data visualisation
through our 5i platform. From there it progressed to more advanced
technology-enabled services, such fault detection, and closed loop
control. The best part is, since our technology operates in the cloud,
this strategy can be easily scaled and replicated among other St John of
God Health Care properties, with our platform serving as a central
portal for operational information.”

To learn more about our work with the St John of God Murdoch Hospital,
access the full case study here.

About BuildingIQ

BuildingIQ (ASX: BIQ) provides technology-enabled services to help
building owners and operators worldwide save energy, increase
operational efficiency, and improve tenant comfort. Through its 5i
cloud-based platform, BuildingIQ delivers on the promise of the Internet
of Things (IoT) to help visualize, analyze, control, and optimize energy
usage within a single facility, campus or portfolio of buildings. More
than 100M square feet of global building space is currently being
serviced by BuildingIQ to reduce operating costs. www.buildingiq.com

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