Ecoview is bringing its energy management and lighting control expertise to the $139 million Campbelltown Hospital redevelopment. The new multistory acute services building, which is the centerpiece of the redevelopment, is due to be completed in December.
“There is no doubting the skill and determination of the staff of Campbelltown Hospital,” says Mr Chris Patterson, state MP for Camden. “What they have been crying out for is expanded, state-of-the-art facilities and, as is plain for all to see, we are delivering,” he says.
Ah home in the state-of-the-art space, Ecoview’s integrated system will empower NSW Health to monitor, log and report on the new facility’s real-time energy consumption (main switchboard, generator switchboard and all associated power circuits), its lighting and power usage (all essential and non-essential distribution boards throughout the facility) as well as the building’s water and gas consumption.
For the first time, Ecoview has implemented the Schneider Power Monitoring Expert for Healthcare (PMEHC) software package. The package has been fitted with the Emergency Power Supply System (EPSS) module to allow easy monitoring, logging and reporting of both the generator operation and the automatic transfer switch (ATS) changeover systems.
The PMEHC package is based around a Microsoft SQL database for logging data, and features graphics screens, preconfigured meter templates, web based alarms, reports and dashboards.
The EPSS system is an add on to the PME that allows for the generation of reports on the functionality of the Emergency Power Supply System and the system’s ability to generate adequate electrical power during a utility outage. It does this by monitoring the operation (startup, running and shutdown) of the generator(s) in an installation, monitoring generator loads, generator capacities, exhaust gas temperatures, battery health, and fuel usage, as well as monitoring the operation and timing of the system ATS changeover systems with respect to the generator starting and stopping. Reports are then configured based on all of the above data that has been collected and these reports are then used to determine if the system is operating satisfactorily, and will be ready for the next utility outage.
