Customer Background
Tzu Chi Hospital Hualien Medical Center is a long-term partner of Ennowell, actively promoting green healthcare. The hospital has implemented indoor air quality management, AI-driven environmental control, and smart facility management systems, all compliant with regulations and industry trends.
It has also shared successful cases through SNQ and NHQA awards, showcasing the effectiveness of green healthcare and smart management.
Requirements & Challenges
Tzu Chi Hospital Hualien Medical Center handles up to 3,500 outpatient visits daily. Unlike offices, hospital environments experience highly dynamic and unpredictable patient flows, making environmental control more challenging.
• Rapidly changing crowds in outpatient and waiting areas require real-time adjustments.
• Indoor comfort must be maintained while achieving energy efficiency.
Balancing high occupancy variability with energy efficiency is a key challenge in smart environmental management at the hospital.
Solution
Ennowell leveraged AI-driven building digital twin technology to enable smart environmental management and energy control at Tzu Chi Hospital Hualien Medical Center, improving HVAC efficiency and supporting regulatory compliance.
• Data Integration: Integrates weather and occupancy data for dynamic insights.
• Simulation & Optimization: Digital twin predicts load and automatically optimize HVAC strategies.
• Regulatory Compliance: Aligns with indoor air quality regulations.
• Real-time Control: Updates every 30 minutes via OPC and Hanwei control systems for AHU operation.
Results & Benefits
Since 2022, the implementation of Ennowell’s building digital twin technology has delivered results in the NHQA Healthcare Quality Award:
• Environmental Comfort: Indoor PMV reached -0.93, ensuring comfortable conditions in hospital environments.
• Energy Efficiency: HVAC system achieved an average energy saving of 9.8%, effectively reducing energy consumption.
This technology successfully delivers both comfort and energy efficiency in hospital environments, demonstrating the value of smart building innovation.