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Industries, Inc.

4090 W. Westover Drive Indianapolis, IN 46268 (317) 871-0103 Columbus Regional Hospital – Integration Additional Project Details

Owner:

Columbus Regional Hospital th 2400 East 17 Street Columbus, IN 47201 www.crh.org

Veronica Kagley PH: 812-375-3736 [email protected]

About CRH:

Columbus Regional Hospital is a 225-bed facility providing emergency and surgical services, a primary stroke center, chest pain center, lung institute, heart center, cancer center, and many other specialty areas. The 1,725 employees of Columbus Regional Hospital have one clear purpose—to provide the absolute best in patient care. Columbus Regional Hospital consists of the following facilities: Main Hospital: 537,073 square feet, nine story building. Energy Center: 16,616 square feet, single story building. Tech Center: 50,871 square feet, two story building. Lincoln Park: 29,184 square feet, two story building.

Project Details: Goal: It was/is the goal of CRH to implement a migration plan that encompasses connectivity to legacy/proprietary systems as well as laying the foundation for an open and interoperable system based upon the LonWorks standards. Tired of being locked into specific vendors or manufacturers for the service and expansion of proprietary systems, CRH investigated, to a great extent, both open protocol standards, LonWorks and Bacnet. In the end CRH chose LonWorks because of its ability to offer systems that utilized: • A common network management tool such as LonMaker for Windows. • A wide variety of manufacturers that provided LonWorks products. • A network of service providers skilled in the implementation of LonWorks projects. • A proven track record with end users such as: The Army Corp of Engineers, Duke University Hospital and Akron Community Schools. CRH is confident that the implementation of an open control system utilizing the LonWorks technology that an overall reduction in life cycle costs including initial cost reduction, energy reduction and operational costs will be realized. Project: In June, 2008 torrential rains caused major flooding in Central & Southern Indiana. One of the hardest hit was Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, IN. The entire basement and most of the first floor were covered in flood water causing significant damage to most of the mechanical and electrical systems. The hospital was forced to close the entire facility. During the build-back, Johnson Controls was selected as the Environmental Controls Contractor. CRH empowered by their knowledge guided Johnson Controls product selection to ensure that CRH ended upon with an open and interoperable system based upon the LonWorks technology.

 Page 2 One year later, after the flood, CRH resumed their selection process for a Facility Master System Integrator who was not only well versed in LonWorks (LonMark) applications but who could also integrate their existing legacy systems. Davis Industries, Inc was selected as the FMSI in August of 2009. After selecting the Plexus Altitude Manager graphical user interface, Davis Industries focused its attention on building a graphical user interface for the recently installed Johnson Control systems. Because LNS databases and plug-ins were available for the JCI system the process was easily accomplished. The next step was the integration of the legacy systems. As the project moved forward additional systems and LonMark devices were added to the system as detailed below. Today, Davis Industries continues working with CRH as their FMSI. As new project and systems are built, Davis Industries integrates the systems into the graphical user interface. In addition we serve in a capacity to ensure that Columbus Regional Hospital is delivered LonMark systems for all new work including repair and replacements. Benefits: • • • • • •

Competitive bidding for current and future projects. Reduced operating costs and training costs because the graphical user interface and network management tool have a common look and feel regardless of the LonWorks manufacturer utilized for a project. Integration of legacy/proprietary systems into the graphical user interface has brought continuity to the building automation system. Centralized alarm notification that allows access for troubleshooting. Integration to the CMMS computerized maintenance management system for automatic work order generation based upon alarm generation. Interoperability amongst sub system and device level components allowing operation in the most efficient manner possible.

Sub Systems Integrated: LonWorks Systems: • Environmental Controls • Lighting Controls • Domestic Water Heating System • Compressed Air System • Reverse Osmosis System • Energy Monitoring • Fountain Control • Refrigerator/Freezer Monitoring (planning stage) • Irrigation System (planning stage) • Access Control (planning stage) o The installation of a Honeywell Access control system with a LonWorks interface has recently been completed. The next step in the process is to integrate the access control system into the building management system incorporating such features as:  Alarm monitoring  Access privileges indexing HVAC systems from a standby to occupied mode.

 Page 3 Legacy Integration o Siemens S600 o Siemens Apogee o Trane Tracer o Cummins (generator/transfer switches) o Liebert UPS o Eaton UPS LonWorks Manufacturers/Products: •

Graphical User Interface o Plexus Technology Altitude Manager • Network Management Tool o Efficient Building Automation Corp’s- Network Integrator o Johnson Controls LN-Builder • LonMark DDC Controllers o Johnson Controls  LN Display  LN VAV Controller  LN Programmable HVAC Controller o Trane  LCI Chiller Interface o Distech  ECP-410 Programmable HVAC Controller o ABB  N-LON VFD Interface o Efficient Building Automation Corp.  UHC-300 Programmable HVAC Controller  UHC-320 Programmable HVAC Controller  SCC-310-PRG Programmable Unit Controller o Control Solutions, Inc.  Babel Buster 485 o Field Server  Cleaver Brooks Adapter for LonWorks  Liebert SiteLink-12 o Schneider Electric  TAC Xenta 301 o Invensys  I/A Series Micronet Controller • LonWorks DDC Controllers o Carrier  Chiller Interface o Echelon  PCLTA-10 LON Interface o Loytec  3ECTB Router o ACT  Pholon Lighting Controller System Point Count: • • •

Legacy Integration Non-Lon Integration LON/LNS

1,650 points 1,150 points 9,800 points

 Page 4 Quotes from Owner: Dave Lenart, Director of Facilities and Materials Management “I am very pleased with our decision to institute an open LON protocol for our Building Automation System. Now we are able to grow and evolve our BAS system as our hospital grows, by integrating past systems into new technology platforms and helping our technicians to see continuity in the system. In addition, we have seen capital investment benefits in successfully bidding controls work openly; getting the competitive benefit from competent vendors and seamlessly integrating their work into our existing system. Our discovered benefit was instituting a Master Systems Facility Integrator relationship. This assures us that contracted deliverables are in a consistent format, bidders are able to deliver final product as designed, and past and future projects are all operating harmoniously; regardless of who installed them.”

Veronica (Roni) Kagley, Technology Coordinator “Our evolution from managing the hospital campus with multiple closed, proprietary systems to a single, open protocol system with data exchange from diverse equipment types and manufacturers has been exciting! We have gained efficiencies in the management of the system from the front end web-based application. The ease of navigation through the graphical user interface has simplified training and fostered a better continuum of utilization across our technicians. It has enabled quick deployment and provided all of our facility management staff access to the system from any workstation on the hospital network, our homes or while traveling. An additional benefit is the partnership that we have developed with our systems integrator. Their role as watchdog assures that we will always maintain the open standard that we have established. Now that we have this dynamic foundation, we are already extending our boundaries by adding gas and electric metering for better energy monitoring and management, and leveraging our hospital wireless network to add refrigeration monitoring in order to meet new regulatory requirements. The future holds great possibility, especially since the rest of the world is beginning to realize the benefits of interoperable systems and demanding it in many other realms, such as health information systems.” Kathy West, Administrative Specialist: “The system is much easier to navigate. You can easily see what area is affected by an air handler alarm and quickly dispatch a technician and communicate with the affected area. When I acknowledge an alarm, I can put in comments about the cause, who responded, if it is related to a PM, etc. so we have a better historical record.” Steve Thayer, Boiler Technician: “The system has a lot of good information. I can observe the interactions among the components of a type of equipment, like an air handler, and troubleshoot a problem without having to go to the equipment to analyze the problem. It has made me more efficient.” Mark Dougherty, General Technician: “I like using the system because it allows me to figure out what is happening with a VAV box without having to crawl up above the ceiling.” Phil Banks, Boiler Technician: “I really like the graphics. They are easy to navigate and there is a lot of information and clear indicators to let you know what is happening with a piece of equipment. When I do an override, because of the animation and quick update of point’s information, I can see that all the related actions and equipment have interacted as expected.” Mike Ross, HVAC Technician: “The system gives me a broader view of the overall plant operation because I can see more than just an air handler, which was all we had in our prior system. There are more diverse points at my fingertips and I have easier access to the data. I can access it from any hospital computer or from home. The data that I see is real time data and saves me a lot of footsteps, especially with the visibility it gives us to our off site buildings. I can easily monitor the status without having to drive there to do so.”

 Page 5 Brian Scanga, HVAC Technician: “The system is most definitely better that anything we had in the past. It makes my job easier!”