Building Solutions for Healthcare

Combining reliability, efficiency and safety

ABB provides solutions (products, systems, services) for a reliable power supply, sustainability of the facility and comfort and safety of patients and occupants. Connected digital solutions and advanced technologies provide hospitals with new insights and possibilities to reduce CO2 footprint and ensure efficient operation.

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Why choosing ABB Building Solutions for Healthcare?

Performance & Benefits

Flexibility

Change the function of the spaces without major reconstruction or investment to face sanitary challenges.

Performance & Benefits

Sustainability

Reduce carbon footprint of healthcare operations and achieve green or LEED’s certification.

Performance & Benefits

Wellbeing

ABB Solutions monitor, prevent, permit predictive maintenance and reduce intervention time to ensure continuous operation

Get proactive alerts and guarantee operations in 1 minute

ABB solutions help manage critical events and minimize repair and service time

Performance & Benefits

Efficiency

Patented load management systems, integrated into metering, permit marked reductions in CO2 Emissions

Achieve compliance or higher class of energy efficiency standards

Save up to 20% on energy bills

Performance & Benefits

Productivity

Connect to the cloud in only 10 minutes

Reduce cabling by 60% and connectivity components by 25%

Upgrade existing installations in one day and upgrade an existing installation with zero component replacement

Performance & Benefits

Cost of Ownership

Reduction in operating costs by up to 30%

Reduce investment in supervision system by 15%

Increase a facilities value by 5%

Performance & Benefits

Connectivity

Connect buildings and its intelligent components minimizing risks and vulnerabilities with proper cyber security & data storage.

Explore the solution architecture

Power Distribution

Lighting Control

Emergency Lighting

In-Room Control

Healthcare infrastructure is a critical environment, therefore electrical distribution power system shall be carefully planned to provide all specific needs. ABB offers a wide range of electrical distribution devices to protect a building from overloads, short circuits, ground or arc faults as well as meters to monitor the electricity consumption.

Discover below the full range of products for Power Distribution

Low voltage sub-distribution

H+ Line

A wide range of reliable products assuring patients’ and medical staff’s safety in intensive care units, operating theatres, first aid and day hospital premises, ambulatories, nursing homes, dentist’s and vet’s

Medium Voltage Switchgear

Gas-insulated ring main unit SafeRing

SafeRing is a ring main unit (RMU) for the secondary distribution network. Suitable for most switching applications within the range from 6 to 40.5 kV.

Medium Voltage Switchgear

Gas-insulated compact switchgear SafePlus

SafePlus is a metal enclosed compact switchgear system for distribution applications up to 40.5 kV.

Medium Voltage Switchgear

Air-insulated secondary switchgear UniSec (up to 24 kV)

UniSec is an indoor air-insulated switchgear for medium voltage secondary distribution up to 24 kV, 1250A, 25kA.

Medium Voltage Switchgear

ABB Ability™ SWICOM - Condition Monitoring for switchgear

Monitoring and diagnostic unit which provides mechanical and electrical health status of a fleet lineup.

Low Voltage Switchgear

System pro E power

System pro E power is a range of primary distribution boards with rated current up to 6300 A and short-circuit current up to 120 kA.

Low Voltage Switchgear

NeoGear™

Combined with the connectivity and digital smartness of the ABB Ability™ platform, it offers maximum safety, highest reliability, more flexibility, better efficiency and measurable ROI.

Low Voltage Switchgear

MNS® Power Motor Control Center

MNS® is ABB's low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assembly for power distribution and motor control.

Low Voltage Components

Emax 2 Air circuit breakers

Air circuit breakers up to 6300A designed to increase efficiency. They are the only switches that protect electrical circuits reducing power consumption at the same time based.

Low Voltage Components

Tmax XT Series molded case circuit breakers

Moulded case circuit breakers which guarantee an extremely high performance level while being progressively smaller in size, simple to install and better in safety.

Low Voltage Components

TruONE Network/Group switches

The first real automatic switch available on the market, specifically developed to offer switching and control functions in a single unit.

Low Voltage Components

TVOC-2 Arc Guard system

Provides an optical arc flash mitigation and detects the light from an occurring arc flash sending the signal to the breaker within 1 ms.

Low voltage sub-distribution

System pro M compact® InSite

A solution for energy flow monitoring and control in sub distribution boards. InSite collects data from devices equipped with current sensors and the integration of digital modules.

Low voltage sub-distribution

EQmatic Energy Analyzer

A compact solution for monitoring, logging, visualizing and analyzing energy and consumption data from electricity, gas, water or heat meters via KNX, M-Bus or Modbus RTU.

Low voltage sub-distribution

SMISSLINE TP - Plug-in connection system

The first plug-in connection for inserting and disinserting unpowered devices and components without having to use other individual protection devices

Low voltage sub-distribution

SEN plus enclosures

SEN Plus are metal-clad Power Distribution Boards and Motor Control Centers (MCC) for every application. The SEN Plus modular range of equipment with rated currents up to 6300A has a smart and simple design and is fully type tested as per IEC 61439-2 and certified by an independent test laboratory.

UPS

DPA UPScale High efficiency modular UPS unit

The DPA UPScale system, independent of the rack, is one of the most customizable UPS system. It increments power as the critical load grows, optimizing operating efficiency and reducing costs.

UPS

Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

The UPS system guarantees constant and high-quality energy, without power interruption. ABB offers a complete range of UPS for the protection of applications from low to extremely high voltages.

Lighting management is a key part for safety and comfort of a building. By automatically adjusting the temperature and light intensity, occupants are more alert and less error prone. This is an issue for all human activities but is crucial in certain situations.

Discover below the full range of products for Lighting Control

Busch-VoiceControl® KNX

It allows the management and activation of building functions through voice commands, thanks to the integration with Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

Automated daylight control

The system supports the best lighting and climatic conditions of the areas, providing a responsible use of energy. Avoid direct solar glare and guarantee the best level of diffused lighting.

High quality presence detector 6131/31 a nd Dali DG/S gateway

This group of devices can perfect the lighting levels in different environments by adjusting the system based on the presence of occupants or on different distribution of the light.

Premium DALI Gateway

The most innovative solution for lighting control and management. It allows for variable adjustment of the color temperature of artificial light according to natural light variation over the day.

The emergency lighting concept of ABB offers reliable and complete solutions for safe evacuation. The buildings emergency lighting provides 24-7 protection to doctors and patients. ABB solutions provide harmony with the interior and reduced total cost of ownership throughout the hospital life cycle.

Discover below the full range of products for Emergency Lighting

Europe

DALI Emergency Lighting

Integration for safe monitoring in smart buildings DALI emergency lighting can easily provide a safe and reliable solution to meet smart building emergency lighting requirements.

Europe

Naveo®Pro

Naveo®Pro is a way to install, monitor and maintain emergency lighting systems with a mobile device. The system provides a digital overview, giving instant information for resource planning and enhance building safety.

USA & Canada

Nexus®Pro

Nexus®Pro system let your smart emergency lighting system manage itself and reduce monitoring and testing times, reducing maintenance costs, and allowing you to focus on problems as they happen right from your smart device.

UK & Middle East

Central Battery System

A range of central power supply systems that offer advantages for specific building types where inspection & maintenance time is critical and needs to be minimized.

Asia Pacific

Stanilite® Nexus®RF Infinity wireless system

The system allows to set-up, maintain, and control the entire emergency lighting installation digitally, providing a real-time overview of all systems which in turn saves time, enables better maintenance, and safety.

Creating a hospital environment involves knowing how to choose and install products with adequate characteristics. ABB offers a complete range of products with which to set up every single environment, from operating theaters to service rooms to ensure optimal organizational conditions in hospitals, clinics and retirement homes that allow healthcare workers to perform their duties efficiently and provide patients with constant high-quality assistance in an environment of total safety.

Discover below the full range of products for In-Room Control

Room master

The Room master controller provides an integrated modular DIN rail device to control power to the lighting circuits, power sockets, Fan Coil Unit and shades dedicated in each care units

Input and Output controller

KNX inputs serve as an interface for the operation of KNX systems via conventional push buttons and switches and for processing binary and analogue signals. Actuators enable the reliable switching and controlling of different electrical loads.

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

ABB i-bus® KNX intelligent building control integrates the heating, air-conditioning and ventilation to a coherent and efficient climate control.

Tenton®

The ABB Tenton® sensors are easy-to-use, high quality sensors. A surface-mounted and flush-mounted installation is possible, all versions can be connected via a FM box.

PIR/motion sensors

PIR/motion sensors ceiling or wall mounted with/without override button are provided for toilets and washroom to provide ease for patients with automatic off functionality when no presence.

ABB RoomTouch® KNX

ABB RoomTouch® KNX is a capacitive device for multiple control. It allows intelligent control of all active and inactive functions in a room or area, such as lighting, shutters, curtains, scenarios, temperature, external inputs, and so on.

Wiring accessories

There are many wiring accessories that can complement the other offering from global standard ranges to suit local installation habits, with colors to match or combine in aesthetically pleasing ways to visitors.

HVAC Control

Electric Vehicle Charging

Motor & Variable Speed Drives

Energy Management

HVAC system is an important part of a hospital system providing an environment that caters to patient well-being and comfort and running general medical services, places unique demands on energy usage for hospitals and healthcare facilities.

Discover the full range of products for HVAC Control

INTEGRA™

Take full advantage of the IoT: connect to Cylon’s BACnet field controllers and manage a variety of diverse devices and subsystems using various protocols including, but not limited to, Modbus™ and LonWorks™.

BACnet

BACnet MS/TP is a data communication protocol mainly used in the building automation and HVAC industry (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning).

A charging service for electric vehicles represents an opportunity for hospitals and healthcare facilities offering a service to employees, medical staff, patients and visitors, contributing to sustainable mobility at the same time. ABB charging infrastructures are able to offer solutions at all levels, with the possibility of charging for short or long stops and with solutions suitable for every electric vehicle on the market.

Discover below the full range of products for Electric Vehicle Charging

eMobility Charging Solutions

Recharge systems include Terra AC and Terra DC wallboxes for quick recharge and Column Series Terra for super fast recharge.

ABB drives are flexible to optimize all processes and control, and reliable for less downtime. Applications such as air handlers, water pumps, cooling towers and chillers - all use electric motors that ABB variable speed drives (VFD) for HVAC, which ensure they run in the most efficient and reliable manner.

Discover below the full range of products for Motor & Drives

IEC low voltage motors for HVAC industry

Motors designed to meet the demands of HVAC applications, from heavy duty industrial designs to commercial applications.

NEMA low voltage motors for HVAC industry

Baldor’s line of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Motors are designed with dynamically balanced rotors for reduced vibration and quiet operation.

The first and most important step in energy management is to understand your baseline energy consumption. This includes measuring consumption of electricity, natural gas, steam, water, etc., which will enable you to ascertain your building’s energy profile and help understand the operational aspects and overall building energy requirements. ABB metering devices connect with the building automation system providing the ability to acquire, store and analyze your key area within your facility.

ABB AbilityTM Energy and Asset Manager is a state-of-the-art cloud solution that integrates energy and asset
management in a single intuitive dashboard. Providing full remote visibility of asset and electrical-system behavior,
ABB AbilityTM Energy and Asset Manager provides insights that help to minimize cost and risk and maximize
performance and safety across operations.

A powerful building-management tool that lets stakeholders:

View, manage, and optimize building systems from anywhere, at any time
Implement predictive (condition-based) maintenance, ensuring the reliability and availability of your power system and equipment
Optimize energy-usage in real time to achieve maximum energy efficiency and lower costs

Discover below ABB AbilityTM Energy and Asset Manager

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Resources & tools

Are you a hospital manager or maintenance operator?

Increase ROI and unlock capital investments.

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Are you dealing with the technical project?

Learn more on the technical aspects.

Download the Technical Guide

Are you working with BIM models?

Discover ABB BIM objects

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Case studies and references

ABB secures critical power for state-of-the-art hospital in Chile

ABB helped the Felix Bulnes Hospital in Chile to maximize its continuity of service with low voltage solutions that improve the performance of the hospital as well as the lives and quality of care for its patients.

ABB puts reliable power first at milestone French medical facility

As a leader in safe, smart and sustainable electrification, ABB is equipping Clinique Saint-Jean l’Ermitage (CSJE), an ultramodern private hospital in France, with reliable and efficient power supply solutions

ABB’s smart solutions safeguard power of new hospital in France

Planning the electrical network for the new hospital came with a myriad of challenges and the utmost priority was clear; to ensure uninterrupted power supply at all times

ABB circuit breakers reduce critical downtime for major Singapore hospital

Direct replacement and cradle-in-cradle technologies help keep KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital operating on schedule after an upgrade with ABB’s latest smart breakers.

Clinical precision drives hospital emergency lighting excellence

Medical facilities and hospitals are the bastions of safety and demand emergency lighting solutions up to the task of meeting the most stringent safety requirements.

Supporting reliable operations of leading hospitals in Vietnam

ABB’s innovative technologies are enabling power reliability and safety for hospital staff and patients in Vietnam.

ABB equips hospital in Finland with smart power automation system

Steady supply of electricity is crucial to run operating theaters, intensive care units and emergency rooms, where life-saving equipment is deployed to exacting precision.

Supporting the 6th largest Catholic health care system in the US

ABB provides Mercy Hospital Jefferson with powerful building automation system that offered an easy to use interface, graphical trending and alarming capabilities, as well as mobile functionality.

ABB improves management of services for outpatients at new Italian clinic

ABB’s free@home® solution has been installed in a new medical facility in Italy to advance functionality and ensure comfort and security for patients

Keeping the heart of the hospital beating

ABB's DPA UPScale ST UPS ensures safe and reliable power for the Regional Hospital of Bellinzona and Valleys.

ABB state-of-the-art power distribution technology to keep Hospital Nova operating safely 24/7

When it comes to designing electricity distribution systems for hospitals, patient safety comes before all else. ABB’s uninterrupted power supply (UPS) systems supply electricity to critical parts of the hospital.

ABB provides critical protection for patient care in the healthcare industry

ABB has provided power protection solutions to New Zealand’s Blenheim, Whakatane and Tauranga hospitals to condition the power supply for Toshiba’s AquilionPRIME and AquilionONE CT Scanners.

ABB repeats winning formula to win Dumfries and Galloway Hospital switchgear contract

ABB builds on past successes to win switchgear contract for £200 million hospital that Laing O’Rourke is building for NHS Scotland.

Royal Preston Hospital

Royal Preston Hospital is part of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It provides a full range of acute services for the people of Preston from 24-hour accident and emergency facilities to high dependency and coronary care units and maternity services.

Mater Public Hospital

In 1852 The Sisters of Mercy founded the Mater Hospital as a charitable organisation. The Hospital was opened in 1861 and since then has become renowned both nationally and internationally as a University Teaching Hospital.

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