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# Room Climate Control at the University Hospital Basel

Integrated patient-room climate monitoring and control at University Hospital Basel.

**Industry:** Healthcare\
**Organization:** University Hospital Basel (USB)\
**Location:** Basel, Switzerland\
**Year:** 2024

## At a Glance

| Measure          | Result                                          |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| Room controllers | More than 160, integrated through BACnet        |
| Comfort band     | 21–23 °C, with humidity and dew point monitored |
| Digital twin     | Interactive 3D BIM at room level                |
| Upgrade effort   | Minimal additional engineering                  |

## Overview

University Hospital Basel needed a simple way to read and control individual patient-room conditions across historically grown, multi-vendor building systems. Maintaining a temperature of 21–23 °C while considering humidity, dew point, blinds, and window contacts is important for both patient comfort and energy efficiency.

## Implementation

More than 160 patient-room controllers were connected through BACnet, while M-Bus and Modbus provided further system integration. BuildingPro Suites harmonizes these sources and makes each controller and datapoint available through a common interface.

An interactive [*BIM*](/collection/platform/bim.md) model lets operators navigate to a room and identify its controller in the building context. The same data remains accessible through the standard hierarchical asset view.

## Benefits

* Room conditions are continuously visible and controllable from one interface.
* Non-specialist users can access relevant information without using separate expert systems.
* The open architecture supports additional alarms, analyses, and reports.
* Existing and future building technology can be integrated with little additional engineering.

The project shows how an open platform can make complex technical infrastructure usable while supporting comfort and sustainability requirements in a hospital.

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