A global specialist in energy management and automation, Schneider Electric, has announced the latest version of its EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert (PME) software. Created with the aim to simplify management of complex power systems, this newest addition to the EcoStruxure Power edge control portfolio provides the most complete insight into critical power networks and applications.

EcoStruxure is Schneider Electric’s open, interoperable, IoT-enabled system architecture delivering enhanced value around safety, reliability, efficiency, sustainability and connectivity for its customers. EcoStruxure focuses technologies in IoT, mobility, sensing, cloud, analytics, and cybersecurity to deliver innovation at every level including connected products, edge control, and apps, analytics and services. EcoStruxure has been deployed in 450,000+ installations, with the support of 9,000 system integrators, connecting over 1 billion devices.

Part of Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure architecture, PME is a key element within the EcoStruxure Power platform. This latest edition of PME significantly augments its industry-leading edge control offers, and is an essential platform within a connected and integrated power distribution network.

Schneider Electric values its customer’s safety, protection and time which is why Farokh Ghadially, Schneider Electric’s vice president for partner projects and power solutions, believes clients can have peace of mind with this technology.

“PME brings unique new capabilities that make it simpler to protect people and assets, keep operations running, and save time and money… As the untapped potential energy efficiency in industry is over 50% today, this represents massive new possibilities to reduce energy costs and improve operational efficiency,” he says.

Some of the newest features the PME displays are; power events analysis: a quick and easy way to uncover hidden trends and correlations to help ensure an optimised network and competitive advantage, breaker performance module: for the detection of a change in protection settings, continuous thermal monitoring: a protection against electrical fires, energy analysis module, multi-site support and cybersecurity.

Power quality issues can cause outages that cost as much as $1 million+ per day, while operations and maintenance costs can represent as much as 80% of the total lifecycle cost over a 50-year period. This is why in large and critical buildings, uptime and reliability is crucial, reliability ensures productivity and operational efficiency and with the EcoStruxure PME, these things should not be an issue.