New technology is fundamentally changing power distribution and the expectations of your clients. Here are five ways you can enhance your business with the EcoStruxure Power from Schneider Electric.
Electrical contracting is a competitive industry so it is important to find new ways to diversify your business to stay ahead of the game – responding to client demands and new technology.
When it comes to power distribution, client’s demands are changing – businesses are under increased pressure to cut costs and become more energy efficient. They need to be able to monitor their electrical infrastructure and have all the data they need to ensure their critical systems are running efficiently whilst avoiding any downtime.
A business opportunity
The technology may be new but the territory will be very familiar for many electrical contractors and panel builders. With the contacts and experience already in place, now is the time to enhance your business and empower your clients with the solutions they need to make important savings and realise their green ambitions.
Here are five reasons why qualifying to install the EcoStruxure Power architecture from Schneider Electric could open brand new avenues for your business:
1. Integrated solutions
The EcoStruxure Power architecture is built on a suite of innovative distribution solutions allowing you to provide your clients with added protection, control, metering and connectivity.
The solutions include the Masterpact MTZ Low Voltage Circuit Breaker, which features embedded Class 1 metering as well as the ability to monitor and control the circuit breaker remotely. It also features digital modules and Ethernet connections that allow customisation and late adaptations to be made to a system to meet specific customer needs – without downtime.
PowerTag is another innovation in the EcoStruxure Power stable. Designed to easily connect to a miniature circuit breaker, the product provides real-time metering data. This allows building owners and facility managers to connect to, and monitor, their strategic assets and ensure they are running as efficiently as possible.
These innovations provide you with the hardware you need to seamlessly retrofit and integrate smart solutions into a system.
2. Providing peace of mind
All businesses have critical systems.
The benefits of EcoStruxure Power are obvious when you are thinking of hospitals, offices and manufacturing facilities. These are environments where any electrical problems need to be dealt with immediately and any downtime could be disastrous and costly.
However, there are many other facilities that have systems that they rely on. Take security systems in museums and heritage sites for example. A power failure may not be disastrous but it is very much in the business’s commercial interest to invest in preventative measures that protect their power systems.
The ability to monitor operations in real-time and respond to issues quickly is clearly a valuable objective. That is exactly what EcoStruxure Power allows you to provide with its edge control systems and analytics applications.
EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert is a complete supervisory software package. The software collects and organises data gathered from the facility’s electrical network and presents it in real-time as meaningful, actionable information on an easy to read web interface. EcoStruxure Asset Advisor services deliver predictive analytics to help ensure a company’s critical operations are operating safely and securely through continuous monitoring of critical connected products.
The ability to access this kind of data is of significant value to your clients. Users can share information with key stakeholders and engage with faults before they occur to prevent downtime and influence cost and energy saving behavioural changes. You can be the contractor that provides them with efficient and reliable power and peace of mind for their business.
3. Project efficiency
The two things that every busy electrical contractor will worry the most about are: time and money.
EcoStruxure Power features a cloud-based collaboration service which has been designed to ensure you can deliver high-quality projects on time and on budget.
The service centralises the software tools you need to perform daily electrical tasks whilst enabling easy collaboration with other individuals involved through the lifecycle of a project (e.g. specifiers and facilities managers).
This ensures all the project information you need is at your fingertips!
4. The service opportunity...
EcoStruxure Power represents an opportunity for you to move away from fit and forget installations and take advantage of long-term service opportunities. With the EcoStruxure architecture in place, you will be the expert in place to help fix any problems and inefficiencies that Edge Control flags up.
It is an opportunity to form partnerships with your clients so, when their energy efficiency and performance requirements change, you are the contractor they rely on to upgrade and update the system and ensure the solution is fit for purpose.
5. Training and support
To become an approved installer of the EcoStruxure Power architecture, you need to qualify as a certified EcoXpert.
Designed to help you grow your business, the EcoXpert program provides you with the training, tools and support you need to stay on top of the technology and ahead of the competition.
EcoXperts have access to Schneider Electric’s expertise in building control, power management and energy efficiency, as well as exclusive benefits and rewards. The program will provide you with knowledge and skills you need to confidently and competently provide your clients with innovative power distribution solutions at every level.
If you are interested in applying for the EcoXpert program, register your interest here.