Power management systems guarantee that your electrical distribution systems and the assets connected to them are safe, dependable, efficient, and compliant. Any facility that relies on its electrical distribution infrastructure always provides reliable electricity to keep its activities functioning. And every company wishes to be competitive and efficient in its operations. This can include everything from hospitals, data centers, airports, telecommunications, and other major and vital infrastructure to industrial plants and commercial buildings. The most recent power management systems provide the extensive capability to address a wide range of critical applications in various facilities. A power management system is built on a digitised power system network, including linked devices and sensors that gather information from important places across your electrical infrastructure, such as your facility's service entry, all feeds, and final distribution and loads.
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Reduce energy spend and accomplish energy sustainability goals:
• Understand how energy is consumed throughout the facility and proactively detect abnormal energy usage.
• Use energy normalisation tools to monitor energy in the context of production for energy intensity KPI tracking.
• Automatically generate energy performance, carbon reduction, and regulatory compliance reports. -
Maximise power availability and electrical system performance:
• Install power metres to get real-time visibility of power flowing through the facility from mains to final distribution.
• Use relays and breakers to isolate faults, shed non-critical loads and automatically transfer to alternate power sources.
• Track electrical capacity in all circuits to balance circuits, avoid overloads and ensure sufficient backup power availability. -
Minimise the impact of power disturbances and prevent equipment malfunction and damage:
• Power Quality Instruments (PQI) for accurate and reliable power quality monitoring and disturbance capture.
• Specialised diagnostic tools including disturbance direction detection, load loss detection, and incident timeline analysis.
• Power quality correction equipment including active harmonic filters and dynamic voltage restorers. -
Avoid downtime, reduce maintenance costs and extend the life of your equipment:
• Install sensors and smart devices with onboard diagnostics to enable predictive and condition-based maintenance.
• Proactively send alerts if a setting changes, a hot spot develops, or equipment components are wearing out.
• Partner with Digital Service Providers for expert decision support and remote monitoring services. -
Save money by reducing energy spend:
• Monitor facility energy use with revenue grade monitoring at service entrances
• Compare utility bills with internally generated “shadow bills” and check for billing mistakes
• Install capacitor banks to improve power factor and lower electricity bills and avoid paying surcharges
Digital retrofit solutions for buildings in three easy steps
Power digitalisation plays a foundational role in active energy management and efficient facility operations. Retrofitting electrical systems with smart devices and using power management software to improve energy efficiency and reduce risk is a great investment with a typical payback of less than two years.