Energy as a service, also known as EaaS, gives customers access to energy management services without upfront costs. These services, which may include asset and energy use management, are tailored to a customer’s specific energy goals and delivered through a contract with a services company. Similar to a software-as-a-service model, with EaaS, you avoid capital expenditures like equipment costs and maintenance and pay only for ongoing service.
EaaS helps consumers and communities improve energy resilience and sustainability, while also reducing performance risk and capital burden.
Cost control: Pay zero upfront costs with predictable monthly payments
Sustainability: Integrate with renewables such as solar and battery storage
Energy reliability and operational resiliency: Upgrade existing infrastructure and incorporate new equipment for continuous power

With EaaS, a service provider customizes and implements a plan to help you overcome energy challenges and meet your business goals.

Schneider Electric™ has created two joint ventures to deliver customized Energy as a Service solution via AlphaStruxure™ and GreenStruxure™.
As an AlphaStruxure or GreenStruxure customer, you receive:
- Industry-leading financial and technology expertise
- Best-in-class project delivery
- Digitally enabled asset optimization
- Minimized execution, financial, and operational risks
- Guaranteed specified outcomes for sustainability, cost optimization, resilience, and reliability
Through AlphaStruxure, energy-intensive organizations gain customized Energy as a Service solution for sustainability and resilience. AlphaStruxure’s comprehensive solutions can also incorporate energy consulting for energy efficiency and power purchase agreements.
AlphaStruxure is ideal for customers who:
- Own and operate large buildings in the U.S.
- Have energy-intensive needs
The average AlphaStruxure project size is over 5 MW.
AlphaStruxure is a joint venture with The Carlyle Group, one of the largest and most diversified private investment firms.
Schneider Electric is recognized as a leader in energy and automation, committed to sustainability
#1 Ranking on the Corporate Knights 2021 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations
#2 Ranked Energy as a Service Leader by Guidehouse Insights
Microsoft's 2021 Sustainability Changemaker Partner of the Year
Greater Good Award 2021 Winner
Gain control over your energy use with Energy as a Service
Expert support from the start
Gain control over your energy use with Energy as a Service
Expert support from the startWhen you work with Schneider Electric for your Energy as a Service needs, you receive full support from the service provider, beginning with the initial plans and lasting throughout the contract period.
- Consult and advise
- Design and build
- Operate and maintain
This lifecycle support offloads your financial and operational risk so you can focus, instead, on your core mission.
EaaS gives you energy control, regardless of your industry
Who can benefit? Energy as a Service gives your organization energy control, regardless of your industry or energy spend. Schneider Electric™ created joint ventures with The Carlyle Group and Huck Capital to provide Energy as a Service to eligible customers.
Commercial
Government
Industrial
Infrastructure
Does your organization pay more than $40,000 a month on energy? Energy as a Service may be right for you.
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When extreme weather disrupted power for days in Montgomery County, Maryland, civic leaders sought to strengthen their community’s resilience while simultaneously pursuing more ambitious sustainability goals. And they did it with the Brookville Smart Energy Bus Depot, improving vital elements of infrastructure with on-site energy solutions expertly managed by a long-term partner, AlphaStruxure.
Energy control, with zero capital costs.
A community gains energy resilience at two critical facilitiesEnergy control, with zero capital costs.
A community gains energy resilience at two critical facilitiesThe Montgomery County, MD municipal government upgraded its aging equipment and installed microgrids to ensure reliable power at two critical response buildings. Lean how they accomplished energy control — with zero capital costs — through the Energy as a Service model.
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