Schneider Electric Announces Next Generation of EcoStruxure Building

Schneider Electric announced the next generation of EcoStruxure Building, its open innovation platform for buildings.  EcoStruxure Building's open, end-to-end IP architecture enables faster connectivity of IoT devices for quicker commissioning and changes, and provides for edge control and collaboration between building systems and third-party systems and devices.  Its apps, analytics and services layer help to enable advanced analysis and condition-based real-time decision-making.

EcoStruxure Building helps to improve building value, offering building owners and real estate professionals up to an estimated 15 percent premium on their buildings and up to an estimated 6 percent additional rental value.  In addition, for developers, systems integrators and members of Schneider Electric's EcoXpert partner program, EcoStruxure Building is designed to enable up to an estimated 30 percent faster deployment through:

• Smart Connector framework for creating new system and app functionality
• Enterprise Central that allows for 10x more scalability to more easily execute site expansions
• Mobile commissioning, engineering efficiencies, and development applications for additional speed, repeatability and consistency

New elements of EcoStruxure Building include:

• EcoStruxure Building Advisor is a comprehensive service portfolio designed to help improve occupant comfort and asset value while reducing operating costs.  An integral part of EcoStruxure Building, EcoStruxure Building Advisor helps to leverage field service engineers and remote data scientists to convert data into more predictable, actionable insights, driving an estimated 33 percent fewer complaints from occupants, an estimated 29 percent decrease in unscheduled maintenance, and an estimated 20 percent energy cost reduction on average.
• EcoStruxure Building Operations 2.0 is enhanced with greater cybersecurity protection and delivers a more customized native user experience through a responsive WebStation and mobile apps designed to engineer once and then deploy to all devices and also provide mobile access on the go.  An Enterprise Central supervisory server helps to enhance monitoring and control capability ranging from 200+ servers to 2500+ servers for large and multi-site enterprises.  The open, standards-based platform using Smart Connector framework can help to enable systems integrators to build applications and offer actionable insights through more simple to set-up reporting and dashboards.  It also includes additional IP integrated offerings for commercial buildings.
• SmartX IP Controllers and SmartX Living Space Sensors are multipurpose field controllers and sensors that leverage industry standards and IP-based open protocols for a reported 30 percent increase in engineering efficiency and 20 percent faster commissioning leveraging the eCommission mobile app.

EcoStruxure Building is part of Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure Architecture.  EcoStruxure is its IoT-enabled, plug and play, open, interoperable, architecture and platform.  EcoStruxure is designed to help deliver more enhanced value around safety, reliability, efficiency, sustainability, and connectivity.  EcoStruxure leverages technology in IoT, mobility, sensing, cloud, analytics and cybersecurity to deliver solutions ranging from Connected Products, Edge Control to Apps, Analytics & Services.