When Mike Krone considered a Square D® PowerLogic® power management system, he did so based on more beneficial features and fewer hidden costs. Once the system was installed he discovered unexpected added value that has already saved the University of Maryland, Baltimore $100,000 and will likely save much more.

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When a metal manufacturing plant in the northeast was forced to consider a substation upgrade totaling nearly $1 million, information from their PowerLogic system convinced the company to simply switch loads to three other existing substations with sufficient capacity, turning a major capital expense into a very minor project.

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Installation drives energy conservation and results in significant overall energy consumption cost savings

Less than a year after global power and automation leader Schneider Electric launched a new Enterprise Energy Management (EEM) solution designed to facilitate smart monitoring of energy usage to drive conservation initiatives leading to cost savings, one end user, U.S. auto-maker Ford Motor Company, has reported positive results.

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Most probably wouldn’t consider a ski resort a particularly big consumer of energy. But depending on the weather of a given season – particularly related to snowfall – it can become just that very quickly.

Bear Creek Mountain Resort & Conference Center is located on more than 330 acres in scenic Berks County, Penn. In the winter, the resort features skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing, along with other winter activities. In the summer, it’s ideal for hiking, biking, fishing and boating. For skiing – the backbone of the business – the resort features 21 trails and seven ski lifts.

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When Mercedes-Benz USA International (MBUSI) began building a sophisticated plant to manufacture its M-Class sport utility vehicle, the company was determined to find an equally sophisticated system for monitoring and troubleshooting power quality problems, minimizing downtime, and reducing energy costs. The system they got from Square D paid for itself in two years ? one year ahead of schedule.

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A global supplier of computing and imaging solutions, facing forced utility cutbacks needed a means to quickly shed non-essential electrical loads to avoid a total shutdown. By implementing a system that could shed 15% of the total connected electrical load, within 15 minutes after receiving a call from their local utility, forced outages could be avoided and thus preserve critical power needs.

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A chemical manufacturing company needed a more efficient and controlled way to ensure compliance with an automated Time of Use/Dispatch Power rate schedule from their utility. Plant personnel however, had no way of knowing power usage and were unequipped to shed load when directed by the utility system. A PowerLogic system with circuit monitors was installed and programmed to automatically identify which areas of the manufacturing process needed to cut back usage when called on. Based on programmed setpoints the circuit monitor for each area signaled operators to trim power usage. The PowerLogic system provided a simple solution for avoiding expensive demand charges.

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An ongoing $53 million capital improvement project dedicated exclusively to energy systems on was underway on the main campus in Albuquerque. As part of the project, the university was building a 12,000-ton chilled water production plant; replacing five boilers with cogeneration units; replacing all chillers; conducting an upgrade of the electrical system; and undertaking a host of demand-side energy management investments. The physical plant utilities engineer needed to justify the energy improvement project, Schuster needed to develop baseline energy measurements, providing the ability to evaluate and improve system performance through analytical and control systems

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Like many plant engineers, Dave Tracy and Jim Vyuerberg of Pharmacia Corporation vividly remember the times when clipboards and shoe leather were the key components in monitoring energy consumption. They and their colleagues had to trek all over the plant to scribble down power meter data, then manually enter it into a spreadsheet program. At Pharmacia?s Kalamazoo, Mich. plant, however, all that trekking and scribbling has been replaced by a power management system that saves time, cuts costs and preserves uptime.

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When Valero's pipeline group wanted to be able to more accurately account for energy usage, they looked to Schneider Electric?s local Square D team for a solution, which revealed that the refinery was over-billing them to the tune of $200,000 a year!

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