The path to net-zero buildings
Embrace Electricity 4.0 – a combination of digital and electric solutions. This e-guide shares a structured, integrated approach to accelerate decarbonization through automation.
Benefits and features of EcoStruxure Building Operation
-
In addition to native support for common standard protocols including BACnet, LonWorks, Modbus, and web services, get compatibility for publishing and subscribing to internet of things (IoT) sensors via MQTT protocols and brokers. Our open-source format databases allow for access from EcoStruxure Building Operation as well as third-party tools – system-to-system and system-to-device. Our Smart Connector APIs, an open-source developer framework including a software development kit (SDK), enables endless new capabilities, applications, and solutions.
-
Modernize your buildings with an end-to-end IP backbone that delivers faster, more reliable communication with higher bandwidth to capture and leverage more data throughput from connected IoT devices. Additionally, get greater architecture design and zoning flexibility right down to the floor level. With access to cloud and connected services, you can add smart workplace applications to accommodate occupants’ needs and well-being.
-
EcoStruxure Building Operation’s user experience provides an integrated approach to view all your building data – from HVAC, lighting, power, microgrids, renewable energy, security, fire system, and more – in a single control center, with a mobile-friendly design for remote viewing on-the-go.
Get exceptional data visibility with rich graphics and customizable dashboards at-scale views at the device, floor, building, campus, and portfolio level. Monitor and optimize your energy use to achieve sustainability goals.
-
Our data management and visualization tools include customizable charts and graphs to convey massive amounts of data to help achieve sustainability and efficiency goals. Built-in dashboards provide easier monitoring and speedier decision-making with access to data directly within EcoStruxure Building Operation without the need for third-party tools. And now, access information and insights in human, readable form with Brick Schema semantic tagging.
Explore the EcoStruxure Building Operation BMS
The heart of the system
EcoStruxure Building Operation software is the heart of our renowned BMS.
With an open integration platform, it securely facilitates the exchange of data from both Schneider Electric and third-party energy, lighting, HVAC, fire and security, and integrated workplace management systems (IWMSs) as well as metered energy and WAGES, EV charging, and renewable energy sources to create future-ready smart buildings.
Delivering value to every stakeholder
-
Future-proof assets and sustainable investments:
• Get the flexibility to easily change and rezone floors, and add workplace services, as future needs require.
• Maintain state-of-the-art cybersecurity and compliance to protect the building and its tenants.
• Shift capital expenditures (CapEx) into operating expenditures (OpEx) with Software Assurance upgrades.
• Monitor and implement sustainability initiatives to achieve green and well-building certifications.
• Retain and attract tenants to maintain long-term building value.
• Manage metered energy consumption to meet regulatory and compliance requirements for reducing carbon emissions with the Sustainability Pack option. -
Increase operational efficiency and occupant satisfaction:
• Access and manage more data with an open system and Brick semantic tagging.
• Improve outcomes with state-of-the-art dashboards and graphics providing visibility at scale (device, floor, building, or campus).
• Get tools to automate schedules and view historical data, trends, and logs; customize data views to individual preferences.
• Integrate IoT sensor data to ensure optimal occupant comfort; share energy use data via kiosks.
• Obtain fast on-the-go diagnoses and resolution of building events via smart mobile devices. -
Ensure resiliency and avoid vulnerabilities in OT/IT converged infrastructures:
• Create resiliency with an architecture built within a secure development lifecycle (SDL).
• Includes IT-friendly BACnet SC Certificate Management.
• Adheres to the latest and most stringent industry compliance and cybersecurity requirements.
• Secure web client interfaces require no need for software installation. -
Address important needs of multiple building stakeholders:
• Make decisions with easy access actionable information dedicated to specific needs and views.
• Use semantic tagging to make sense of large, complex data sets; visualize in dedicated dashboards.
• Capture and track essential data to meet sustainability certifications and requirements. -
Simplify and save valuable time:
• Scalable software packages and software/hardware bundles for projects of all sizes.
• Deploy building systems faster and more efficiently with modernized programs, mobile app, and other commissioning tools.
• Reconfigure and synchronize HVAC, lighting, and blind control in minutes with minimal re-wiring.
• Provide a more integrated environment across all building subsystems, including power management.
• Speed system engineering with tools and ensure consistency with configurable standard applications.
What our customers say
Three essential elements of next-generation BMS
Building owners, facility managers, and system integrators face increasing pressures. This paper explains factors driving evolution of BMSs and three essential elements for solving management challenges of today and tomorrow.