Utility Cost Reduction Solutions

Get the Energy Cost Savings Your

Management Expects

Solutions for
• Electrical and
Piped Utilities
• Large Energy
Users
• Multi-Site
Enterprises

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 We’re all working harder
these days to reduce costs
and increase productivity.
But it takes the right
tools and technology to
make effective decisions
to reduce utility costs
and improve your
facility’s efficiency. The
POWERLOGIC® Monitoring
and Control System for WAGES
(water, air, gas, electric and
steam) applications is a single
system that makes it easy to obtain
the information you need, when you
need it, to make those important cost-
saving decisions.

The POWERLOGIC system provides real-time views

of electrical and piped utility information (water, air,
gas, electric and steam) and stores it in non-volatile
on-board data logs within circuit monitors and WAGES
meter blocks. This historical data is then automatically
gathered and made available in readily-accessible,
standard reports so you can save them in a Web format
for browser based viewing.

With consolidated WAGES information from

POWERLOGIC, our experts, or yours, can make informed
decisions to reduce utility costs and improve your
facility’s efficiency quickly and easily. POWERLOGIC WAGES system
advantages:
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Onboard data logging
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• Eliminates nuisance data gaps
• Improves data integrity
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Automatic data collection

• Single system interface for all utilities
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Information Manager
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management tool
• Gives flexible pre-configured report
templates
• Displays cost allocation, usage
The POWERLOGIC system has an extensive line of electrical monitoring devices and can also accept patterns, and other reports
inputs from other meters, including piped utilities. WAGES meter inputs are collected, converted and • View SMS Information Manager
communicated via a variety of delivery devices, including Ethernet, radio and telephone modems. reports with standard web browser
WHAT DOES IT TAKE
TO REDUCE UTILITY COSTS?
Examining and changing
the way you use utilities
will save you money—
sometimes a lot of money.
Cost reductions can be
made using any level
of a POWERLOGIC
system, but the greatest
savings are derived
by implementing the
complete system which
includes the expertise of
the Square D / Schneider
Electric Services
Department. Cost
reductions are maximized
with four easy steps.

1 Install a Dependable POWERLOGIC WAGES Solution

• Proven solution with high customer satisfaction
• Open architecture system supporting MODBUS® and Ethernet industry communication defacto standards
• Single interface for energy data collection and power quality monitoring
• Metering and monitoring from service entrance to submetering
• Leverages existing investment by accepting compensated pulses from other utility meters (WAGES)
• Engineering Services and Technical Support for entire solution

2 Outsource Your Engineering and Analysis to Maximize Savings

• Let expert power quality and energy management consultants analyze system and recommend savings plans
• Power Management Engineering Services can implement and execute items listed in C and D below
• Services include: design, startup, specification development, panel design/build, and turn-key project management
• Power Quality and Energy Analysis services are available through on site visits, dial up connections or advanced
service agreements, where data is transferred to POWERLOGIC Online Enterprise System for proactive online data
hosting and analysis

3 Gather Facts and Understand Usage Patterns

• Verify utility bills
• Negotiate better utility rates
• Aggregate loads for bulk utility purchasing opportunities of geographically dispersed facilities
• Allocate costs and identify energy inefficiencies by department, product or cost center
• Drive accountability throughout entire organization
• Avoid unnecessary peak demands and penalties through notification

4 Optimize and Automate Your Facility Systems

• Take advantage of demand response or load curtailment programs based on actual usage and automatic load
shedding and sequencing strategies
• Correlate electrical and piped utility data to optimize system efficiency
• Detect impending mechanical failures due to increased power consumption or power quality metrics
• Utilize on-site generation for peak avoidance
• Implement lighting control
• Install Power Factor Correction
• Optimize chillers, compressors and other mechanical equipment
 POWERLOGIC System Manager Software (SMS) or Power Servers provide
instantaneous readings, alarm notifications, customized graphical diagrams, and
various standard reports, including electrical and WAGES cost allocation, historical
usage pattern trends, and pie chart energy summaries. Our custom software
engineers can also create special reports designed to meet your needs.

The Billing Module

can be configured
to match your
rate schedule for
electrical and piped
utilities. It processes
historical data to
calculate billing
information for
comparison and
reconciliation to
utility bills.

POWERLOGIC® Series 4000 POWERLOGIC® Series 3000 POWERLOGIC® Power Server

Circuit Monitor Circuit Monitor

Designed for industrial or large commercial facilities, the

POWERLOGIC Series 3000 & 4000 Circuit Monitors are ideal for monitoring electrical
circuits and piped utilities. In addition to power quality and disturbance capabilities, I/O
support can accommodate status monitoring and WAGES pulse demand inputs. For more
concentrated inputs and remote locations, we offer Engineered Solutions Meter Blocks that
are used for monitoring analog or digital compensated WAGES inputs.
POWERLOGIC Power Server 750 is a self-contained server
that can be a stand-alone system providing local monitoring,
or part of a corporate enterprise. Power Server gives you
WAGES information when you need it—how you need
it. It collects data from up to 64 monitoring devices, then
automatically runs reports and sends them to you over a
standard browser.

When Square D Engineering Services is involved, customers have realized a quicker return on their power management system investment and have a greater
annual savings return. This is credited to Square D focused resources who are able to draw from similar experiences and inhouse expertise.

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Document # 3000HO0208 March 2003 2003 Schneider Electric All Rights Reserved