EMR Analysis

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More information on EcoStruxure™: https://www.se.com/ww/en/work/campaign/innovation/overview.jsp + EcoStruxure™ is our open, interoperable, IoT-enabled system architecture and platform. EcoStruxure delivers enhanced value around safety, reliability, efficiency, sustainability, and connectivity for our customers. EcoStruxure leverages advancements in IoT, mobility, sensing, cloud, analytics, and cybersecurity to deliver Innovation at Every Level. This includes Connected Products, Edge Control, and Apps, Analytics & Services, supported by Customer Lifecycle Software. EcoStruxure™ has been deployed in almost 500,000 sites with the support of 20,000+ developers, 650,000 service providers and partners, 3,000 utilities, and connects over 2 million assets under management.

From energy and sustainability consulting to optimizing the life cycle of your operational systems, we have worldwide services to meet your business needs. As a customer-centric organization, Schneider Electric is your trusted advisor to help increase asset reliability, improve total cost of ownership, and drive your enterprise’s digital transformation towards sustainability, efficiency and safety.

More information on EcoStruxure™ Building: https://www.se.com/au/en/work/campaign/buildings-of-the-future/ + The industry is evolving, but today’s global demands will push the transformation into over-drive. To survive and even thrive as a developer, owner and operator, you will need to capture the power of the all-digital, all-electric world with a more sustainable, resilient, efficient and people-centric building.

More information on EcoStruxure Building Advisor: https://www.se.com/us/en/product-range/39297330-ecostruxure-building-advisor/#overview + For real impact on operating costs, occupant comfort, and asset value, you need systems performing optimally with limited budgetary and maintenance resources. Building Advisor provides key insights into your building operations by monitoring systems and identifying faults to proactively address building inefficiencies.

More information on EcoStruxure™ Building Operation: https://www.se.com/ww/en/product-range/62111-ecostruxure-building-operation/?parent-subcategory-id=1210&filter=business-2-building-automation-and-control + EcoStruxure Building Operation is an open and secure building management platform that integrates multiple systems for centralized, real-time control and management across one to many enterprise buildings. The platform natively supports standard open protocols out-of-the-box.

More information on EcoStruxure™ Grid: https://www.se.com/ww/en/work/campaign/innovation/energy.jsp + With its digital architectures and services, EcoStruxure Grid bridges the gap between the supply and demand sides, providing an End-To-End software cycle (from design, build, operate to maintain) to help Electricity utilities achieve a more sustainable future.  Because reliability of electricity supply and data integrity are key, it helps protect against cyber-attacks by mitigating cyber risk. Allowing utilities to sustain operational confidence

More information on EcoStruxure™ Microgrid Advisor: https://www.se.com/ww/en/product-range/65896-ecostruxure-microgrid-advisor/#overview + Enables you to dynamically control on-site energy resources. The software seamlessly connects to your distributed energy resources to automatically forecast and optimize how and when to consume, produce, and store energy. The web-based user interface makes it easy to understand your real-time savings, earnings, and CO2 emissions data.

More information on EcoStruxure™ Power Advisor: https://www.se.com/us/en/work/services/field-services/power-management/power-advisor/ + A key component of EcoStruxure Power Advisor Digital Service Plans is Power Advisor, the analytical engine that turns your data into information. Using data from your power monitoring software combines advanced algorithms with expert analysis and provides the insight that you need to make the right decisions. 

Enjoy full-system analysis and ensure your power management system is providing accurate data you can count on. Whether validating a new expansion or reviewing existing equipment, we can help you understand, correct, and optimize your system. 

Power Advisor will analyze your electrical network for problematic power quality conditions that may cause equipment or reliability issues. Our specially trained team will help identify areas for improvement and work with you to develop a resolution.

More information on EcoStruxure™ Power Monitoring Expert: https://www.se.com/us/en/product-range/65404-ecostruxure-power-monitoring-expert/#overview + Our award-winning power monitoring software gives insight into electrical system health and energy efficiency so you can make informed decisions that improve performance. Convert data into action and unlock your system’s full potential with advanced energy visualization and analysis tools.

More information on EcoStruxure™ Resource Advisor: https://www.se.com/ww/en/work/services/sustainability-business/energy-and-sustainability-software/energy-management-software-resource-advisor.jsp + EcoStruxure™ Resource Advisor is a solution to manage your energy and sustainability footprint. This platform enables companies to collect, analyze and automate information that matters for your sustainability goals. Resource Advisor centralizes those data in one place so that AI and human expertise can take advantage of those numbers. Leverage digital innovation for energy and resource management to inform business decisions and accelerate results.

 

More information on Verdantix: https://www.verdantix.com/ + Verdantix is a research and advisory firm that acts as an essential thought-leader for world-enhancing innovation.  Together with our clients, we shape markets, define the technologies of tomorrow and futureproof businesses.

More information on David Metcalfe (Chief Executive Officer, Verdantix): https://www.verdantix.com/analyst/david-metcalfe + https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-metcalfe-08352b1/ 

More information on Harry Wilson (industry Analyst, Verdantix): https://www.verdantix.com/about/people + https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrywwilson/ 

 

More information on IEA (International Energy Agency): https://www.iea.org + The IEA is at the heart of global dialogue on energy, providing authoritative analysis, data, policy recommendations, and real-world solutions to help countries provide secure and sustainable energy for all.

The IEA was created in 1974 to help co-ordinate a collective response to major disruptions in the supply of oil. While oil security this remains a key aspect of our work, the IEA has evolved and expanded significantly since its foundation.

Taking an all-fuels, all-technology approach, the IEA recommends policies that enhance the reliability, affordability and sustainability of energy. It examines the full spectrum issues including renewables, oil, gas and coal supply and demand, energy efficiency, clean energy technologies, electricity systems and markets, access to energy, demand-side management, and much more.

Since 2015, the IEA has opened its doors to major emerging countries to expand its global impact, and deepen cooperation in energy security, data and statistics, energy policy analysis, energy efficiency, and the growing use of clean energy technologies. 

More information on Dr. Fatih Birol (Executive Director, International Energy Agency): https://www.iea.org/contributors/dr-fatih-birol

 

More information on Net Zero by 2050 by the United Nations: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/net-zero-coalition + Put simply, net zero means cutting greenhouse gas emissions to as close to zero as possible, with any remaining emissions re-absorbed from the atmosphere, by oceans and forests for instance.

Currently, the Earth is already about 1.1°C warmer than it was in the late 1800s, and emissions continue to rise. To keep global warming to no more than 1.5°C  – as called for in the Paris Agreement – emissions need to be reduced by 45% by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.

More than 140 countries, including the biggest polluters – China, the United States, India and the European Union – have set a net-zero target, covering about 88% of global emissions. More than 9,000 companies, over 1000 cities, more than 1000 educational institutions, and over 600 financial institutions have joined the Race to Zero, pledging to take rigorous, immediate action to halve global emissions by 2030.

 

 

 

EMR Additional Notes:

• System Integrator:
  • A systems integrator is an individual or business that builds computing systems for clients by combining hardware, software, networking and storage products from multiple vendors. Using a systems integrator, a company can align cheaper, preconfigured components and commercial off-the-shelf software to meet key business goals, as opposed to more expensive, customized implementations that may require original programming or manufacturing unique components.
  • Hiring a systems integrator to combine various subsystems into an integrated offering can also simplify contracting and vendor management for the customer, who would otherwise need to purchase each subsystem separately and work with multiple vendors. Systems integration is, thus, both a procurement method and a technical activity.

 

• Carbon Dioxide (CO2):
  • Primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities. Carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere through burning fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil), solid waste, trees and other biological materials, and also as a result of certain chemical reactions (e.g., manufacture of cement). Carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere (or “sequestered”) when it is absorbed by plants as part of the biological carbon cycle.
• Biogenic Carbon Dioxide (CO2):
  • Carbon Dioxide released as a result of the combustion or decomposition of organic material, that is biomass and its derivatives. Examples include carbon dioxide released during the combustion of wood and biogas generated by decomposition.
  • Biogenic Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) are the same. Scientists differentiate between biogenic carbon (that which is absorbed, stored and emitted by organic matter like soil, trees, plants and grasses) and non-biogenic carbon (that found in all other sources, most notably in fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas).
• Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS):
  • CCS involves the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial processes, such as steel and cement production, or from the burning of fossil fuels in power generation. This carbon is then transported from where it was produced, via ship or in a pipeline, and stored deep underground in geological formations.
  • CCS projects typically target 90 percent efficiency, meaning that 90 percent of the carbon dioxide from the power plant will be captured and stored.
• Decarbonization:
  • Reduction of carbon dioxide emissions through the use of low carbon power sources, achieving a lower output of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere.
• Carbon Footprint:
  • There is no universally agreed definition of what a carbon footprint is. A carbon footprint is generally understood to be the total amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are directly or indirectly caused by an individual, organization, product, or service. These emissions are typically measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e).
  • In 2009, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) published a standard for calculating and reporting corporate carbon footprints. This standard is widely accepted by businesses and other organizations around the world. The GHG Protocol defines a carbon footprint as “the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an organization, directly and indirectly, through its own operations and the value chain.”