Schneider Electric's Square D Adopts Tridium's Internet-Enabled Automation Software for its PowerLink Lighting Control System.Business Editors, Energy Writers RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2001 Square D, a division of Paris-based Schneider Electric Schneider Electric (Euronext: SCHN) is a French global company. It was founded in 1836 by two brothers, Joseph and Adolphe Schneider, who took over a troubled foundry at Le Creusot. , and Tridium Inc., a leading provider of Internet-enabled, automation software infrastructure and applications, announced a multi-year strategic alliance. As part of the alliance, Square D will adopt Tridium's Niagara Framework(TM) open system infrastructure for its premier lighting control system known as PowerLink. "We chose to adopt Tridium's technology because of two strategic advantages," said Scott Jordan Scott Douglas Jordan (born July 19 1975 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a former English footballer. Jordan played for York when they beat Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford in the League Cup in 1995. Notes 1. ^ Scott Jordan. Soccerbase. , marketing manager for Square D. "First, it allowed us to offer our customers real-time lighting control via a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Second, because Niagara Framework supports diverse building systems and protocols, our customers can integrate and operate their lighting control systems with other building systems, such as their HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free units, to perform energy management savings functions throughout a building and/or multiple facilities." Tridium's Niagara Framework solves the challenge of managing multiple communication standards and multi-vendor control devices used in today's building facilities by allowing companies to build software applications for accessing and controlling today's many diverse building systems - regardless of manufacturer, platform or communication standard. This open, Java-based framework integrates open protocols such as BACnet(R), LonWorks(R) and Modbus(TM), as well as legacy building systems with the Internet into an interoperable, application development environment. Users of the software can monitor, automate and control their lighting, temperature, processes and other control systems from anywhere in the world via the Internet. As a global leader in the electrical distribution supplier market, Square D's PowerLink lighting control system enables customers to automate the control of their lighting systems. The PowerLink system allows users to switch branch lighting circuits on and off automatically in response to a wall switch command, a time schedule, or in response to a demand shed command to perform energy savings functions with their lighting systems. By adopting Tridium's Niagara Framework, Square D's PowerLink system now enables users to monitor and control their electrical power usage with a click of the mouse via the Internet. Added Jordan, "In today's tight energy supply market, utilities are issuing more and more curtailment programs to their interruptible rate customers. Because electricity use in lighting control systems is a substantial cost for most operating facilities, our customers now can easily and cost effectively shed load by issuing commands to switch designated branch circuits through their Web browser and thus, avoid astronomical penalty charges." Tridium's partnership with Square D expands its strategic alliances with leading corporations in the energy services, building control, home automation and industrial control industries. They include Honeywell; Computer Process Controls (CPC (1) (Central Processing Complex) An IBM mainframe that has two or more central processors (CPs) that share memory. It is the collection of processors, memory and I/O subsystems manufactured with a single serial number, typically all contained in one cabinet. ), a division of Emerson; Enron Energy Services Enron Energy Services (EES) was a business unit of Enron Corporation, whose purpose was to provide gas, electricity, and energy management directly to businesses and homes. Enron compared the service to choosing a telecommunications company to provide your house with a phone line. , Duke Solutions, Strategic Resource Solutions, and more than 100 independent system integrators worldwide. Gerald Frank, founder, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of Tridium Inc., said, "Our strategic alliance with Square D is yet another exciting event for our company. By adopting our technology, Square D has been able to offer its many global customers a premier software system that allows them to reduce electrical power usage and costs in real-time." About Square D Headquartered in Palatine Palatine, hill, Rome Palatine, hill: see Rome before Augustus and Roman Empire under Rome. Palatine, village, United States Palatine (păl`ətīn), village (1990 pop. , Ill., Square D is a market-leading supplier of electrical distribution, industrial control and automation products, systems and services and is a key business of Schneider North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. - one of four geographic entities (Data West Research Agency definition: see GIS glossary.) An entity or geographic feature that occupies a position in space about which data describing the attributes of the entity and its geographic location are recorded. of Schneider Electric, headquartered in Paris. The full line of electrical distribution equipment includes circuit breakers Circuit breakers Measures instituted by exchanges to stop trading temporarily when the market has fallen by a certain percentage in a specified period. They are intended to prevent a market free fall by permitting buy and sell orders to rebalance. , load centers, panelboards, switchboards, low and medium voltage switchgear The term switchgear, used in association with the electric power system, or grid, refers to the combination of electrical disconnects, fuses and/or circuit breakers used to isolate electrical equipment. , unit substations, transformers, safety switches, busway and wire management and power monitoring equipment. Services include equipment maintenance and repair as well as maintenance contracts and power management services. Square D products are found in all types of residential, commercial and industrial construction -- just about every type of facility imaginable, in a wide range of manufacturing and processing facilities, and in or on the products of other manufacturers. Additional information is available at www.squared.com. About Schneider Electric Schneider Electric is the world's leading manufacturer of electrical distribution, industrial control and automation products and systems. The company's world-class brands include Merlin Merlin, in Arthurian legend, magician, seer, and teacher at the court of King Vortigern and later at the court of King Arthur. He was a bard and culture hero in early Celtic folklore. In Arthurian legend he is famous as a magician and as the counselor of King Arthur. Gerin, Modicon, Square D and Telemecanique and are available from distributors around the world. Schneider Electric's 67,500 employees generated sales of EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 9.7 billion in 2000 via 9,000 sales outlets in 130 countries. Additional information about Schneider Electric is available at www.schneider-electric.com. About Tridium Inc. Tridium Inc. develops and markets a universal software infrastructure - known as the Niagara Framework - that allows companies to build software applications for accessing, automating and controlling smart devices in real-time over the Internet. This open, Java-based framework integrates diverse systems, devices and communications standards into an interoperable, Web-enabled application environment. In addition, Tridium offers the Niagara-powered Vykon suite, which is specifically designed for energy services and building automation applications. Tridium is a privately held software company headquartered in Richmond, Va., with subsidiaries based in London and Singapore. Venture capital partners include Enron Principle Investments and kRoad Ventures, L.P. The company has established key strategic alliances with leading corporations in the energy services, building control, home automation and industrial control industries. Tridium markets its products to value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. , original equipment manufacturers and a network of Tridium Systems Integrators. Additional information about Tridium is available at www.tridium.com. |
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