ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS
ENERGY MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
SIEMENS
Siemens enables holistic energy data analysis in buildings
At this year’s Light+Building trade show,
Siemens Smart Infrastructure will show
the first energy management solution
that holistically captures energy data in
buildings. It collects data all the way to the
final circuit without any additional wiring or
space requirements. All electrical data –
from the power feed-in to the socket outlet
– can then be seamlessly integrated into
building management systems and analyzed
by cloud-based applications. This makes
the electrical infrastructure an integral part
of smart buildings that are connected via
the Internet of Things (IoT). Operators and
users gain maximum transparency over their
energy flows and benefit from end-to-end
digitalization.
“The days of electricity flowing through
cables unobserved are numbered. With
digitalization, it will be possible in the future
to not only fully monitor electricity, but also
to control it flexibly and use it much more
efficiently. We already provide the basis for
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this with our technologies,” said Andreas
Matthé, CEO of Low Voltage Products,
Siemens Smart Infrastructure.
DIGITALIZATION OF ELECTRICAL
INSTALLATIONS
With the new 5SL6 miniature circuit
breakers (MCB) and 5SV6 arc fault
detection devices (AFDD) from the Sentron
portfolio, Siemens brings digitalization to
electrical installations. The compact devices
combine overload, short circuit and arc fault
protection with integrated communication
and measuring functions in just one modular
width (MW). They can measure electrical
values such as current and voltage, as well
as temperature and switching states for
individual circuits and automatically identify
error causes. Operators and electrical
installers can quickly recognize loads with
increased power consumption, as well as
anomalies and disruptions in the electrical
installation and intervene early on. All the
data can be visualized on a PC, tablet or
smartphone and connected to analytics
tools and digital environments through the
new 7KN Powercenter 1000 gateway.
INTEGRATED BUILDING AND
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
The updated Sentron “powermanager”
power monitoring software consolidates
building and energy management in one
single platform. Version 4.x can be used
as a stand-alone software or, for the first
time, integrated into the Siemens Desigo
CC building management system as an
expansion module. This allows all energy
distribution and building automation
systems to be operated, monitored and
managed from a single system. Sentron
“powermanager” analyzes electrical
parameters such as voltage, currents and
power quality.