Schneider Electric, the specialist in energy management and automation, announced the latest group of EcoXpert partners to achieve Master Level status in Critical Power. These companies represent the most innovative Schneider Electric partners who leverage the latest in IoT-enabled technology to deliver improved power availability, safety and operational efficiency to their customers.

The award-winning EcoXpert Partner Program is a worldwide network of Schneider Electric trained and certified partners who specialize in power management, building optimization and energy efficiency. Its 3,000 members hail from 40 countries and represent the world’s leading system integrators, application providers and technology companies. Partners who achieve Master Level status represent the top percentile of companies that are trained and certified by Schneider Electric as leaders in their field of expertise, including Critical Power, Building Automation, Lighting & Room Control and Data Connectivity.

“We congratulate the 2018 Critical Power EcoXpert Masters for their innovative approach to take power distribution to the next level,” said Laurent Bataille, executive vice president, EcoBuilding Division, Schneider Electric. “These partners have proven to be trusted experts capable of turning electrical data into informed business decisions. We are proud to partner with our network of Critical Power EcoXperts to pioneer the future of electrical distribution, leveraging the EcoStruxure Power platform to enable enhanced connectivity, real-time operations and smart analytics in facilities all over the world.”

The 2018 EcoXpert Master Level Partners in Critical Power are:

• Abampere – Argentina
• AF Switchgear – United Kingdom
• Alianza Energetica del Baijo – Mexico
• Applied Power Technologies (APT) – United States
• Azzo – Australia
• E&I Engineering – Ireland
• EMR – Portugal
• Energy Insights – South Africa
• Endoks – Turkey
• Global Power Technologies (GPT) – United States
• Hongsheng Control Technology (吉林弘昇) – China
• Indexel Engineering – India
• Mardix – United Kingdom
• Metrum – Brazil
• PowerPeg – Hong Kong
• Powertech System Integrators (PTSI) – South Africa
• Quasar – New Zealand
• SAM-A Techno Solutions – Korea
• Seace Electric (杭州赛辰) – China
• Vortmann – Germany

Master Level EcoXpert partners are nominated annually by Schneider Electric EcoXpert channel managers. All EcoXpert partners receive a number of benefits including professional development, continuous coaching on the latest technologies and solutions from Schneider Electric, co-branding opportunities and access to the global EcoXpert community to drive new opportunities and expand project scopes.

EcoXpert Critical Power companies are trained and accredited by Schneider Electric on EcoStruxure Power, an IoT-enabled digital architecture and platform for power distribution and management in buildings. EcoStruxure Power improves power availability and safety by continually monitoring an entire facility network and improving protection against shock, fire and explosion. It monitors power quality and asset status and automates maintenance operations to quickly apply corrective action in case of an outage.