Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine Honors Schneider Electric with Five Product of the Year Awards, Names Premset MVP

ANDOVER, Mass., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, today announced it has received five 2017 Product of the Year Awards from Consulting-Specifying Engineer, including Most Valuable Product for its Premset medium voltage vacuum circuit breaker switchgear. The contest also recognized Schneider Electric's PowerPact B-Frame Molded Case Circuit Breaker, LayoutFAST Revit MEP Plugin and Connected Services building management solution with silver awards and the Galaxy VX™ uninterruptible power supply as a bronze award winner. These five awards recognize Schneider Electric's leadership in connected devices, services and software.

Consulting-Specifying Engineer's Product of the Year contest is the premier award for new products in the HVAC, fire/life safety, electrical and plumbing systems engineering market. Now in its 13^th year, the program provides Consulting-Specifying Engineer's readers with information on the best new innovations and technological advancements for products in their fields.

"Customers across industries are facing new challenges as greater digitization, mobility and the Internet of Things (IoT) demand new ways of doing business. At the same time, organizations must balance growing efficiency, safety and cost pressures," said Tony Wells, Chief Marketing Officer, North America, Schneider Electric. "We're focused on developing innovative, reliable, connected solutions that enable customers to address these challenges and evolve with them. We're honored Consulting-Specifying Engineer readers have recognized our solutions among the best products of 2017."

Premset – Most Valuable Product in 2017

Premset is a new generation of medium voltage vacuum circuit breaker switchgear that increases safety, reliability, flexibility and efficiency by incorporating an innovative Shield Solid Insulation System to enhance robustness, protection and flexibility of medium-voltage switchgear. The 2SIS system encases every current carrying conductor in dielectric epoxy and shields that epoxy with a grounded conductor to offer unprecedented safety, efficiency and ease of use.  

PowerPact-B, Silver Winner – Electrical: Fuses, Circuit Breakers, Safety Category

The PowerPact B-Frame Molded Case Circuit Breaker offers robust power protection in a compact size. The 125-amp breaker uses economical, thermal magnetic-sensing elements in each of the various one-, two-, three- and four-pole construction types. Designed to be flexible, it offers a unique integrated DIN rail and traditional back-pan mounting capabilities without extra adapter brackets for easy installation.

LayoutFAST, Silver Winner – Software: Design, Modeling, Analysis Category

Designed with contractors and engineers in mind, LayoutFAST is a first-to-market, intelligent plug-in for Autodesk Revit^® that makes it easier and faster to configure and insert products into projects. Built to function like a toolbar in Revit, LayoutFAST supplies BIM managers, design engineers and contractors with everything at their fingertips to design and specify complete electrical systems.

Connected Services, Silver Winner – BAS, Controls and Energy Management Category

Connected Services helps facility leaders maximize their buildings through a proactive maintenance approach that effectively combines actionable information, expert advice and advanced technology to keep building systems operating at peak performance. Part of Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure Building architecture, the solution creates a network between facility teams and Schneider Electric's experts to deliver a range of proactive maintenance support for facilities professionals and engineers.

Galaxy VX, Bronze Winner – Emergency, On-Site, Standby Power Category 

Schneider Electric Galaxy VX™, part of Schneider Electric's portfolio of connected data center solutions, is a highly efficient, easy to deploy, three-phase uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with an innovative four-level inverter to improve reliability and boost efficiency with flexible modes of operation for large facilities, data centers and business-critical applications. With a flexible design, Galaxy VX is available in a wide range of configurations to suit any operating environment, including a traditional economy mode, which delivers up to 99 percent efficiency.

For more information on the 2017 Consulting-Specifying Engineer Product of the Year awards, please visit the awards page.

About Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and automation. With revenues of $26 billion US dollars (25 billion euros) in FY2016, our 144,000+ employees serve customers in over 100 countries, helping them to manage their energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Our connected technologies reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. At Schneider Electric, we call this Life Is On.

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