Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced the opening of their newest facility in North Haven, Connecticut. Retrofit from an existing building, this state-of-the-art 90,000-square-foot all-electric facility demonstrates the company’s focus on modernization and circularity, giving new life to the existing location.
Representing an investment of more than $15M, the cutting-edge facility is a hub for the Schneider Electric Services group and home to more than half of the company’s employees in Connecticut. Recently recognized as the world’s most sustainable company, this facility is an example of Schneider Electric putting its principles into action, prioritizing circularity and modernization in its reconstruction, similar to the activities of the team located there, as an example for both customers and the community. This opening expands the Services group’s capacity for retrofitting existing electrical devices with the latest digital, environmentally friendly technology, offering end user customers a less expensive, more sustainable and circular solution for their aging equipment.
“As companies seek to innovate and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving technological landscape, they often encounter the costly challenge of modernizing equipment to accommodate new power and infrastructure needs,” said Aamir Paul, President, North America Operations, Schneider Electric. “Our new North Haven facility is designed to support the business needs of our Electric Services Group, enabling them to collaborate more effectively with customers in developing and implementing modernization strategies that prioritize circularity and sustainability.”
The North Haven hybrid space includes a customer demo room, customer and employee training area, conference areas, collaboration spaces, and employee workstations. The building will include an on-site microgrid to maximize energy resiliency and a new electrical distribution infrastructure connected to Schneider’s cloud-based asset monitoring platform, EcoStruxure Asset Advisor, which drives reliability through predictive analytics. Additional building automation platforms, including EcoStruxure Security Expert and Power Monitoring Expert will drive greater energy efficiency and control, while ensuring the comfort, safety, and security of all its occupants.
“The U.S. Services Group’s mission is to be the trusted partner in resiliency, sustainability, and efficiency for our customers. Our North Haven is an integral piece of this strategy, providing modernization and circularity solutions for an aging infrastructure,” said Jerome Soltani, Senior Vice President, Services, Schneider Electric. “Our ability to modernize and digitize critical infrastructure allows our customers to not only benefit from modern, sustainable solutions, but provides the digital backbone for creating safer, more resilient, and highly efficient operations for the future.”
