In healthcare environments, where every second counts and reliability is of the utmost importance, power management plays a critical role in supporting patient care, safety, and compliance. As operational demands continue to grow and regulations become stricter, having visibility into a facility’s energy performance is no longer optional; it’s essential.
Platforms like EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert (PME) offer advanced, IoT-enabled tools that deliver real-time insights and data-driven strategies to improve power reliability, efficiency, and compliance across complex healthcare systems. This blog explores how tailored energy management solutions can help healthcare facilities operate smarter, safer, and more sustainably.
Enhance Safety for Patients, Staff, & Critical Assets
EcoStruxure™ Power Monitoring Expert significantly strengthens electrical safety by providing continuous, real-time monitoring of a facility’s critical power infrastructure. In environments where even minor electrical failures can jeopardize patient care, sensitive medical equipment, or medical records, early detection is vital. The platform provides live graphics and information, instant alerts and automated reporting when abnormalities are detected, allowing facility teams to respond proactively and address potential hazards before they occur. These timely notifications help prevent unplanned downtime, reduce the likelihood of equipment damage, and minimize risk to patients and staff.
Integrating PME into a facility’s safety strategy provides a powerful layer of protection, ensuring a safer environment for both patients and staff while safeguarding critical infrastructure and operational resiliency.
Enabling Power System Reliability
EcoStruxure™ PME empowers healthcare facilities with in-depth insights into power quality, equipment performance, and overall system capacity – all critical factors for maintaining uninterrupted patient care. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities rely on complex electrical systems to power imaging machines, surgical suites, HVAC systems, and life-support equipment. Because of this, even minor fluctuations in power quality can have serious consequences.
Continuous monitoring and event logging ensure that critical systems remain resilient and operational, even under changing load conditions. These capabilities allow facility managers to identify and resolve issues proactively, minimizing the risk of unplanned downtime.
Driving Efficiency Through Data & Analytics
With advanced analytics and customizable dashboards, EcoStruxure™ PME enables facility teams to visualize usage patterns, pinpoint inefficiencies, and optimize system performance. PME collects and analyzes information from one facility or multiple facilities, enabling energy efficiency comparisons against the Energy Consumption Baseline (ECB) that is predicted from energy efficiency incentives. These insights allow facility managers to develop, track, and adjust strategies and action plans to optimize energy consumption and maximize the lifecycle efficiency of infrastructure assets.
By streamlining energy management processes and facilitating accurate cost allocation, the platform helps organizations reduce energy consumption and enhance operational efficiency.
Supporting Compliance
Compliance is simplified with EcoStruxure™ PME through automated tracking and reporting of essential monthly emergency generation testing, power quality and energy metrics. In the healthcare sector, where strict regulatory standards oversee everything from energy performance to electrical safety, staying compliant is more than just best practice, it’s a requirement. PME simplifies this process by generating audit-ready reports and dashboards that support various certifications and regulatory frameworks, including Joint Commission, DNV, ISO and energy-efficiency programs. By eliminating manual data collection and reducing administrative workload, the platform ensures consistent, accurate reporting that stands up to inspections and audits. This level of transparency helps organizations minimize the risk of non-compliance and confidently meet evolving industry requirements.
Stark Tech’s Smarter, Integrated Approach
EcoStruxure™ Power Monitoring Expert empowers facility managers to take control of their energy landscape by promoting safer environments, more reliable operations, enhanced efficiency, and streamlined compliance.
Stark Tech is a Master EcoXpert in Power Management and has been working with Schneider Electric for over 30 years to deliver smart, integrated building solutions to our customers to help them achieve digitalization and electrification goals. Our professional services team works closely with facility management to ensure seamless implementation, system integration, and long-term success. We work directly with our customers to overcome skilled trade shortages, provide the necessary technology to aid in grid infrastructure modernization, and measure and report on successes and shortcomings of investments made.
