NASA’s Kennedy Space Center:
- The Kennedy Space Center (KSC) covers over 140,000 total acres of land.
- More than 200 facilities of varying sizes and missions.
Needs:
- To implement a system that could be integrated into a base-wide SCADA system, allowing for more advanced monitoring and opening the door for uses that go well beyond simply power.
- To have the ability to collect data from geographically dispersed facilities.
Square D/Schneider Electric Meet Needs:
- KSC is developing a system for energy load control that includes plans to utilize a Square D Powerlink® lighting control system, which shuts off non-essential lights within the facility at the branch circuit level, which allows for more advanced monitoring and control.
- Florida Power & Light, the local utility, offers reduced billing rates to facilities that volunteer controllable loads during periods of peak electrical demand. Square D Lighting Control products will reduce billing rates.
Benefit to NASA:
- Energy savings data collected as early as 1998 became the catalyst for more than $10 million in additional energy saving initiatives implemented between 1998 to present.
Dr. Chris Iannello, KSC Shuttle Program Energy Manager and Power Systems Engineer, states, “One great thing about our relationship with Square D, unlike a lot of the other manufacturers we spoke with, is we were able to work closely with their technical support team.” |
