The 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) officially opened in Shanghai. Zhang Lei, vice president of Schneider Electric and head of the digital service business in China, was invited to attend the 2023 Smart Trend Forum of "Intelligent Assistance and Double Carbon, with Traces to Follow" to share with the guests
How artificial intelligence (AI) and big data technologies can help reduce carbon emissions and promote high-quality development.
To this end, Schneider Electric is accelerating the creation of an AI innovation application incubator. Its AI innovation laboratory is committed to developing the application innovation of "physical industry + technology ecology + AI", exploring the application of AI technology in asset and process optimization, infrastructure management, and demand. The application of management and new energy management empowers the digitization and sustainable development of major industries.
As one of the innovation achievements, Schneider Electric released the enterprise-level, one-stop, scenario-based, open A-model production and operation and maintenance platform EcoStruxureTM AI engine at this year's Innovation Summit, integrating expertise in energy management and automation into the AI model , providing low-code or even zero-code AI applications for users such as business leaders, operations managers, and data analysts. This engine has significantly promoted the industrialization and large-scale application of A| technology, greatly improved production efficiency and efficiency, and allowed more companies to benefit from the development of artificial intelligence technology.
The large-scale application of AI technology also requires the power of ecological coordination. To this end, Schneider Electric launched the "AI Dashi Cup" algorithm competition in March this year to encourage more developers to promote the application of artificial intelligence technology in physical scenarios such as buildings, infrastructure, industry and energy, and jointly explore low-carbon and efficient solutions. Development potential. The first competition focused on energy consumption prediction and energy conservation and emission reduction in the construction field, and attracted nearly a thousand participants from universities and research institutes, enterprises and individual developers.
As a practitioner and enabler of the "dual transformation" of digitalization and green low-carbon, Schneider Electric closely integrates advanced technologies such as AI with its software solutions to provide technical power for transformation. At the same time, AI technology continues to strengthen its software capabilities. Schneider Electric has formed two major digital solutions for energy management and industrial automation around AVEVAI industrial software and ETAP's new electrical system digital twin platform, covering the entire life cycle of products and assets, and combining AI algorithms and industry OT operation technology to make digital technology truly come true. Create the most value in the market, help all walks of life to improve quality and efficiency, save energy and reduce carbon.
For example, the supply chain of Schneider Electric in China has actively deployed AI-based solutions, including visual monitoring and predictive maintenance. Its medium and low voltage plant in Yizhuang, Beijing, applied AI solutions to realize energy-saving transformation and energy system optimization, reducing energy consumption by 10% in the past three years. Over the past year, AI solutions have brought millions of direct cost savings to Schneider Electric's supply chain in China.
With the accelerated development of industrial digitalization, AI has great potential. Zhang Lei, vice president of Schneider Electric and head of the digital service business in China, said: "For AI to exert its scenario value and business value, two pillars are needed, one is the integration of IT and OT, and the other is openness.
format. Schneider Electric's strong T capabilities accumulated in the fields of energy management and automation have laid the foundation for the large-scale application of AI and other advanced technologies in various industries. We will continue to uphold an open mind and cooperate with upstream and downstream partners and developers to create and jointly Mining the value of data, strengthening the implementation of scenarios, empowering more Chinese partners and enterprises, and jointly marching towards a digital, green and low-carbon development path. "
