Schneider Electric's "Energy" University Tops 3,300 UMsers

Manufacturing Business Technology (11/5, Michel) - Launched in June of 2009, Schneider Electric’s Energy University–a Web-based learning program focused on energy management and efficiency–is growing in attendance, with more than 3,300 active users over the past five months.

Besides sharing the numbers on enrollment, Hamilton talked up the program’s goal, which is to give energy efficiency education to a cross-section of professionals in industry. The need for such an e-learning site grew out of the company’s evolution over the last several years from an automation and electrical products giant into a global “energy management specialist” who can combine products and services to help companies manage energy. As part of that transformation, says Hamilton, Schneider realized the need for a general education about energy efficiency opportunities and approaches for people in industry.