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2 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT<br />
GREEN AND RESPONSIBLE GROWTH DRIVING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE<br />
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Energy efficiency<br />
Context<br />
Energy effi ciency means using less energy for equivalent<br />
performance or service.<br />
Energy effi ciency is the fastest, most economical and most effective<br />
way for governments, businesses and individuals to reduce CO2 emissions. According to the International Energy Agency (World<br />
Energy Outlook 2011), energy effi ciency represents nearly 50% of<br />
the reduction in CO emissions required to save the planet.<br />
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<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> is one of the fi rst companies to have taken a<br />
strong position in support of energy effi ciency by developing<br />
effi cient and competitive offers for all the large market segments.<br />
Thus, the growth rate for energy effi ciency activities in 2011<br />
exceeded the Group’s revenue growth by over 14 points.<br />
Offers<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> promotes “active” energy effi ciency, which<br />
consists in optimising the entire energy cycle through several steps:<br />
• initiate an energy audit that will result in a series of quick win<br />
actions to quickly make substantial savings, as well as an action<br />
plan;<br />
• then, automating the systems to maintain these savings;<br />
• and fi nally, monitoring, controlling and adjusting to make<br />
sustainable savings on energy.<br />
To do this, the Group offers a range of products, systems, services<br />
and software:<br />
• Products: dimmer switches, timers, heating and air-conditioning<br />
control, variable speed drives, etc;<br />
• Systems: building management systems, lighting control,<br />
process supervision;<br />
• Services: energy audits, optimisation of energy purchases,<br />
participation in demand reduction programs, etc;<br />
• Software: data analysis, remote monitoring, integrated<br />
management of energy fl ows over several sites, etc.<br />
These solutions respond to the standards and regulations in force in<br />
each country where they are marketed.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> is continually developing new offers to better<br />
respond to the needs of its customers, notably in the area of<br />
services and integrated management, as well as developing new<br />
distribution channels.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s energy services activity is experiencing strong<br />
growth.<br />
The Group’s large customers want to manage their energy better<br />
and therefore must better understand their energy fl ows. This<br />
involves energy effi ciency audits, metering, monitoring and analysis<br />
services.<br />
They then want to optimise these fl ows, done using the best<br />
purchasing policies, in order to participate in demand reduction<br />
programs, implement energy performance contracts, and obtain<br />
certifi cations (e.g. the new ISO 50001 international standard).<br />
These are energy management services.<br />
Finally, this energy management allows customers to reduce the<br />
environmental impact of their activities and to improve their carbon<br />
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audit. This involves evaluation and carbon footprint management<br />
services, closely linked to energy management services.<br />
The Company’s integrated energy management solution is also<br />
experiencing strong growth.<br />
It involves achieving a consolidated view of energy fl ows over<br />
various activity zones of a single site, several sites, or the whole<br />
of a company. Understanding the fl ows means they can be<br />
monitored and then optimised, thus improving the long-term energy<br />
performance of the site or company.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> has developed an integrated offer called<br />
EcoStruxure, combining products, systems, services and software<br />
within a single energy management architecture.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> has competitive offers for energy effi ciency, as<br />
well as for energy fl ow management of industrial processes, security<br />
systems, data centres, and of course buildings. EcoStruxure<br />
combines these various offers to provide the customer with a single<br />
vision – complete supervision of their sites or their company.<br />
Finally, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> is rolling out an EcoXperts Network in<br />
many countries to provide its smaller customers with simple and<br />
competitive solutions for energy effi ciency and energy source<br />
integration. These are specialised external partnerships trained and<br />
supported by the Group to develop closer working relationships<br />
with their customers at a local level.<br />
This network is already in place in the United States, France, Spain<br />
and Italy and currently is being developed in about ten countries,<br />
mainly in Europe and Latin America.<br />
Renewable Energy<br />
Context<br />
Renewable energy is one of the key principles of <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s<br />
development, societal responsibility and environmental goals.<br />
According to the International Energy Agency’s forecast (World<br />
Energy Outlook 2010), renewable energy sources, in particular<br />
solar, wind and hydraulic, should account for more than half of<br />
new energy capacity installed globally by 2035, making it strongest<br />
growing energy mix.<br />
Renewable energies allow for growing energy needs to be met<br />
while limiting environmental impact. Ever more effi cient integration in<br />
electrical transmission and distribution networks means that these<br />
renewable energies are also contributing to the advent of smart<br />
grids.<br />
Offers<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> offers a full range of products, systems and<br />
services for solar, wind and hydroelectric energy.<br />
Group teams ensure that these are well-integrated into the<br />
electricity grid thanks to our expertise in electrical distribution (low<br />
and medium voltage), conversion and energy management.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> serves and connects power plants and large<br />
buildings to the electricity grid, provides equipment to turbine<br />
manufacturers and supplies the residential market through its<br />
network of partners and distributors.