Answers for Infrastructure - Siemens

What makes a company moreeconomical and ecological?Intelligent, integrated infrastructure solutions provide comfort,energy efficiency and security inside buildings.1Answers for infrastructure.

2What will happen to the worldas more and more people choose to livein cities and life expectancy rises?

Facts & figuresBy the year 2015, there willbe 24 megacities throughoutthe world each with morethan 10 million inhabitants.Cities such as Paris, Bangkok,Mexico City, Buenos Aires,Seoul and Tokyo will begenerating up to 50% ofthe gross domestic productof their respective nations.By the year 2025, therewill be some 8 billion peopleliving on planet Earth. Thatis almost 20% more thantoday.By the year 2030, over 84%of the population of industrializednations will be livingin cities.Since 1955, average lifeexpectancy has increased by20 years worldwide.Lower birth rates and higherlife expectancy are leadingto ageing populations.3

Siemens is tackling the challengesof the future but staying firmly withinthe megatrend.Heating, ventilation and air conditioningcontrol for greater comfort and convenience.Electrical installation technoguarantees operational availEnergy management formaximum energy efficiency.Event and securitymanagement.Access control for safe,secure business processes.From traditional to urban lifestyles.Megatrends are immensely relevant toSiemens. People are moving into cities inthe hope of finding better opportunitiesto realize their personal and professionaldreams. Big cities, however, place significantdemands on energy and water suppliesas well as protection and security forpeople and their environment. In addition,low birth rates and higher life expectancyare leading to the problem of an increasinglyageing population. Older people areless mobile, more susceptible to changesin climate and tend to feel more securewhen they are inside buildings.From static to dynamic infrastructures.Businesses are also influenced by megatrends.Buildings develop into dynamicorganisms, constantly adapting to newbusiness strategies and reacting intelligentlyto the environment. Ever morecomplex automation processes as wellas constantly increasing demands on thequality of the workplace are now part andparcel of any professional environment.High operational reliability in terms ofinfrastructure and the comprehensive protectionof business processes remain thenecessary requirements for productivity,profitability and competitiveness.4

Megatrends affect the way we think and do business. By the year 2025,there will be some eight billion people living on our planet, or almost 20%more than today. Most of these people will be living in cities. In addition, lifeexpectancy in industrialized countries is constantly rising. Tomorrow‘s worldwill thus be shaped by urbanization and demographic change: two megatrendsthat pose specific challenges to energy and water supplies, the protectionand security of people, properties and business processes, mobility andhealthcare.logyability.Intrusion detection and alarm systemsto protect people and properties.Voice-controlledevacuation systems.Extinguishing systemsgeared to the conditions.Video surveillance for thehighest possible level of security.Total Building Solutionsfor maximum productivity.Life-cycle management means moreprotection for your investment.Fire protection withGenuine Alarm Guarantee.From fossil fuels to renewablesources of energy.Energy supply and resource planning havebeen a key issue that has kept both buildingoccupants and operators equally busy fora number of years now. Lack of resourcesheightens the competition for energysources and leads to economic centersbeing moved to different regions. Risingenergy and water costs along with increasingenvironmental awareness and stricterregulations (CO 2 emissions and trading) areseeing a shift from fossil fuels to renewableenergy sources and to an optimization ofoverall energy supply and consumption.Siemens – providing answers for thepresent and the future.Siemens uses intelligently networkedinfrastructure solutions to meet today‘schallenges. Innovative products, systemsand solutions for electrical installationtechnology and building automationprovide comfort and energy efficiency inbuildings while reducing CO 2 emissions.Comprehensive fire protection equipmentand electronic security systems protectpeople, properties and business processesthroughout the entire life of the buildingand will keep the Building TechnologiesDivision from Siemens firmly within themegatrend in the future.5

6How far can a building gowith intelligence?

Facts & figuresFor the past 160 years,Siemens has been at theforefront of innovation andtechnology.The Building TechnologiesDivision from Siemens employs37,900 people at 500locations across 51 countries.Siemens is familiar withthe official guidelines forbuilding technology in119 different countries.Siemens holds the rights to2,370 patents for electricalinstallation technology, build -ing automation, fire protectionand electronic securitysystems.7

Intelligent, integrated infrastructuresolutions create comfort, energyefficiency and security.The character of a building is shaped by external factors such as its location,its architecture and the materials of which it is made. What is lessapparent and yet just as influential are the inner values. It is the technicalinfrastructure, perfectly adapted to the building‘s individual needs andbusiness processes by Siemens, that creates its essential character. Whetherit is an industrial complex, an airport, a hospital, a hotel or a stadium, thevision for the building comes from its constructors and architects, while thedepth comes from Siemens.*Total Building Solutions (TBS),intelligently integrated allroundsolutions for technicalinfrastructure.Intelligent buildings are on the rise.The more seamlessly the technical infrastructurefunctions, the greater the productivityand profitability of the business.This is why building technology is no longermerely a silent partner but an operationalelement within the company, playing anever more significant role in helping it toachieve its targets. If the building technologyfunctions reliably, employees are freeto get on with their work more efficientlyand with more enthusiasm. Our clients aretherefore free to concentrate on their corebusiness, giving them a real competitiveadvantage.Intrusiondetection,videosurveillanceBuildingautomationFire protection,evacuation,extinguishingTBS*Electrical installationtechnologyHeating,ventilation,air conditioning,HVACAccess control,identificationsystemsTotal Building Solutions (TBS) makebuildings more productive.The intelligence of the technical infrastructureincreases with the degree of integration.The more systems and componentsare designed to work together and themore intensively they communicatewith each other, the higher the levels ofcomfort, protection and security in thebuilding:Employers provide more security fortheir workforce and more protection forbusiness processes if their fire protectionsystem is networked with theventilation management system,or if the fire detectors are linked to theopening-and-closing system for doorsin the access control system,or if the lighting is coupled with thealarm system.This is why there is such a strong trendtowards the harmonization of buildingand information technology. Siemens usesEthernet/IP, Web and control systems basedon client/server architectures to further thecoexistence of the two technologies. Thisgreatly increases the comfort, protectionand security of both people and properties.8

Total Building Solutions increasebenefits for the customer.Total Building Solutions, embracing theintelligent integration of electrical installationtechnology, building automation,fire protection and security systems, turnbuildings into attractive business partnersfor companies:Having a more reliable infrastructureboosts the company‘s profitability.Reduced costs throughout the entirelife cycle of the building as well asincreased energy efficiency provide agreater return on investment. This improvesthe profitability of the businessand the market value of the building.More comfort for the building‘s occupants,improved working conditionsand the fact that employees can focustotally on core business sharpen thecompany‘s competitive edge.Secure business processes and materialflows combined with the ease of migratingsystems and services throughout theentire life of the building provide theultimate protection of investment andreduce business risks.Comprehensive software tools reducecosts as early as the planning stage andpave the way to more efficient buildings.As regards Total Building Solutions, Siemensholds a very special status worldwide. Noother company is able to draw on its ownproducts and solutions for the networkingof every element involved in buildingtechnology.Protection for your investment throughoutthe building‘s entire life.The individual elements of the technicalinfrastructure are renovated in predefinedcycles throughout the entire life of thebuilding and thus always based on thelatest technology. This increases systemdependability, improves the operationalreliability of the building and protects theinvestment.Our customers arein good company:Louvre, ParisBurj al Arab Hotel, DubaiJin Mao Building, ShanghaiBank of England, LondonÖresund Tunnel betweenDenmark and SwedenOlympic Stadium, Sydney9

10How much comfort, protectionand security do people need?

Facts & figuresPeople in industrializedcountries spend 95% oftheir lives inside buildings.Innovative building automationhelps prevent buildingrelatedillnesses, reducesabsenteeism and saves upto 1% of the gross nationalproduct.70% of businesses are forcedto close down within 3years of suffering a seriousfire.Siemens is the world leaderin fire protection systems.Siemens is one of theworld‘s leading providersof electrical installationtechnology and buildingautomation.In recent years, the BuildingTechnologies Division fromSiemens has installed over125,000 electronic securitysystems.Remote diagnostics identifyfaults the moment they ariseand reduce downtime by upto 15%.Regular maintenance canreduce energy costs by upto 20%.11

Installation technology, buildingautomation, fire protection andsecurity systems: working aroundthe clock to improve the quality oflife and the work environment.A building should function efficiently. It should use energy sparingly andreact automatically to external climate influences. And it should protectpeople, properties and business processes against intrusion, theft and fire,as well as providing a maximum of comfort. For all of these reasons, agrowing number of building owners and operators are turning to products,systems, solutions and services from Siemens.Electrical installation technology forsecure power distribution.Siemens electrical installation technologyincludes all-round power distributionsystems that ensure the entire technicalinfrastructure stays up and running.Innovative products ranging from distributionboards, low-voltage circuit protectionand building management systems all theway through to switches and socket outletsfulfill all national and regional standardsworldwide. Ensuring that lighting, shade,heating, air conditioning and coolingsystems together with security and fireprotection measures go on functioningreliably around the clock:Versatile distribution boards and terminalblocks guarantee safe, efficientpower distribution.All-round protection, switching, measuringand monitoring devices ensurecomplete protection for installations,buildings and people.Intelligent building managementsystems make buildings more efficient,more comfortable and more secure.An attractive range of switches andsocket outlets with designer finishes,guarantees safe, innovative functionalityfor building installations conforming tovirtually any standard worldwide.Thanks to high-quality manufacturing,engineering and design, our innovativeproducts, systems and solutions are constantlysetting new standards.Building automation foroptimum comfort.Building automation from Siemens providesall-round products, systems, solutionsand services for heating, ventilation, airconditioning, light and blind managementsystems for both single rooms and entirebuildings. Our systems monitor, optimize,and manage the individual components,creating perfect interior conditions andmaximum comfort. On top of this, theycan be controlled from a single, userfriendlycontrol center. Intelligent buildingautomation saves energy and increasescorporate productivity.Building automation for sustainableenergy efficiency.Solutions for building automation withintegrated energy services save energy,lower operating costs and ease the strainon the environment. We are constantlylooking into new ways of maximizingenergy efficiency. For instance, oursystems take local and regional weatherforecasts into account when monitoringand adjusting the settings of the variouscomponents, enabling sensors and certifiedregulators to react even more quicklyto external influences. To help us betterunderstand the challenges of urbanization,Siemens and McKinsey have conducted ajoint study that identifies the most pressingneeds when it comes to supplyingcities with more sustainable energy. Theresults point the way towards our futureenergy optimization portfolio.12

14Ecological fine-tuning for buildings:how does it work?

Facts & figures9 out of 10 of the world‘sleading pharmaceuticalcompanies work withSiemens.Siemens technology hasbeen installed in 90% of theworld‘s 300 largest airports.Intelligent, integratedinfrastructure solutions forpharmaceutical companiesspeed up developmenttimes for new drugs.Efficient infrastructuresolutions for airports reduceaircraft holding times.All-embracing hospital infrastructuresolutions reducein-patient times.Comprehensive infrastructuresolutions for shoppingmalls boost customer loyaltyand frequency.Individual infrastructuresolutions for hotels increaseguest satisfaction levelsand their willingness tospend.Innovative infrastructuresolutions for industriesreduce production timeand costs.Modern infrastructure solutionsfor residential buildingsincrease the security andcomfort of occupants.19

and financial burden on health insurers.Our solutions make an important contributionto healthcare in Europe in over 1,500reference projects.Solutions for hotels.Be it a small, family-run guesthouse or anextensive luxury resort, Siemens suppliescustomized technical infrastructure solutionsthat are the answer to every hotelowner‘s needs. They include integratedsystems for resource, building, service androom management together with stateof-the-artlighting, fire protection, securityand communication solutions that makethe building more efficient and profitableall the way from the underground car parkto the Presidential Suite. And ensure thatbusiness travelers and vacationers alikefeel completely at home from the momentthey arrive.Solutions for stadiums.Whenever tens of thousands of fansgather for an event, security is one of thegreatest challenges facing the organizersand stadium operators. Behind the scenes,ensuring that events go off smoothly, is acomplex of intelligent interactive systemsfor power distribution, building automation,access control and video surveillanceas well as fire protection, extinguishingand lighting systems. Together, theyguarantee an unforgettable experience forthe fans, the athletes and the media. Andensure that the stadium itself delivers thestar performance of the evening.industrial associations enable us to identifytrends at an early stage and to incorporatethem into our innovations. This is why ourproducts, systems and solutions have aninfluence on current industry standards,why they regularly exceed the most exactingstandards and test criteria, and whythey continue to win national and internationaldesign awards. It also explains whythey pass the toughest test of them all:everyday use.Making the most of the experience of400,000 partners.With some 400,000 employees, Siemensis one of the world‘s leading electronicscompanies. We think and we work on theprinciple that customers will have greatercompetitive advantage if they can getmore innovations from a one-stop shop.Being able to combine expertise from allour Sectors means we are in a positionto provide the kind of total, tailor-madesolutions for specific needs which customersseek in vain elsewhere.We look forward to tackling your challengeswith you. Welcome to Siemens.Benefiting from international exchangesof experience.As a leading technology supplier, we investa great deal of time and money in researchand development. Our close cooperationwith the world‘s leading universities anda lively exchange of ideas with major21

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