2010Annual Report - Schneider Electric CZ, s.r.o.
2010Annual Report - Schneider Electric CZ, s.r.o.
2010Annual Report - Schneider Electric CZ, s.r.o.
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2 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT<br />
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC’S COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE<br />
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3 Energy Savings<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s Approach<br />
In general, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> sites are average consumers of energy,<br />
compared with more energy intensive industries. However, <strong>Schneider</strong><br />
<strong>Electric</strong> wishes to set an example in the reduction of energy<br />
consumption by applying its own solutions. Around 5% of our total<br />
emissions come from energy consumption in our sites (according to<br />
the carbon assessment of our business in 2007). Energy effi ciency<br />
in our sites, with an objective of a 4% decrease in 2010 compared<br />
to 2009 and a 4% decrease in 2011 compared to 2010, helps us<br />
fulfi ll our objective for the reduction of CO emissions for the Planet<br />
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& Society Barometer (see page 64 - Reduction of CO Emissions).<br />
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Since 2005, <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> has fixed annual objectives for<br />
reduction and publishes (internally) the energy consumption of each<br />
of its production and logistics sites each year, as part of the continual<br />
improvement program called Energy Action. Energy consumption<br />
includes electricity, heating fuel, natural gas and, in rare cases, heat<br />
from urban hot water networks, essentially for heating requirements.<br />
The Group met and in some cases exceeded its objective of reducing<br />
energy consumption per production site employee by 10% between<br />
2005 and 2008.<br />
The Planet & Society Barometer for the One program (2009-2011)<br />
extended the monitoring of consumption to tertiary sites with<br />
more than 300 employees, including these into the objectives for<br />
ISO 14001 certifi cation of sites. The Group’s head offi ce in France<br />
was therefore certifi ed according to the ISO 14001 environmental<br />
management standard and the EN 16001 energy management<br />
standard in 2010. The sites’ energy consumption is monitored on a<br />
monthly basis by the Management Board of the Industrial Operations<br />
Management since 2010. Global Supply Chain Management is<br />
responsible for all of the Group’s sites. <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> continued<br />
the deployment of the Energy Effi ciency Monitoring (EEM) program<br />
in its main energy consuming sites to ensure accurate measurement<br />
of the actual reduction in consumption, eliminating the effects of<br />
changes in climate and activity level from one year to the next.<br />
Measures to reduce energy consumption have also been<br />
implemented in <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s data centers, but have not been<br />
published at Group level.<br />
2010 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC<br />
Main Plans of Action in 2010<br />
Energy Action program<br />
Energy Action is a program for the continual reduction in energy<br />
consumption in all of the Group’s sites. The objectives are:<br />
• cutting out waste of electricity, natural gas and oil, and thereby<br />
reducing costs;<br />
• deploying <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s energy effi ciency solutions at its<br />
own sites;<br />
• raising employees’ awareness about new energy effi ciency<br />
devices and their own contribution to product development.<br />
The program focuses on such key areas as HVAC, certain equipment<br />
(such as air compressors), lighting and specifi c industrial processes.<br />
Many initiatives are implemented internally to improve understanding<br />
of the short and long term benefi ts of energy effi ciency: awareness<br />
campaigns, the election of “energy champions” in each country,<br />
creation of local work groups to deploy Energy Action measures,<br />
the appointment of the best employee and best site in terms of<br />
energy effi ciency. There is also a dedicated intranet site. This provides<br />
information on progress and the results obtained as part of Energy<br />
Action. Events and symposiums have been organised in France, the<br />
UK, South Korea, Turkey, South Africa, Singapore, and the US for<br />
customers and partners.<br />
The program resulted in the following achievements in 2010:<br />
• 256 sites published their energy data and 75 sites centralised<br />
monitoring of consumption using remote monitoring tools; 60%<br />
of these are <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>’s more energy intensive sites;<br />
• 100 sites conducted formal internal audits of their energy<br />
consumption;<br />
• EUR11 million were invested in energy effi ciency projects, the<br />
majority of which with a return on investment of less than three<br />
years;<br />
• 26,000 lights were replaced, 350 speed drives were used,<br />
1,600 meters in 110 sites, hundreds of sensors, regulators, and<br />
building management systems were installed.