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29
The construction market
It’s been a long, gray, rainy day. Time for a nice hot
shower. Nothing like it to “recharge your batteries” .
You reach out to grab the towel--and it’s toasting hot.
Now you’re feeling great.
Question
Schneider Electric doesn’t make towels, radiators,
or bathrooms. But do you realize that, without Schneider,
you’d probably enjoy your shower a lot less?
11 Explanation
If you cheered up so quickly, it’s because the towel’s
temperature felt perfect on your skin. In fact, it’s not just the
towel that’s at an ideal temperature. Your apartment and your
entire building are too. Comfort and safety enhance the quality
of life for building residents. Schneider helps offer these
advantages by supplying the construction industry
with completely reliable equipment for power distribution and
management. We also provide products with multiple functions
capable, for example, of making smart decisions to external
temperature or of detecting a water leak or even intrusion
by trespassers.
22 Demonstration
■Your building--like so many shopping centers, hotels, hospitals, and other facilities--is fitted
with Schneider switchgear and equipment.
■It may be equipped with an Isis building management system designed for apartment and office
buildings. This control system supervises installation operation, optimizes energy consumption,
operates and automatically controls all the building equipment and processes incoming data
from detection devices.
■Your personal safety is also guaranteed by the new generation ID’clic circuit breakers with
earth leakage protection, designed to protect people in the home.
33 Benefits for the building industry
■The security of choosing products that are fully reliable, quick to install, and easy to reconfigure.
■Satisfied, loyal customers.
■Opportunities for business diversification, particularly into remote surveillance.
44 Benefit for you
You get enhanced quality of life and peace of mind at all times.
No more wet towels