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d. Products that are more environmentally-friendly
throughout their life cycle
Public lighting with Lubio: 30% energy savings
The Lubio line offers an “all in one service,” including:
managing turning lights on and off, regulating and varying
voltage and measuring network parameters like power
consumed or the number of hours operated. Lubio is modular,
functions on all lighting networks with all types of lamps, and
can deliver energy savings in excess of 30% while reducing
operating costs. Thanks to these characteristics, Lubio won
the largest public lighting renovation contract ever awarded in
France: the supply of 138 lighting devices to France’s Ain
departmental authorities.
The SEPAM line goes green
The SEPAM series 20 and 40 line of Merlin Gerin brand
protection relays, which has been marketed for a few years,
benefited from a number of environmental enhancements:
- the volume of material consumed was divided by a factor
of 4, and
- end-of-life product recycling was improved (e.g.; the number
of mechanical links has been reduced, clips have replaced
various screws, recyclable and marked thermoplastics are
used and an end-of-life advisory notice has been created).
Compressed air: ADEME rewards ALEO
In 2002, ADEME (France’s Environment and Energy Control
Agency) rewarded Air Liquide for its “ALEO” innovation that
was developed in partnership with Schneider Electric. This
innovation involves optimizing compressed air energy use (up
to 10 to 20% savings of power consumption) by implementing
a variable speed drive on a multiple-compressor installation.
Schneider Electric is committed to participating in winning
partnerships with its customers.
Helping customers dispose of their end-of-life equipment
In France, Schneider Electric has launched an end-of-life
recycling service that customers can use to meet their legal
obligations at best cost. The service covers electrical
distribution and automation products. It includes inventorying
the equipment to scrap, packaging and shipping it to the
dismantling site, eliminating it, decontaminating and recycling
equipment and devices, destroying hazardous substances and
special components, administratively tracking all steps and
providing completed legal documents. This service has met
with widespread interest.
e. Sites’ environmental performance
The following indicators were established based on information provided by each manufacturing unit in the world.
The consolidated data is representative of more than 80% of the Company’s manufacturing operations in 2002.
Production
workforce
36,983
Quantity
of waste
In metric tons
109,357
Waste /
production
workforce
in metric tons
Share
of waste
recovered
as a %
3.0 53%
Equivalent
energy
consumption
MWh
538,111
Energy
consumption/
production
workforce
MWh
14.6
Water
consumption
in m3
1,805,608
Water
consumption/
production
workforce
in m3/people
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