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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC’S COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
The 2012-2014 company program, Connect, included the Operation provides a data visualization and analysis application
following objectives: that aggregates volumes of raw energy data into actionable
information. As a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) model,
reduction of energy consumption by 10% over three years
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it gives reduced solution cost, increased data storage capacity,
compared to2011; and a very flexible and mobile energy solution enhanced by
reporting of energy bills and roll-out of the StruxureWare
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Schneider Electric expert services.
Resource Advisor software for all sites with more than 5,000m2;
The Green IT program
roll-out of StruxureWare Energy Operation at those sites for
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real-time monitoring; Green IT is a program to reduce the electrical consumption of
Schneider Electric’s IT infrastructure (data centers, servers and IT
certification of energy management systems pursuant to the
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devices). It addresses all phases of the life cycle of IT devices and
ISO50001 standard for 20sites;
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involves a close partnership with the Group’s equipment and
identification of opportunities to reduce energy consumption
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services suppliers to reduce their carbon footprint.
over all sites as a result of the Energy Action audits.
The main objectives are:
The Schneider Energy Action program uses Schneider Electric
energy service activities to identify opportunities in key areas which to optimize the number of data centers and their energy
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are HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning), certain management using Schneider Electric products and solutions;
equipment (such as air compressors), lighting and specific to ensure the continuous training of the IT teams,
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industrial processes. implementation of continuous improvement plans and best
Many initiatives and awareness campaigns are implemented practices to reduce the use of electricity of all IT devices from
internally to improve understanding of the short and long-term the data centers to the end user;
benefits of energy efficiency. There is also a dedicated Intranet site to optimize and reduce the Group’s server footprint by
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that provides information on progress and the results obtained as virtualization and or by leveraging virtual private and or public
part of Schneider Energy Action. cloud where appropriate.
The program resulted in the following achievements on the Achievements in 2014 include:
2012-2014 period: Schneider Electric became an official signatory to the new Data
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energy savings of 13% in 2014 compared to2011 (weather and
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Center segment to the United States Department of Energy’s
production level-normalized) for the 280 highest-consumption existing Better Buildings Program. Within this program, the
sites, covering 89% of total published Group energy signatories commit to improving their energy efficiency by 20%
consumption; over the next 10years from their own data center operations;
Schneider Electric participated in the launch of this program at
ISO50001 certification of 90 sites;
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the formal signing ceremony taking place at The White House
connection of 365sites to StruxureWare Energy Operation;
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on September30, 2014;
connection of 315sites to StruxureWare Resource Advisor;
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migration of over 120,000 PC’s from Windows XP to Windows7
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around EUR14million invested in energy efficiency projects,
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enabling more advanced energy management with the built in
generally with a return on investment of less than three years; client management features;
around EUR10million monetary savings and 145million kWh
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refresh of over 30,000PC’s with the latest models providing
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energy savings. better energy efficiency;
A target of 10% additional energy savings has been set for the continuation of infrastructure transformation across all
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period 2015-2017, as well as the ISO 50001 certification of geographies including virtualization, consolidation, centralization
150sites. and decommissioning of our servers, storage and associated
infrastructure;
Energy Operation and Resource Advisor are software suites that
are part of the Schneider Electric StruxureWare platform, which launch of several major key design initiatives which will
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helps customers in any market segment and across all geographic significantly contribute to optimizing the corporate IT server
areas to maximize their business performance while conserving footprint and hence energy usage in the next two years;
their resources, including energy. Energy Operation is applied at design and deployment of Cloud Services Brokerage to make it
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the operations level and Resource Advisor is applied at the easier for Schneider Electric to consume and maintain cloud
company level. services, particularly when spanning across multiple providers;
Resource Advisor is Schneider Electric’s enterprise-level deployment of a Unified Communications Strategy leveraging
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StruxureWare software application and part of the EcoStruxure the cloud - ability for users to seamlessly transition between
architecture. Resource Advisor provides secure access to data, productivity tools such as Email, Instant
reports and summaries to drive energy and sustainability Messaging/Presence/Desktop Sharing, Web Conferencing,
programs. Audio/Video, Video Conferencing/Tele Presence and Telephony.
Energy Operation is Schneider Electric’s operations-level
StruxureWare software application, part of EcoStruxure. Energy
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