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2015 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC60
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2GREEN AND RESPONSIBLE GROWTH DRIVING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
2.2 Smart energy management products and solutions to help fight climate change
Our planet is facing an unprecedented energy challenge.
Assuming that all recently-introduced energy effi ciency policies are
implemented with full success, global primary energy demand is still
expected to increase 35% by2035. This would dramatically impact
energy costs and energy security, competition for resources, access
to energy for the poorest populations, economic growth –and of
course climate change. The increase in energy-related greenhouse
gas emissions would be 23% – whereas it would have to decrease
by 27% for the world to achieve its environmental targets. The
energy mix needs to change, with the share of renewable energies
increasing from 13% to 18% of the total.
Helping resolve this challenge lies at the heart of Schneider Electric’s
business strategy.
Our customers – companies, citizens, governments – all want
to reduce their costs and environmental impact while constantly
improving the reliability, safety and performance of their homes,
buildings, sites and equipment.
In order to insure that energy effi ciency targets are achieved, and
the energy mix moves to more renewables, Schneider Electric
provides an innovative and competitive portfolio of products,
systems, services and software to help its customers.
Energy efficiency
Context
Energy effi ciency means using less energy for equivalent
performance or service.
This reduces energy consumption and carbon emissions and saves
money while contributing to energy security and creating jobs.
According to the International Energy Agency’s global projections
(World Energy Outlook 2012), recently introduced energy effi ciency-
related policies could account for close to 70% of the reduction in
energy consumption required for the world to meet its environmental
targets in2035.
Schneider Electric is one of the fi rst companies to have taken a
strong position in support of energy effi ciency by developing effi cient
and competitive offerings for all its large end-markets.
Offerings
Schneider Electric promotes « active » energy effi ciency, which
consists of optimizing the entire energy cycle through active energy
control products, systems, services and software.
These are mostly used to optimize the energy effi ciency of utilities
and industrial processes and to improve energy performance and
comfort in industrial facilities, commercial buildings and homes –
which together represent more than 60% of total energy demand.
Since active energy controls can help reduce energy usage by up
to 30%, the impact on a country’s energy mix and energy bill is too
signifi cant to be ignored.
Schneider Electric offers a range of products, systems, services
and software such as:
•products: dimmer switches, timers, heating and air conditioning
control, variable speed drives, etc.;
•systems: building management systems, lighting control, process
supervision, renewable generation, microgrids;
•services: energy audits, power system studies, optimization of
energy purchases, participation in demand reduction programs,
etc. up to and including outsourced operation of electrical
systems;
•software: data analysis, remote monitoring, integrated
management of energy fl ows over several sites, and the
operational software and communications needed for utilities and
large users to operate electrical grids, etc.
These solutions meet the standards and regulations in force in each
country where they are sold.
In particular, Schneider Electric has expanded its energy services
portfolio through strong organic and external growth.
The Group’s large customers want to manage their energy better
and therefore must better understand their energy fl ows. This
involves energy effi ciency audits, metering, monitoring and analysis
services.
Then they intend to optimize these fl ows by using the best
purchasing policies, by participating in demand reduction programs,
implementing energy performance contracts, and by obtaining
certifi cations (e.g., the ISO50001 international standard). These are
energy management services.
Finally, this energy management allows customers to reduce the
environmental impact of their activities and to improve their carbon
audit. This involves evaluation and carbon footprint management
services, which are closely linked to energy management services.
The Group’s integrated energy management solution is also
experiencing strong growth.
This involves achieving a consolidated view of energy fl ows over
various activity zones of a single site, several sites, or the whole
of a company. Understanding the fl ows means they can be
monitored and then optimized, thus improving the long-term energy
performance of the site or company.
Schneider Electric has developed an integrated offering called
EcoStruxure, combining products, systems, services and software
within a single energy management architecture.
Schneider Electric has competitive offerings for energy effi ciency,
as well as for energy fl ow management of utility grids and industrial
processes, security systems, data centers, and of course,
buildings. EcoStruxure combines these various offerings to provide
the customer with a single vision – complete supervision of their