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Action program. The Group met and in some cases exceeded<br />
its objective of reducing energy consumption per production site<br />
employee by 10% between 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, the EN 16001 energy management<br />
standard in 2010 and the new ISO 50001 certifi cation in 2011. The<br />
sites’ energy consumption is monitored on a monthly basis by the<br />
Management Board of Global Supply Chain Management since<br />
2010. Global Supply Chain Management is responsible for all of<br />
the Group’s sites.<br />
Action plans<br />
The Energy Action program uses <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> energy<br />
service activities to identify opportunities in key areas as HVAC,<br />
certain equipment (such as air compressors), lighting and specifi c<br />
industrial processes.<br />
Many initiatives and awareness campaigns are implemented<br />
internally to improve understanding of the short and long term<br />
benefi ts of energy effi ciency. There is also a dedicated Intranet site<br />
that provides information on progress and the results obtained as<br />
part of Energy Action. Events and symposiums have been organised<br />
in France, the UK, Korea, Turkey, South Africa, Singapore, and the<br />
US for Group customers and, more widely, partners.<br />
The program resulted in the following achievements in 2011:<br />
• 155 sites conducted formal internal audits of their energy<br />
consumption over the last 3 years;<br />
• around EUR 3 million were invested in energy effi ciency projects,<br />
generally with a return on investment of less than three years;<br />
• 100,000 lights were replaced, 500 speed drives were used,<br />
1,900 meters were placed in 160 sites, hundreds of sensors,<br />
regulators, and building management systems were installed.<br />
The business program 2012-2014 with its target of achieving an<br />
extra 10% energy effi ciency over three years compared to 2011,<br />
includes the following targets:<br />
• installation of remote control tools for energy consumption and<br />
of the Summit dashboardDView by Summit Energy for all sites<br />
above 5,000m 2 ;<br />
• implementation of ISO 50001 standard for energy management<br />
in 20 sites;<br />
• identifi cation of opportunities to reduce energy consumption over<br />
all sites as a result of the Energy Action audits.<br />
Examples<br />
Equipping buildings:<br />
• the Hyderabad site in India has implemented an extended range<br />
of <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> energy management solutions, installing<br />
movement and light sensors, variable speed drives in the<br />
hydropneumatic system, and a building management system<br />
to control the plant temperature. All these efforts have led to<br />
a saving of 39% on the total energy consumption of the site,<br />
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resulting in an award of fi rst prize in the General Category of the<br />
National Energy Conservation Awards in 2011 (from the Indian<br />
Offi ce of Energy Effi ciency);<br />
• in Germany, 12,500 m² solar panels were installed in 2011 on the<br />
roof of the Ratisbonne factory, representing the largest installation<br />
of this type in the Ratisbonne region.<br />
In Carros (France), energy effi ciency was considered during the<br />
architectural design of the new building:<br />
• the architect was able to commit to an annual energy consumption<br />
limited to 40 kW/m2 ;<br />
• the photovoltaic panels were installed on the roof to cover almost<br />
all the energy needs and a green roof was placed over the<br />
connection area;<br />
• the twin skin metal cladding was placed on the west face of the<br />
building to reduce thermal fl ows and avoid their absorption by<br />
the building;<br />
• the coloured metal plates were incorporated within the walls of<br />
the building to allow natural cooling at certain times of the night;<br />
• water is pumped and used by the natural cooling system.<br />
Processes: the LifeSpace Department succeeded in increasing<br />
from 20 to 30% the reduction in its energy consumption by installing<br />
several variable speed drives in its injection casting machines and a<br />
cooling tower on 5 production sites in the Asia-Pacifi c zone (China,<br />
Malaysia, Vietnam, India and UAE). The Malaysian site (CMK) alone<br />
made total savings of EUR 17,000 between April and August 2011.<br />
Energy Action in North America: the Smyrna site (Tennessee), which<br />
manufactures medium voltage switchgears and is the technical<br />
design centre for electrical distribution equipment, installed a<br />
1 MW solar photovoltaic energy generating system. This dual<br />
voltage photovoltaic installation, among the fi rst in the world, will<br />
be used as a source of green energy and as a test laboratory for<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> technologies. The electricity produced by the<br />
system powers more than half the site by using sunlight as the only<br />
energy source.<br />
The Energy Effi ciency Monitoring (EEM) program<br />
Energy Effi ciency Monitoring is a centralised energy performance<br />
monitoring program (excluding changes in temperature and<br />
production). The objective is to provide the various levels of<br />
management with a single scorecard that displays the energy<br />
performance of all sites in the scope of environmental reporting to:<br />
• accurately manage energy costs;<br />
• compare site performance to identify ineffi ciency;<br />
• help fulfi l the Group’s environmental objectives.<br />
At the end of 2010, close to 60 of the most energy intensive<br />
factories in North America and Europe deployed EEM to accurately<br />
measure their energy consumption.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> continued to roll out the EEM program during<br />
2011 in its most energy intensive sites to ensure accurate<br />
measurement of the actual reduction in energy consumption,<br />
eliminating the effects of changes in climate and activity level from<br />
one year to the next.<br />
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