Recently, Mingyuyun Shanghai Research Institute and Shanghai Construction Association jointly held an industry exchange meeting focusing on “Double carbon era, exploring new development of green buildings”. Many leading “double carbon” pioneers jointly explore the carbon reduction experience of upstream and downstream construction industries from the aspects of macro economy, industry trends, and innovative ideas. As a practitioner and enabler of sustainable development, Schneider Electric was invited to attend the conference and deliver a keynote speech.

Schneider Electric enables the full life cycle value to help enterprises reduce costs and increase efficiency

At the event, many guests mentioned from the policy level that in the two years since the double carbon goal was proposed in September 2020, various ministries and commissions of the state and various regions have issued a number of policy Outlines to encourage and guide the green transformation of the construction industry. For how enterprises should be put into concrete action, Jiang Dongjun, market director of the housing industry of Schneider Electric Smart Home Business Department, shared from the two dimensions of the company itself and help customers.

Schneider Electric has made sustainability a corporate strategy since 2005. Depending on the company’s operations, it will commit to achieving carbon neutrality and “zero carbon readiness” at its own operational level by 2025 and 2030, respectively; It is expected that by 2040 and 2050, the end-to-end supply chain will be carbon neutral and net zero carbon emissions, respectively, which will create positive momentum to achieve the two-carbon goal. It is worth noting that 50% of Schneider Electric’s group revenue now comes from digital business and services, and by providing low-carbon solutions, it is expected to help customers worldwide save 800 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2025.

Schneider Electric has previously interviewed dozens of ceos of enterprises to understand the concerns of enterprises on carbon reduction measures, and combing out the “four-step approach” to lead carbon neutrality, and established a sustainable development management system for enterprises at the enterprise group level. This system can not only help enterprises plan strategic goals, but also clearly define the responsibilities of internal personnel organizations, operational processes, performance and other management details for enterprises. Jiang Dongjun introduced that based on Schneider Electric’s carbon neutral roadmap, it can help enterprises to implement dual-carbon goals from the use of low energy consumption and environmental protection products, the formation of energy efficiency management closed loop, renewable energy replacement and other aspects. Including the current industry has not paid much attention to the product scrap process of carbon emission management, Schneider Electric also based on the global experience of sustainable development, it is also included in the solution, it can be said that the green value of construction enterprises throughout the whole life cycle of the building.

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Deepen industrial cooperation and promote the process of green urban development

In the past October, the World Cities Day 2022 global home event returned to its origin in Shanghai. The theme of this year’s World Cities Day is “Action from Local to Global”, which calls on cities around the world to take active actions to make greater contributions to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals. Looking back on the great progress of urbanization in China in recent years, people pay more attention to the quality of urban development in addition to the speed of urban development.

Schneider Electric’s global sustainable development strategy and results have been unanimously recognized by many authorities around the world; In the Chinese real estate market for more than 30 years, Schneider Electric continues to meet the industry challenges of different stages of development needs, and focuses on digital solutions to help real estate enterprises achieve sustainable transformation as they move towards low-carbon development.

In cooperation with Swire Properties, based on the EcoStruxure architecture and platform, Schneider Electric integrates the concept of sustainable development into cross-regional group real estate management to maximize efficiency and sustainability, providing a reference for cross-regional group management in the real estate industry. From the monitoring of individual facilities to the control of multiple equipment across the group’s regions, through the cloud digital energy efficiency management platform, Schneider Electric uses an integrated management approach to optimize the energy efficiency of the overall facilities for Swire Group, and is expected to save 10%-20% of energy costs annually, with long-term energy efficiency optimization to help achieve sustainable development goals.

As a large-scale complex integrating Grade A office buildings, high-end serviced apartments and commercial retail, Qiaoxin International Financial Center has put forward extremely high requirements for the power distribution and control system, and looks forward to incorporating intelligent means to improve the efficiency of power use. Schneider Electric also based on EcoStruxure architecture and platform of strong and weak power integration solution, in the guarantee of power supply and distribution on the basis of improving power quality and efficiency. By introducing digital technology, the International Finance Center can reduce energy efficiency costs by 25% compared to traditional buildings.

In the “Biosphere 3” carbon neutral Innovation Park in Shenzhen Vanke Dameisha, Schneider Electric has fully leveraged its advantages in energy governance. Not only through consulting services, discover the overall energy saving potential of the project, but also with EcoStruxure Power solutions and supporting products and services, so that it can meet the LEED NC platinum level, LEED Zero Waste, near zero energy building and other high-end building standards. And helped the project transform into the first urban public complex in China to successfully achieve near-zero carbon.

In the dual-carbon era, development and construction projects will return to the public attribute and people’s livelihood attribute, and green energy saving will undoubtedly become the top priority of product design and engineering innovation for developers. As a digital partner for the real estate industry to achieve efficient and sustainable development, Schneider Electric will provide solutions for cities to “reduce the burden” with full-life digital technology and global practice accumulation, and help achieve urban green development goals.