Office BuildingsSolutions for energy efficient, flexible andproductive work-places

Where I spend most of my active life

Offices account for more than 30% of total commercial building energy use

At Schneider Electric, we deliver energy management expertise that can help your organization optimize energy consumption

Solutions for office buildings

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Our energy management solutions combined with appropriate building design improve building operation and cut energy consumption by up to 50 kWh/m2 per year – for energy-positive buildings, it is possible to achieve zero consumption

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Make the most of your energy

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A new way of thinking about energyThe amount of energy an office building uses is about more than just utility bills. What if you could leverage smarter building energy management as a key differentiator for your business?

Not only is this possible – in today’s fiercely competitive market it is crucial. Your building energy investments must:> Ensure excellent financial returns.> Provide an attractive, well-designed working environment that contributes to greater employee efficiency.> Comply with current and – ideally – future legal and regulatory requirements.> Support Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR 2001) objectives.

The capacity to meet these expectations has a direct impact on the business value your organization can deliver to all of its stakeholders.

10 to 15 kg CO2 / 3 minThe carbon dioxide emissions of a 10,000 m2 office building

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Solutions for office buildings

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A successful project is one that is delivered on time and on budget. Our solutions for office buildings can help you reduce capital expenditures.

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Optimize ROI and occupant experienceOffice buildings come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They also offer different levels of amenities. However, all office buildings must meet a common set of requirements:

> Optimise energy efficiency, e.g. by adjusting energy consumption to actual needs.

> Be flexible enough to allow office space to be restructured as old occupants move out and new ones move in.

> Improve the working environment and quality of life.

> Comply with health, safety and energy standards and regulations.

Choose solutions that meet your unique needs> Secure, reliable power supply systems.

> Energy efficiency audits and assessments.

> Energy consumption tracking and analysis.

> Optimised control of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting and blinds.

> Secure, supervised access to buildings.

> Fire safety systems.

> Integrated voice/data/image networks.

Optimise your capital expenditures, reduce your operating costs and increase the business value your office buildings deliver

Our solutions contribute to more efficient building operation that can reduce energy consumption by up to 30 %.

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Active energy efficiency and environmentally-sound business practices

You can’t manage what you can’t measure. Rising energy costs and environmental awareness have spurred investors, developers, builders, operators and occupants to make their buildings more energy efficient. But to truly optimise building energy consumption, you need detailed, accurate data about how that energy is being used.

Knowledge is power: the power to save

70%of the energy consumed by an office building is used for lighting and HVAC

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Consume smarter and consume less

Track and manage consumption to detect opportunities for savingsInstalling tracking equipment and analysis

software can provide you with valuable

information on building operations and

energy consumption. Setting up and analysing

energy indicators is an effective way to pinpoint

consumption peaks and energy losses.

You can then take targeted corrective measures

and assess their impact.

Optimise building energy consumption There are several ways to strike the best balance

between occupant experience and energy

consumption:

> Use reactive energy compensation to improve

the quality of the energy used and get the best

possible utility rates.

> Install variable-speed drives on pumping and

ventilation systems.

> Manage indoor and outdoor lighting systems;

install manual switches, timers and light or motion

detectors.

> Manage and integrate heating, ventilation,

air conditioning and window-blind operation.

> Manage heating, ventilation, air conditioning

and window-blind operation independently,

zone by zone, depending on actual occupation,

exposure, etc.

> Improve power supply reliability and security

by correcting the power factor and reducing

harmonics.

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50%Variable-speed drives for HVAC and pumping equipment can reduce energy consumption by 50%

Buy energy at prime rates by using

targeted information to select the best utility rate

on a given day.

> Install hardware and software to automate

consumption tracking.

> Monitor consumption logs and profiles.

> Predict energy demand.

> Analyse utility rates and generate virtual use

scenarios to assist in decision-making.

> Consider the possibility of consolidating

consumption data from several buildings.

> Negotiate rates with utilities:

• Based on the combined consumption of

several buildings.

• Avoiding consumption peaks by shutting down

pre-selected equipment to reduce load.

Use renewable energy resources to produce electricity, by investing in solar panels,

for instance.

> Supply, manage and secure the energy your

buildings need.

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Sustain maximum performance levels

Sustaining maximum performance over long

periods of time is a real challenge. Buildings

and insulation materials age, office uses change

and occupants tend to reduce performance

through day-to-day habits like changing air

conditioning settings or forgetting to turn off

lights, etc. However, there are solutions that can

help you to improve performance.

> Set up management tools to track and analyse

data.

> Carry out scheduled maintenance.

> Keep upgrades consistent throughout the

building’s lifetime.

> Provide training on products and systems.

Our active energy-efficiency solutions incorporate

various levels of service from simple audits to

comprehensive Energy Efficiency Contracts.

These contracts include an obligation to

generate savings that will pay for some or all

of the building improvements made.

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Implement environmentally-sound practices

A building’s environmental impact and carbon

footprint must be taken into account from the

design stage and at each phase of construction.

At Schneider Electric, we integrate eco-design into all of our solutions:

> Lower building energy consumption.

> Recyclable materials.

> Lower volume and/or weight to lessen impacts

related to transport and end-of-life waste quantities.

> Manufacturing processes that generate less

pollution.

Our solutions also comply with international standards (RoHS Directive) concerning the disposal of hazardous waste in

obsolete electrical and electronic equipment.

We also offer end-of-lifetime equipment management and disposal solutions.

25 %The difference between the energy efficiency calculated at the design stage and the actual efficiency during use can be up to 25%. The only way to reduce this difference is to monitor energy efficiency on a regular basis.

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Reduce set-up and reconfiguration time by 30% thanks to our flexible, prefabricated solutions.

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Flexible, upgradeable buildings

Put your office building to work – full time

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A fully-occupied building is a profitable building. To maximise occupancy rates, office buildings must be flexible enough to be restructured quickly and inexpensively. Smart office building design allows partition walls to be changed quickly and easily, new safety functions and facilities to be added, workstations to be reorganised and power, data and lighting networks to be modified – effectively putting your building to work full time.

Build better and faster

Use prefabricated equipment that is easier to connect, reducing

construction delivery times. Examples include modular electrical

switchboards, prefabricated wiring systems, pre-wired power sockets and

data outlets, etc.

Simplify the integration of all technical facilities by using open, standard

communication protocols. In today’s buildings, electrical wiring must be

integrated into Building Management Systems (BMS) from the very beginning.

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You can increase occupancy rates by making your building safer and improving occupant experience

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Change your installation at a moment’s notice

Modular electrical installations

> Simplify future modifications by supplying the premises with electricity

through prefabricated wiring systems, with regularly distributed

connectors.

> Facilitate access to power sockets and network sockets by using

peripheral cable trunking, floor-level boxes and posts that can be easily

moved or upgraded – or build sockets directly into office furniture.

Data networks accessible anywhere in the building

> Installing voice/data/image consolidation points on the floor deck

makes network sockets easy to reconfigure.

Open-ended Building Managment Systems (BMS)

> Using open-ended, standard protocols means that hardware, software

and integrating systems can be extended or modified at will.

Fully reliable energy cost breakdown

> Breaking down consumption by tenant and usage (lighting, HVAC,

etc.) provides detailed information according to the surface areas

occupied.

5 yearsOn average, occupants move to new premises or make significant changes to their existing premises (moving partition walls, converting individual offices into open-plan offices, etc.) every 5 years

key design principles for flexible offices > Separate areas depending on how they are to be used: for example, separate technical facilities for common areas from those for rental units

> Separate the fixed parts related to the building from changeable parts related to the occupants

> Separate areas into small modules of 25 m2 to 50 m2, each with its own electrical supply, its own system to manage lighting and air-conditioning, and its own utility bills. Depending on occupant needs, modules may be combined in units of varying sizes.

> Apply the same design principles to all technical facilities: power distribution, tracking, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, fire safety, access control, Building Management Systems, data networks, etc.

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Safer, more efficient buildings

Safe, efficient office buildings optimise temperature, lighting, ventilation and noise and provide convenient access to various networks when and where they are needed. They also guarantee the safety of employees and the security of property and data. Making it easy for building occupants to use energy more efficiently can have a positive impact on comfort, safety and productivity – not to mention your bottom line.

Make offices easier to use

Regardless of how each office floor is organised,

our solutions guarantee that each workstation

will be close to wall sockets, voice/data/image

connections and HVAC and lighting controls.

Bring controls closer to users, and provide

climate control in the office or a particular area

through the use of multiple temperature, light,

motion and CO2 detectors.

Integrate power and network sockets discreetly into walls, floors or furniture using

removable modules. A wide range of equipment

and designs are available offering up to six

functions conveniently grouped together at the

same access point.

Place flexible, easily adjustable connection

boxes and posts near meeting tables and offices.

Maintain constant lighting levels by

adjusting lighting intensity according to changes

in natural light.

From always ”on” to ”on demand”

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+ 2 %Well-designed and comfortable offices can increase employee productivity by 2%

keys to productivity > Control of the work environment: heating, cooling, air, lighting

> Secure, reliable access to electricity

> Access to data

> Safety and security: access, intrusion, fire

> Occupant health

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99 %By having Schneider Electric coordinate electrical protection and secure power supplies for your building, you can achieve service continuity of 99%

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Improve safety and security

Ensure a high-availability power supply

for lighting and safety systems, data networks

and sensitive equipment such as lifts. The power

supply is only interrupted in the event of an

extreme risk thanks to coordinated controlgear

and protection equipment.

Protect occupants and visitors from

electrical hazards. Total safety is guaranteed

through differential protection, preventing any

risk of electrocution.

Integrate building security into a solution

that can combine up to five essential functions:

access control, intrusion alarm, fire alarm, CCTV

and safety lighting. In the case of fire detection,

for example, the CCTV system will display

images of the location where the alarm has been

triggered.

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Choosing innovative solutions that add value

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For more information visit our website at: www.schneider-electric.co.inSchneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd. (A 100% subsidiary of Schneider Electric Industries SAS)

Corporate office : A-29, Mohan Co-operative Industrial Estate, New Delhi-110044. Tel: 011-39404000. Fax: 41678010/11Customer Care Centre: Toll Free: 1800 111 341 (BSNL/MTNL), 1800 103 0011 (Airtel)

Phone: +91 11 4168 2434/35, email: in-care@in.schneider-electric.com, website: www.schneider-electric.co.in

Schneider Electric solutions:

> Minimise your capital expenditures and operating costs.

> Are built on the best-performing products and equipments in the market.

> Are based on certified architectures.

> Use open-ended, interoperable communication protocols.

> Are associated with dedicated services covering the entire life-cycle of the building.

> Meet pre-defined performance criteria.

> Are designed to be deployed by building energy professionals.

> Are consistent with environmentally- sound and sustainable business practices.

> Our solutions are available wherever you need them: the products and equipment we use are sold in more than 130 countries.

Best-in-class solutions on which you can count on