User Manual

Comprehensive energy solutions
save up to 30% energy and sub-
stantially reduce long-term CO
2
emissions.
Exploiting a building‘s savings potential.
In 2005, according to the International
Energy Agency (IEA), commercial premises
accounted for around 40% of global energy
consumption and 21% of energy-related
CO
2
emissions. Our solutions for saving
energy resources (oil, gas, electricity and
water) are being used with increasing reg-
ularity in buildings and provide occupants
and operators with a signifi cant return on
investment. Since 1994, we have been in-
volved in more than 1,000 energy effi ciency
projects which have saved some 2 billion
euros in energy costs while reducing the
effect on the environment by around
1.2 million tons of CO
2
every year. The use
of intelligent solutions in renovations can
gen erate energy savings of as much as 30%.
A hospital project in Germany, for instance,
slashed yearly CO
2
emissions by 4,100 tons.
Implementing climate-change
strategies with Siemens.
A responsible attitude toward the use of
resources is becoming part of the way an
increasing number of companies think
and act. Siemens offers comprehensive
support for the implementation of climate-
change strategies and uses state-of-the-art
technologies in its products, systems and
solutions that often exceed the targets
defi ned by authorities and businesses.
Here are two examples:
Permanent light management and
regulation, coupled with an access
control system and motion detectors,
saves up to 45% electrical energy.
Cooling systems linked to an access
control system and motion detectors
save up to 15% energy.
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Intelligent technologies could reduce the energy used for electrical instal-
lations, heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, water supply and energy
distribution – not to mention occupants‘ behavior – by up to 30%. More
and more entrepreneurs are discovering the energy saving potential of
their own premises.