Energy Efficiency
     
     
     

    Solutions for Retail

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    Main drivers

    • Construction cost and time reduction: Strong continuous pressure on Design & Build players to reduce
    • Operating costs: Retail is a razor-thin margin business, where every cent saved on cost is important and ROI is less than 3 years
    • Availability: Cash systems and lighting must be continuously operated
    • Lighting: Specialist and additional lighting to enable sales
    • Customers comfort and security: Customers’ environmental comfort and feeling of security boost sales
    • Energy efficiency for refrigeration:  Refrigeration, the n° 1 process for food retail, is consuming 35 to 50% of the total energy, with little being done to reduce usage and save energy
    • Environmental efforts:  Retailers need to be seen as environmentally friendly by their customers
    • Regulations: Energy regulations strongly develop in more and more countries
    • Energy price optimization: Energy market liberalization leads to centrally purchase for multiple sites & countries
    • Facility management:  Whenever possible, building Operation & Maintenance is preferred
    • Retrofit: In Western countries, installed base approximately 20 years old, heavy retrofits are going on, with energy efficiency requirements

    What can Schneider Electric do?

    • Reduce construction cost by using prefabricated and type tested equipment
    • Reduce energy and operation costs by 5 to 20% with a 3-year ROI
    • Improve your image: Green buildings, cold chain quality
    • Secure controlled comfort for your customers
    • Focus on your core business by outsourcing building services
    • Get the benefits of increased skills by relying on building services specialists
    • Optimise your core business by outsourcing building services to improve building operation, comfort and sales area availability
      
     
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    Contact Schneider Electric

    Contact Schneider Electric
    • Call (01) 6012200
    • Fax (01) 6012201
    • E-mail us
     

    Success Stories

    • Carrefour - Savings on electricity bills of around 23%

    > Brookfield - Property manager cuts energy costs by 20%!
    > Small Retail - Simplification the lighting distribution and operation yield 15% cost savings

     

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