On March 22nd, Schneider Electric Egypt organized a one-day event at the Hilton Heliopolis Hotel, In light of its efforts to promote sustainability and operational efficiency entitled “Innovation Day: Buildings of the future” for all its stakeholders in the buildings industry including consultants, contractors, panel builders, eco-experts and end-users.
During the event, Schneider Electric also added that its experts emphasized the effect of global energy waste due to the mismanagement of buildings and how its full suite of cutting-edge technology will enable better interactions with buildings throughout their lifecycles.
According to Schneider Electric, their experts also highlighted the negative impact of bad designs on the safety, emotional and mental health of individuals, especially with the consideration that nearly 90% of people’s time is spent indoors.
Amel Chadli, Vice President of Strategy & Digital Energy for the Middle East & Africa, Schneider Electric, stated: “Environmental and business challenges are forcing us to examine the role buildings play in carbon emissions and costly waste. Buildings consume about 30% of the world’s energy via their construction and operations and account for almost 40% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions. The future of building construction and operations, both new and retrofit, is where the world will win or lose the fight against climate change.”
Fouad Zayed, Vice President of Digital Energy & EcoStruxure for Egypt, North East Africa, and Levant Cluster, Schneider Electric, stated: “For decades, the building life cycle has been cited for its inefficiencies in all phases across the design, build, operate and maintain stages for both new buildings and existing ones. The industry needs a massive digital injection to help deliver better, more efficient outcomes.”
Schneider Electric also claimed and stated that, relying on renewable energy and digital tools such as the EcoStruxure platform, the firm’s solutions for new and old buildings are set to maximize energy utilization and distribution as well as feed excess power back to the grid, not to mention that the usage of digital technology aids in achieving smarter and more reliable solutions by rapidly responding to technical problems, reducing downtime and losses, and ensuring the continuity of electrical supply in accordance with international standards.
During the discussion, Schneider Electric’s experts also clarified that early integration of their innovative solutions, in the phases of design and construction will maximize sustainability and operational efficiency throughout the building life cycle.
Schneider Electric also claimed to have received many global awards, one among them being its headquarters based in Cairo receiving the Gold Award for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design “LEED v4” system, as the best smart design that achieves sustainability.
