Sustainability Impact to My Customers

Short Company Description

A complete replacement of existing Siemens Building Management System with Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Building Operation platform, incorporating a Building Management and Energy management System, BACnet IP SmartX controllers and Space Logic sensors.

Location:

Australia

I am a

System Integrator

Segment Type

Commercial Real Estate

Company Size

0-50M euro

Is there someone in your organization who is most responsible for these results? If so, please share their name and email address.

Doug McMillan, dmc@gstec.com.au; Ian Sweeting isw@gstc.com.au

I have been supported by a Schneider Electric contact. If "Yes", please indicate the name of your Schneider Electric contact.

Monica Keith

1. Do you Strategize?

Yes

A. Does your customer have a decarbonization plan with milestones? If so, please share your roadmap/plan.

B. Have you or your customer completed Sustainability School? If so, please share the Sustainability School completion certificate

2. Do you Digitize?

Yes

A. Are you helping a customer deploy centralized utility data management and monitoring software for energy and carbon analysis and reporting?

As part of our digitisation of the buildings electrical infrastructure the project included the establishment of digital connectivity with key components of the electrical distribution system including, air circuit breakers and circuit protection devices in the main switchboards; backup generator control and fuel transfer system PLCs; automatic transfer switches; uninterruptable power supplies; and variable frequency drives. The building operator has committed to the future deployment of electric vehicle (EV) chargers in the buildings carpark and planning is underway to integrate the chargers with the electrical infrastructure using EBO.

B. With your help, is a customer metering major energy loads to uncover opportunities to reduce energy consumption and emissions?

The decarbonisation strategy for Aurora Place primarily involves firstly, the digitisation and integration of building components including the HVAC system, the electrical infrastructure, access control system and other building services through the new integrated communications network (ICN). Secondly, the utilisation of the new energy management system (EMS) to identify excess energy usage and optimisation opportunities. Thirdly, to use the capabilities of the EcoStruxure Building Operation (EBO) platform including its ability to incorporate and act on external data (e.g. weather data) to realise and maintain optimal building energy consumption.

C. Are you helping a customer monitor energy efficiency and equipment performance to gain actionable insights?

GSTEC are currently in discussions with the building operators regarding the use of Schneider EcoStruxure Building Advisor or other cloud based analytics product to provide monitoring and insights into building operations to support the sustainability objectives.

D. Are you enabling a customer to use power management and monitoring solutions to assess power quality and increase business resiliency and continuity?

GSTEC are currently in discussions with the building operators regarding the use of Schneider EcoStruxure Building Advisor or other cloud based analytics product to provide monitoring and insights into building operations to support the sustainability objectives.

E. On behalf of a customer, have you deployed innovations to maximize the efficiency and digitalization of their operations?

Yes as per the above.

F. Have you implemented asset upgrades and modernization programs for a customer to optimize and increase the longevity of their plant equipment and avoid emissions ?

G. Have you embraced the digital integration of power and process for a customer as a way to minimize energy consumption while optimizing their process?

3. Do you Decarbonize?

Yes

A. Are you enabling a customer to use automation and energy management systems to control their equipment and systems?

B. With your help, has a customer implemented practices that have increased their energy efficiency?

C. Are you enabling a customer to use renewables (PPAs, EACs, or onsite generation) for at least a portion of their energy needs? What percentage of their electricity is covered by renewables?

D. To minimize Scope 2 emissions, have you helped a customer source energy through offsite renewable energy power purchase agreements or Energy Attribute Certificates?

E. With your help, is a customer using electricity from onsite renewable energy generation to reduce Scope 2 emissions?

Yes

F. Have you implemented energy storage for a customer?  Elaborate.

G. Have you equipped a customer to aggregate distributed generation assets to maximize economic value and grid impact?

No

H. Are you helping a customer reduce carbon emissions by focusing on energy efficiency and decarbonization in their operations?

yes as stated previously above

I. With your help, has a customer reduced their carbon footprint through modernization projects that focus on energy efficiency and decarbonization?

yes as stated previously above

J. Have you helped a customer implement practices to increase energy efficiency in their operations?

To achieve our sustainability goals during the project, we planned and managed our activities on site using best practice environmental management principals such as: • Building facilities team provided an allocated storage area within the building for the temporary storage of recycling material • All paper and cardboard packaging was returned to GSTEC warehouse for disposal via GSTEC offsite cardboard recycling process • Packing material and fill was returned to the GSTEC warehouse for reuse by the store person • All metal building waste including mild steel, aluminium, variable speed drives, enclosures, cable trays, and ducting were returned to GSTEC warehouse for transport to Sims Metal recycling facility • All redundant or obsolete electronic devices including network controllers, field controllers, electronic field devices were returned to ToxFree for e-waste recycling and certificates will be included in the project O&M manual • All redundant or obsolete copper and aluminium wiring including power cabling, network cables, control cabling, MIMs cable, was returned to GSTEC warehouse for insulation removal and copper and aluminium recycling • To aid in the reducing the use of paper in this project: o O&M manuals will be provided in soft copy and stored on the BMS server o Installation and design documentation including drawings, network diagrams, functional descriptions etc were provided to field staff in soft copy o It was agreed that consultant mark-ups on soft copy were an acceptable form of approval • Consideration was given to unnecessary energy use during the project, including: o The commissioning equipment during normal operational hours where possible o Using isolation to reduce equipment energy loads during commissioning o Ensuring plant and equipment was commissioned and tuned at the earliest opportunity to prevent inefficient operation • Minimising the use of work vehicles on site and encouraging transport to and from site via public transport, included the provision of transport cards to project staff.

K. Have you helped a customer create a commitment program with their suppliers to reduce Scope 3 emissions?

Not yet

L. With your help, has a customer adopted a commitment program with their upstream suppliers and downstream distribution partners to track and reduce Scope 3 emissions?

Not yet

M. Have you enabled a customer to use digital modeling to capture embodied carbon data from materials and equipment?

Not yet

N. Have you helped a customer incorporate electric vehicle charging infrastructure for fleets, employees, and/or customers into their operations? 

Yes

O. With your guidance, has a customer converted some of their fleet to electric vehicles?

Yes - making the site EV-ready.

P. Have you enabled a customer to electrify some of their operations to reduce Scope 1 emissions and enable use of renewables to shrink their carbon footprint? What percentage of your customer's operations have been electrified?

Q. Have you advised a customer to purchase low-embodied carbon materials and equipment?

Yes

R. With your help, is a customer using condition-based maintenance to extend equipment life, delay the purchase of new equipment, and reduce the associated embodied carbon?

Yes

S. Based on your advice, is a customer purchasing carbon offsets to balance any residual Scope 1 and 3 emissions?

Not yet

T. Are you helping a customer reduce water usage through improved operations and a focus on efficiency? 

No

U. Have you enabled a customer to monitor and adjust water usage based on water availability risks and forecasts? 

No

V. Have you helped a customer create optimization programs for clean-in-place operations, e.g., water and wastewater treatment and recovery programs, focused on efficiency? 

No

W. With your help, is a customer procuring circular materials and minimizing waste in their operations?

No

X. Have you helped a customer develop a plan to move their fossil energy-based processes to electrification?

No

Y(i). Have you helped a customer deploy innovations or circularity business models? Please select all that apply:

Deployed innovations to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions of your operations

Y(ii). What are the results of these innovations?

Please reference above answers.

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