Schneider Electric success stories from over 40 countries worldwide on smart city initiatives and implementations

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Success stories from all over the world

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A selection of 54 success stories from
all over the world
USA
5
references
Spain
3
references
Brazil
3
references
France
3
references Middle East
5
references
RoW
11
references
China
24
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3. Schneider Electric
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Smart Cities
USA

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Smart Cities
Dallas, Texas - USA
•Water SCADA system implemented by the Dallas Water Utility to manage city water distribution
•Currently implementing one of world’s first integrated corridor management (ICM) systems to intelligently manage multimodal transportation in a key city corridor
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact
& key benefits
•Increased efficiency of water distribution and improved reaction to disruptions
•Expected significant reduction in traffic along key corridor and increased use of multimodal mass transportation
•Expected improvement in management of transport corridor and resiliency to accidents & other disruptions
•1 of 2 of the first Integrated Corridor Management systems worldwide

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Chattanooga, Tennessee - USA
•Implementation of a real-time adaptive traffic management system and a central traffic control center
•Real-time traveler information provided as part of the Tennessee 511 system to Chattanooga residents
•Electric SCADA system implemented in the city electric network by the Chattanooga Electric Power Board serving 156,000 customers
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact
& key benefits
•Decreased traffic and significantly improved travel times
•More efficient operation and control of the city electric grid
•Led to recognition of Chattanooga as one of 7 smartest cities in world by the Intelligent Community Forum

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Houston, Texas - USA
•Water SCADA system to manage water distribution and wastewater
•40 municipal buildings retrofitted for energy efficiency as part of the Clinton Climate Initiative
•Electric SCADA system implemented in the city electric network by the local electric utility
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact
& key benefits
•$3 million yearly warranted energy and water savings from building retrofits
•More efficient operation and control of the city electric grid
•Increased efficiency of water distribution and improved reaction to disruptions

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Smart Cities
Fresno, California - USA
•The success of the department’s video police unit has since spurred law enforcement officials to quadruple its force of cameras to cover more than 70% of the city’s sprawling 104.8-square- miles, which was made easy by the unlimited scalability of the Endura system.
•More than 110 cameras have been placed strategically throughout the city based on crime statistics or where identified gang members congregate, drug dealing is believed to occur or where there are potential targets for property crimes such as vehicle burglary and vandalism.
•Technologies like the window-blanking feature that comes standard on Spectra cameras, multi- level password and user permissions management all helped to appease concerns.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Endura network video management system and more than 100 spectra IV IP cameras have helped police detect and prevent criminal activity in some of the city’s most crime-ridden neighborhoods

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Naperville, Illinois - USA
•Schneider Electric is providing all in- home hardware for the Efficient Homes project: in-home displays, programmable comm thermostats, large load controllers, electric vehicle controllers.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Goal: 372 GWh efficiency and 27 MW peak reductions (Demand Response)

9. Schneider Electric
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China

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Smart Cities
Xinxiang, China
•Emergency & Mobility Command & Control Center
•Real-time Adaptive Traffic Management System to optimize more than 140 intersections throughout the city
•CCTV Surveillance System using cameras and detectors, minimizing disruptions and activating maintenance when necessary
•Installation of a red-light violation system
•Integrated alarm receipt & handling system for mobile police
•Geographic Information System to manage city assets
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Reduction in average travel times
•Reduction in energy consumption of traffic lights
•Significant reduction in air pollution
•Improvement in road safety
•Optimized emergency procedures & reduced response times
•140 intersections controlled through an intelligent traffic management system

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Smart Cities
Tangshan, China
•Remtote Energy Monitoring & automation in Caofeidian Eco-City: SE provided the EcoStruXure solution including REM, BMS, lighting control, power equipment.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•SE solution helped Caofeidian achieve the green-building GBL 3 star standard.

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Smart Cities
Taiyuan, China
•Telvent OASyS: The new Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA) meets new functionalities required by the China State Grid Corporation.
•District heating project with AFD.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact
& key benefits
•Shanxi Electric Power Company will implement Telvent’s OASyS Dynamic Network of Application (DNA) to help them make faster operational decisions, increase customer satisfaction and cut costs.

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Shantou, China
•Water distribution system: Intuitive real time water network management (AQUIS Operation 3.1 by 7T) helps Shantou Water Supply Company optimise water consumption for the area with 1.4 M inhabitants.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Solutions have provided SWSC with an intuitive way to understand their network in real-time. To optimize the production planning the tool Load Forecaster has been utilized. Simulation results such as flow, flow direction, and pressure in key locations has improved the service quality. AQUIS Operation helps SWSC acknowledge the existence of a leakage and gives an idea of how much of the NRW comes from theft of water and how much from background leakage. It also enables SWSC to better locate the leaks. This has eased the task of field detection.

14. Schneider Electric
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Smart Cities
Zunyi, China
•Telvent OASyS SCADA and ADMS: Zunyi Power is managed by Guizhou Power, which recently chose Telvent’s distribution management system (DMS) for all of its provincial cities, including Zunyi City. Zunyi Power elected to add Telvent’s SCADA system to its ADMS in order to instantly receive reliable information and analysis from the field.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Zunyi Power will now have a robust Advanced Distribution Management System tool to serve as the foundation for its smart grid efforts and support the planning, operation and analysis of its distribution system.

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Smart Cities
Guiyang, China
•Telvent OASyS SCADA: Telvent’s SCADA system presents critical data through an intuitive interface that seamlessly integrates with Guiyang Power’s current software. It will collect data from substation and demand transmission units and forward real-time information to the ADMS system for analysis.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Key benefit of this ADMS includes the ability to solve service disruptions faster by quickly locating the incident, isolating it and providing recommendations on how best to restore the power supply – all through a dispatcher’s remote control commands to field devices rather than through a manual procedure. The ADMS will also help Guiyang Power curb energy loss by moving power already on the grid to the appropriate areas, rather than signaling a need to generate additional energy.

16. Schneider Electric
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Smart Cities
Guizhou province (9 cities), China
•Telvent Smart Grid DMS: Based on the success of a previous pilot project, Telvent will now provide its Distribution Management System (DMS) to Guizhou Power’s entire service territory. With the expanded use of DMS, Guizhou Power will have the ability to integrate and display data using a single system that provides real-time advanced distribution information and more accurate calculations for planning a smarter grid.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Thanks to this single-source of data, the state-owned utility will save on costs typically needed for additional software and systems. Guizhou Power will also have the ability to share critical data more easily among departments, increasing operational efficiencies and providing a more stable power supply for its 40 million residents.

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Smart Cities
France

18. Schneider Electric
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Smart Cities
Paris, France
•IssyGrid project targeted at implementing an energy management model at a district level in the business district in Issy-les-Moulineaux with 10 000 employees, 160 000m², 4 500 inhabitants in 3 steps: Q1 2012- district monitoring; Q2/Q3/Q4 - Complementary energy production and consumption optimization (buildings and EV management); 2013- integration of Fort d’Issy area (1 600 homes, 120 000 m²).
•Solutions: EE solutions for buildings and homes, connecting systems and automatism of a smart grid, renewable installations solutions and EV infrastructures.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•To allow our customers, whatever their location, to better manage their energy and to connect to the grid on a smart way in order to take advantage of all benefits of a smart grid.

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Smart Cities
Strasbourg, France
•A complete set of charging infrastructure (on street, private parking, residential) and 135 charging stations.
•SE provides:
•Power management (Metering, Local LV protection & control, Peak hour off set)
•Services (User identification, On Street / antivandalism)
•Security management (Electrical audits, Installation and Commissioning, Maintenance contract, Remote monitoring)
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Smart energy management is the fastest, the simplest and the most cost effective solution to support EV growth. It is the key to reduce green gas emission.

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Spain

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Smart Cities
Madrid, Spain
Impact & key benefits
•Reduction of flooding effects for 5+ million residents
•Reduction in building energy consumption leading to recognition with a Sustainable City Award
•5% reduction in average travel times
•19% reduction in traffic delays
•Significant reduction in air pollution and accidents
•Meteorological Information Systems and communications terminals for the new terminal at the Madrid-Barajas airport
•Stormwater management solution for key city canal
•Urban Energy Management system to control building energy consumption and provide residents access to usage information
•Implementation of real-time adaptive traffic control system in 739 intersections throughout the city
•Integrated platform to manage traffic control, CCTV system, city access control, variable messaging & web-based traveler information
•Integrated operation of urban tunnels based on simulation technology to support decisions.
Scope of the project & solution description

22. Schneider Electric
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Smart Cities
Seville, Spain
Impact & key benefits
•Improved coordination of city agencies and emergency response through shares communications network
•Improved reliability and security of city water supply
•Increased efficiency of water treatment plant leading to achievement of prestigious GREENGUARD Environmental Institute standard
•10% Improvement in emergency response due to smart communications network
Impact & key benefits
•Integrated, shared municipal communications network used by transportation agency, police, fire response, and city water utility
•Water and wastewater SCADA system to manage city water distribution and wastewater management
•Installation of Seville airport’s weather observation systems for monitoring weather conditions

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Barcelona, Spain
•Installation and maintenance of city traffic and tunnel control network
•Barcelona Airport air quality monitoring network
•CCTV surveillance & city security command & control center
•Integration of city parking management system
•Barcelona Forum Congress command & control center
•Automatic fare collection and command & control center for city commuter & metro railways
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Significant improvement in air quality
•Reduction in infrastructure (traffic lights, buildings & tunnels) energy consumption
•Reduction in average travel times & delays
•Significant reduction in air pollution
•Increased usage of public transit in city
•50% of city traffic lights upgraded to LED

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Smart Cities
Middle East

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Smart Cities
Masdar City, Abu Dhabi UAE
•Scada / Citect BMS for Buildings: a 6 km² smart city project initiated in 2006 (40 000 Residents expected, completion date 2020-2025). 1st Phase - 6 Buildings of 70 000 m² (Masdar Institute Science Technology) completed & occupied since end 2010. Schneider Eletcric won this project with total orders 9 M€ of LV/MV/BMS/ Global Integrated SW in 2009. EV Charging: Pilot to connect EV charging station to the system
•Citect Scada for Energy: 1MW Solar rooftop integration and Microrid pilot.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Our Global Integration SW connect more than 100 different IS and 30 000 meter points and will be commissioned and completed by end 2012.

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Smart Cities
Abu Dhabi Municipality, UAE
•Telvent Oasys SCADA: a 0,5 km² smart city project with 71 Buildings (Retails, Hospitality, Offices, Residential Units). Schneider Electric won a consulting & auditing services order in Feb 2011 (1,5 M€) Project team from USA (Buildings), Power Solutions (India), Nordic Zone (Buildings), & Industry team.
•Detailed Energy Audit, Full Electro- Mechanical Implementation Specification, High-Level Regulatory Framework, Comprehensive survey of residential properties.
•Street Lighting Mgmt.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Reduce energy consumption by up to 30%

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Smart Cities
Medina, Saudi Arabia
•Distribution management & SCADA system providing advanced control of the city electric grid in Medina
•Urban traffic Equipment including Adaptive Traffic Management System with vehicle detection based on image recognition & CCTV cameras
•Traffic Information System utilizing dynamic message signs
•Police Automatic Vehicle Location system based on GPS
•Speed & red-light enforcement system
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Reduced operating cost and improved control of the electric grid
•Ability to adapt speed limits to the traffic situation, resulting in significant reductions in emissions and increased security
•Improved journey times and reduced delays,
•Increased road safety and reduced accidents
•123 intersections controlled through an intelligent traffic management system

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Smart Cities
Jeddah & Mecca, Saudi Arabia
•Distribution Automation System to improve load management and reduce duration and frequency of faults
•Products & Solutions delivered:
• 820 substations
• RTU with battery and switchgear interface,
•with installation and commissioning
• GPRS communication
• IEC 870-5-104 protocol
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Reduce duration and Frequency of faults (SAIDI)
• Fault location & network reconfiguration
• MV Network monitoring and LV load management
• Smart Meter Reading (AMR) for buildings

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Smart Cities
Brazil

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Smart Cities
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
•Water distribution SCADA for 2 major city districts serving over 2 million citizens
•Command & Control Center for Real- Time Adaptive Traffic Management System to optimize traffic in 600 intersections throughout the city
•CCTV Surveillance Management System based on cameras and detectors
•Electric Distribution Management System for local utility
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Improved response to water outage events and more efficient maintenance of water network
•Reduction in average travel times in the city & significant reductions of CO2 emissions
•Significant reduction in energy consumption of traffic lights
•Optimization of operational cost of electric network
•600 intersections managed through intelligent traffic control system

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Smart Cities
Sao Paolo, Brazil
•Two Command & Control Centers managing two city areas with a Real-time adaptive traffic control system to optimize traffic in 382 intersections throughout the city
•CCTV surveillance management system using cameras and detectors including detection of maintenance needs
•Tunnel SCADA Control System in city ring road
•Highway management & tunnel SCADA control system for highway network connecting Sao Paulo to Santos
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•14% reduction in average travel times in the city
•14% average speed improvement and 25% improvement at peak periods
•Reduction in energy consumption of traffic light equipment
•Significant reduction in air pollution & accidents

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Belo Horizonte, Brazil
•Integrated water SCADA system to manage city water distribution
•Two Command & Control Centers managing to city areas with a Real-time adaptive traffic control system to optimize traffic in 284 intersections
•Central traffic control center to manage traffic remotely using cameras and detectors, minimizing disruptions
•User Information System based on Variable Signs and Web System with Real Time Traffic Information
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Reduction of 14% in water outages
•Reduction of 33% in maintenance times of city water network
•Improved water network control and planning Reduction in average travel times in the city, air pollution and accidents
•Reduction in energy consumption of traffic lights
•Promotion of Public Transit by Web Information

33. Schneider Electric
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Smart Cities
Rest of the World: Americas

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Smart Cities
Panama City, Panama
•Implementation, operation and maintenance of city traffic management system for more than 200 intersections
•Extension to upgrade Traffic Management System to manage mobility during construction of city metro & bus transit system
•Provision of city traffic information service using innovative travel time detection system based on Bluetooth detectors
•Road Safety system including red-light & speed enforcement
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•20% Reduction in average travel times & delays
•10% Reduction in energy consumption of traffic network
•Reduction of noise level in downtown
•Increased use of public transit in the city

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Quito, Ecuador
•Urban Traffic Management Center implementing a real-time adaptive traffic control system in 600 intersections, controlling over 6700 traffic lights and more than 1500 CCTV cameras
•Weather information system for city airport
•Road safety system based on red-light, speed and lane control enforcement and public transit priority system
•Integrated platform to manage traffic control, CCTV system, city access control, and provide variable messaging & web-based traveler information
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Forecasted 16% reduction in average travel times in the city
•Forecasted 75% reduction in energy consumption of traffic light equipment
•Significant reduction in air pollution and accidents

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Rosario, Argentina
•Urban Traffic Control Center including Adaptive Traffic Management System in more than 290 intersections
•Information Users System: Green Wave, Recommended Speed & Routes
•Installation of a red light enforcement system
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Reduction of CO2 emission of polluting gases
•Increase of Road Safety (>140k violations)
•Improvement of travel times, reduction of delays
•Significant reduction in air pollution and accidents
•290 Intersections controlled through intelligent traffic management

37. Schneider Electric
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Smart Cities
Queretaro, Mexico
•The Central Station for Communications and Surveillance for the city of Queretaro. The CECOM control room consists of four main stations, each of which provides security personnel the ability to select and view video from any of the cameras distributed around the city. Assisted by the KBD5000 and the VCD5004, essential components of the Pelco Endura system, operators can easily access and control the cameras in order to view live or recorded video. The Endura system transmits high-quality video (up to 4CIF at 30 images per second) back to the control room. Three NVR5300 video recorders receive the signals from all the cameras and 30 TB of memory space in the hard drive are available for storage and archival of the video streams received.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•During the inauguration ceremony, Francisco Garrido Patrón, Queretaro’s Governor, stated that “A Safe Queretaro” project, not only benefited the state itself, but it was an important part of Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s continuing fight against crime and the very powerful drug cartels.

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Rest of the World: Europe

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Smart Cities
Budapest, Hungary
•Project management: standardization and objects library creation (Vijeo Citect SCADA), Full delivery and commissioning of motor control, process automation and energy efficiency from medium voltage to low voltage.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•By reaching 95% of wastewater treated instead of 54%, Budapest City will comply with European Union regulation
•The new wastewater treatment plant will allow Energy efficiency
•Schneider Electric allowed 15% design cost reduction

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Oskarshamn, Sweden
•Energy Performance Contracting: the opportunity to break a long negative trend of rising energy and maintenance costs
•The scope: upgrade the facilities and reduce environmental impact: 28 facilities, 124 477 square meters
•Project Investment 2,6 Million €
•Solutions include the measures in the following areas: Heating systems, Ventilation, Heating production, Construction, BMS and Controls etc.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•Total energy savings just over 0,3 Million Euros/year (349 MWh in savings/year; 79 tonnes of CO2)
•A typical house in Sweden has an annual energy consumption of approx. 20 Mwh/year. Hence the annual project energy savings are the equvalent of 90 typical houses

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Høje-Taastrup Municipality, Denmark
•Schneider Electric is working as an ESCO partner for the Denmark’s most ambitious project for the energy efficient renovation of childcare centres and other municipal buildings.
•Solutions include: BMS, heating, lighting, ventilation, and renewables integration components.
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•10M € to be invested during the next 2 years
• Schneider Electric guarantees yearly energy savings worth 650.000 €
• Straight payback = 15 years
• CO2 emissions to be reduced by 15 %
• Savings of 5,3 GWh/year – guaranteed

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Sankt Wendel Municipality, Germany
•HV/MV substation control project: Distributed Protection & Control System including the following:
•Global supervision (PACiS and Network Control Center)
•Power management (Protection & Control of 110/20 kV substations, Digital circuit breaker failure protection and interlocking system, High availability remote control via redundant SCADA links, Cyber Security Gateway)
•Services (Project management, Design & engineering, Setting & configuration, Installation, Tests & Commissioning, Training, Remote maintenance service contract)
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•The system is fully compliant with IEC 61850 standard providing high level of availability and energy efficiency using full remote operation & supervision within turnkey project.

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Smart Cities
Rest of the World: Asia

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Smart Cities
Mumbai, India
•Implementation of real-time adaptive traffic control system to optimize traffic in 253 intersections throughout the city
•Central traffic control center to manage traffic remotely using cameras and detectors, minimizing disruptions and activating maintenance when necessary
•Water SCADA system to manage water distribution in the city
Scope of the project & solution description
Impact & key benefits
•12% reduction in average travel times in the city
•85% reduction in energy consumption of traffic light equipment
•Significant reduction in air pollution and accidents
•Increased efficiency and reduced operational cost of city water & wastewater management

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