With the Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21) taking place this week, I couldn’t help but release a bit of a preview to自动化世界的后续文章中状态的可持续性in the manufacturing industries. This article (scheduled for the March 2016 issue) will be based largely on the results of a reader survey we just conducted to determine if sustainability efforts are now largely baked-in to industrial operations or if the concept has fallen by the wayside since it first emerged in a big way on the industrial scene about a decade ago.
我们从300多名读者那里收到的结果表明，整个行业的可持续性都有很大的一致性。但是，该调查还显示了自动化技术在可持续性努力中的应用方面的显着差距。最明显的例子可以在使用软件来监视和管理植物能源使用方面找到。
According to respondents, 82 percent do not use any kind of software tool focused on energy management. This finding is somewhat jarring in light of the fact that 60 percent of respondents indicate that they have specific sustainability programs in effect.
Most surprising to me is that energy monitoring software applications seem to be one of the low-hanging fruits for manufacturers in terms of ease of implementation, have low-to-no impact on operations, and offer a huge return on investment potential. Beyond energy savings through usage insights, this kind of software also opens the door to revenue generation for manufacturers by helping create the ability to sell energy back to the grid in areas where this is supported.
我将在本专栏中限制自己，深入研究调查结果，将其留在三月的专题文章中。但是我会注意到施耐德电气公司宣布与公司的10项与可持续性有关的承诺行星与社会晴雨表, which has served as the company’s sustainability scorecard since 2005. Schneider Electric has been one of the more visible companies in the industrial sustainability movement and is well known for itsenergy management software products。从我们的调查结果来看，这一市场的增长仍然成熟，因为很少有公司实施软件来解决能源使用。
施耐德电气’s 10 sustainability commitments, announced during the COP21 event, address the company’s products, R&D, and supply chain. Those commitments are:
- 确保所有新大型客户项目的二氧化碳影响量化；
- 设计了Schneider Electric的所有新优惠生态设计方式并实现75％的产品收入Green Premiumeco-label;
- 避免通过120,000吨二氧化碳Circular Economy临终服务；
- 促进5000万居民的低碳解决方案的照明和通信金字塔的基础10年；
- 实施存储计划以开发可再生能源和迷你电网；
- 解决SF6在5年内具有新替代方案的问题，并在10年内从Schneider Electric Products中消除了SF6；
- 每年将施耐德电能强度降低3.5％；
- 每年将施耐德电动运输二氧化碳排放量减少3.5％；
- 在未来10年内投资100亿欧元的可持续性研发创新；
- 问题climate bond为施耐德电力公司的低二氧化碳研发提供资金。
Schneider Electric董事长兼首席执行官Jean-Pascal Tricoire说：“在施耐德电气，我们坚信更好的气候意味着更好的经济。我们相信，我们生活在一个非常激动人心的时期，新技术使我们能够以更加可持续和有效的方式重新考虑我们处理能量的方式。”
