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ECO LEADERS

Siemens

On its way to carbon neutral, big changes

lie ahead over the next decade.

S ONE OF THE largest manu- A Smart City Performance Tool
facturers in the world—spe- As an example of its efforts, Siemens is
cializing in electrification, currently employing its City Performance
automation and digitaliza- Tool (CyPT) in Orlando, Pittsburgh and
tion—Siemens takes its role Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, earlier CyPT
A as an industrial leader quite results from Charlotte, N.C., have identified
seriously. The company has an ambitious technologies with the greatest potential im-
goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions pact on respective growth, infrastructure,
by half by 2020, and becoming carbon neu- sustainability and economic priorities.
tral by 2030. Siemens’ virtual planning and software
Well on its way, the company’s customers platform identified 16 “smart” building and
and partners around the world already re- transportation technologies that could help
duced their carbon dioxide emissions by 521 Charlotte reduce greenhouse gas emissions
million tons. Putting things into perspective, by 20 percent and create close to 100,000
that’s about 10 times the annual amount of jobs by 2050. Similar results could be seen
carbon produced in New York City. in other cities, according to the company.

A Giant’s Approach to Carbon Neutrality Intelligent Infrastructure Solutions CREDIT: SIEMENS
As part of a four-pronged approach to In the residential sector, Siemens is cur-
achieving carbon neutrality, Siemens is: rently serving as the technology partner and
■ Verifiably reducing energy consump- infrastructure provider for Sterling Ranch,
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tion at the company’s buildings and manu- a sustainable, mixed-use, master-planned Siemens
facturing facilities community in Colorado. When complete, FOUNDED: 1847, Werner von Siemens
■ Increasing the use of distributed energy the development will feature 12,050 housing
■ HEADQUARTERS: Munich, Germany
systems to optimize energy costs at campus- units, 2 million to 3 million square feet of
es and production plants commercial space and more than 1 million LEADERSHIP: Joe Kaeser, CEO
■ Systematically employing low-emis- square feet of institutional space. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Power
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sion vehicles and e-mobility concepts in its Siemens’ Intelligent Infrastructure Solu- generation, power transmission,
worldwide vehicle fleet tions (I2S) will combine a comprehensive infrastructure, automation, drive
■ Moving toward a clean energy mix by command control and communication for and software solutions; medical
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increasingly acquiring its electricity from their buildings’ physical infrastructure; imaging equipment, laboratory
sources that emit little or no CO2, such as data-driven intelligence and advanced fa- diagnostics and clinical IT
wind power and hydroelectric power. cility-related analytics; and regular service EMPLOYEES: ~348,000
of all components throughout the buildings’ WEBSITE: www.siemens.com
lifecycles.

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