{"id":16763,"date":"2021-08-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/08\/05\/schneider-electric-and-the-global-footprint-network-partner-on-100-days-of-possibility-initiative-to-promote-solutions-to-fight-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2021-08-05T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T10:00:00","slug":"schneider-electric-and-the-global-footprint-network-partner-on-100-days-of-possibility-initiative-to-promote-solutions-to-fight-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/08\/05\/schneider-electric-and-the-global-footprint-network-partner-on-100-days-of-possibility-initiative-to-promote-solutions-to-fight-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Schneider Electric and the Global Footprint Network partner on &#8220;100 Days of Possibility&#8221; initiative to promote solutions to fight climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><!--<a class=\"format-txt\" href=\"{baseURL}\/View\/{release.id}?_download=1\">View this article in .txt format<\/a>--><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">HONG KONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach<\/a> &#8211; 5 August&#13;<br \/>\n2021 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.se.com\/ww\/en\/\">Schneider Electric,<\/a> the leader in&#13;<br \/>\nthe digital transformation of energy management and automation, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/\">Global Footprint&#13;<br \/>\nNetwork<\/a> (GFN), a research organization that tracks how the&#13;<br \/>\nworld manages natural resources, today launched the &#8220;100 Days of Possibility&#8221;&#13;<br \/>\ninitiative. The initiative seeks to promote solutions that help address climate&#13;<br \/>\nchange and biodiversity loss.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">The launch of the initiative coincides with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/\">Earth Overshoot Day<\/a> \u2013 the date when&#13;<br \/>\nhumanity exhausts all ecological resources the planet can regenerate during an&#13;<br \/>\nentire year. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">The 100 days referenced in the initiative&#8217;s name mark the time left&#13;<br \/>\nuntil the start of the 26<sup>th<\/sup> annual UN Climate Conference (<a href=\"https:\/\/ukcop26.org\/\">COP26<\/a>), when&#13;<br \/>\ngovernment officials from around the globe will gather in Glasgow, Scotland, to&#13;<br \/>\ntry to agree on effective actions to combat climate change. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">The solutions highlighted by the project underpin its key message:&#13;<br \/>\nCompanies, governments and individuals can act <i>now<\/i> \u2013there is no need to&#13;<br \/>\nwait for decisions to be made at COP26. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">Opportunities and solutions across all sectors will be revealed each day&#13;<br \/>\nleading up to COP26 at <a href=\"http:\/\/100daysofpossibility.org\/\">100DaysofPossibility.org<\/a> These will&#13;<br \/>\nhighlight the many ways that everyone can #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day.&#13;<br \/>\nExamples include proposals for 100% renewable power grids, smart homes and food&#13;<br \/>\nwaste reduction. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Schneider&#13;<br \/>\nElectric, named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.se.com\/ww\/en\/about-us\/newsroom\/news\/press-releases\/schneider-electric-recognized-as-2021-microsoft-sustainability-changemaker-partner-of-the-year-award-winner-60e7243acd4f550942019cb4\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.se.com\/ww\/en\/about-us\/newsroom\/news\/press-releases\/schneider-electric-ranked-world%e2%80%99s-most-sustainable-company-by-corporate-knights-600a99142da98a304f239fbf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">world&#8217;s most&#13;<br \/>\nsustainable corporation by Corporate Knights Global 100 Index<\/a><i> <\/i>\u00a0showed its support of the initiative by&#13;<br \/>\nsubmitting six of its climate solutions to the &#8220;100 Days&#8221; list. Other partners&#13;<br \/>\nin the project include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sepa.org.uk\/\">Scottish&#13;<br \/>\nEnvironment Protection Agency (SEPA)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drawdowneurope.org\/\">Drawdown Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">One of the scalable solutions Schneider has contributed is the&#13;<br \/>\nintegration of a microgrid with an electric vehicle (EV) charging&#13;<br \/>\ninfrastructure in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/portfolio\/smart-energy-bus-depot-schneider-electric\/\">Maryland-based&#13;<br \/>\nsmart energy bus depot in the US<\/a>. It will be the first of its kind&#13;<br \/>\nand help #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day by reducing carbon emissions by&#13;<br \/>\n62% among other benefits. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">Another example is with Schneider&#8217;s office building, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/portfolio\/low-energy-office-park-intencity-schneider-electric\/\">IntenCity<\/a>, in Grenoble,&#13;<br \/>\nFrance. IntenCity demonstrates how public and private sectors have joined&#13;<br \/>\nforces to build cleaner and healthier communities. The building is designed to&#13;<br \/>\nconsume 7 kilowatt-hours per square meter each year \u2014 nearly 10 times less&#13;<br \/>\nenergy than the average European building consumes. Rooftop solar panels, two&#13;<br \/>\nonsite wind turbines, the use of groundwater, and smart technology solutions&#13;<br \/>\nenable the complex to consume and produce equal amounts of electricity over one&#13;<br \/>\nyear. A unique microgrid partnership facilitates energy sharing and&#13;<br \/>\ncoordination with the surrounding community.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">Another contribution is Schneider&#8217;s recent agreement with the Egyptian&#13;<br \/>\nElectricity Holding Company, the country&#8217;s national utility provider. It will&#13;<br \/>\nbe the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/portfolio\/egyptian-smart-grid-schneider-electric\/\">Middle&#13;<br \/>\nEast&#8217;s first ever country-wide smart grid<\/a> and help Egypt&#13;<br \/>\nmeet future energy demands while advancing its sustainability strategy.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">All three solutions will be highlighted during the launch of the &#8220;100&#13;<br \/>\ndays&#8221; initiative and Schneider&#8217;s remaining three contributions will be featured&#13;<br \/>\nthroughout the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-08-05\/89166\/schneider-electric-and-the-global-footprint-network-partner-on-100-days-of-possibility-initiative-to-promote-solutions-to-fight-climate-change\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach &#8211; 5 August&#13; 2021 &#8211; Schneider Electric, the leader in&#13; the digital transformation of energy management and automation, and Global Footprint&#13; Network (GFN), a research organization that tracks how the&#13; world manages natural resources, today launched the &#8220;100 Days of Possibility&#8221;&#13; initiative. 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