We bring smart and sustainable Homes of the Future to life
Together, we are creating smart and sustainable homes to help you achieve your carbon reduction goals.
Is your home sustainable?
Understanding what is a sustainable home has become important because of an immediate need to reduce carbon footprint. Such homes are built with a focus on promoting resource efficiency by adopting sustainable practices. Moreover, these homes prioritise healthy living environments through improved air quality and utilisation of natural light.
Sustainable homes are thoughtfully designed structures that prioritise minimising environmental impact. They achieve this through resource-efficient features such as solar panels, energy-efficient appliances, and rainwater collection systems. In addition, sustainable homes utilise recycled or renewable construction materials to create a healthy living environment while reducing their carbon footprint.
Out of the total carbon emission is contributed by homes1
Property damages that occurred due to electrical faults2
Increase in electricity bills at home3
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CES Keynote 2023: Not just smart but smart and sustainable
Join our keynote from CES 2023 to see the next generation of home innovation. Experience the cutting-edge solutions transforming today’s homes into Homes of the Future.
Technology’s role in the race to build sustainable communities
Technology’s role in the race to build sustainable communities is part of a series of sustainability talks which explore the different bricks that build homes.
Design your home for life
Designing sustainable and smart homes is the key to reducing global warming and achieving a net-zero future.
Wiser for smart and sustainable homes
Discover cutting-edge innovations that help improve energy savings and optimise renewable energy use at home – a game-changer for sustainable living.
Put our products to the test
See how our latest innovative technology transforms a home. Have a little fun too while you’re at it.
Our homes are becoming the biggest consumers of electricity globally when we desperately need to reduce our emissions. Smart home technology can make our homes turn from climate change polluters to net-zero contributors.
Explore customer stories
KB Home
Learn about a first-of-its-kind neighbourhood system that provides homeowners with 40 – 50% efficiency upgrades and resilient backup power.
Providence Homes
Know how Providence Homes, a Florida-based homebuilder, uses the Wiser Energy smart home monitor to prove how much energy their homes can save.
VERELEC
Did you know that 60% of your home's energy consumption comes from heating?
Ecolocost
A partnership for smart homes and lower energy costs with Ecolost, a real estate developer.
Electrical installer Anders Aaby Svendsen
Wiser plug and play solution to reduce energy bills.
Discover more about sustainable home
Discover more about sustainable home
Homes will become the biggest consumers of electricity by 2050. While electricity is the cleanest form of energy, we still have to contribute to making homes smart, efficient, and sustainable. We invite Global CEOs, key opinion leaders, industrial analysts, innovators, and energy optimists to talk about reducing carbon emissions at home and leveraging smart technology so that we can collectively work towards limiting temperature rise to 1,5 degrees.
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Smart Home 2.0: Be a net-zero citizen
Watch the webinarSolar-powered homes: Are they worth it?
Discover moreInnovation Talk webinar: Are you ready for 2030? Net-zero homes redefined
Watch the webinarTalking New Energy, a Delta-EE podcast gives Schneider Electric perspective on the future of energy in homes
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Discover more in the press
Business Insider: Today's vision for the homes of tomorrow
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BusinessChief: Interview- Michael Lotfy Gierges, EVP, Schneider Electric
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CNET: All the Ways Schneider Home Will Save You Money on Energy Bills
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ZDNET: How Schneider Electric plans to help you take control of your energy bills
Learn moreSolar Builder: Wiser Energy Centre, debut of sockets made from recycled ocean plastic
Learn moreForbes: Schneider Electric obsessive focus on sustainability is a good thing
Find out moreCBS News: What "green" economy looks like after the coronavirus pandemic
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Bringing innovations to homes: Celebrating smart and sustainable living
Bringing innovations to homes: Celebrating smart and sustainable living
Awards and recognitions
Schneider Electric awarded as an Eco-Leader by Green Builder magazine
The best home-related designs of 2023
Schneider Electric India reaps award at the Asian Technology Excellence Awards for mySchneider Electrician app
Fast Company: Ranked #4 within the list of the top 10 most innovative companies in 2022
Bringing innovations to homes: Celebrating smart and sustainable living
Best Smart Home Device: Schneider Electric Square D Energy Centre
Red Dots Awards: Iconic, Unica, AvatarOn T, Wiser Free Locate Switch, and more
IF Design Awards: Iconic, Iconic outdoor, APC Gaming UPS, Unica System+, AvatarOn, and more
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Sources
1United Nations, Facts and Figures
2International Energy Outlook 2019, End-use consumption is increasingly shifting toward electricity
3Observatoire National de la Sécurité Electrique, Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI)
4Global Workplace Analytics, How Many People Could Work-From-Home
Stanford News, Jun 2020, Stanford research provides a snapshot of a new working-from-home economy
World Economic Forum, Aug 20, Working from home: How Covid-19 could cause a new digital divide
JLL News release, Jul 20, Majority of Asia Pacific employees eyeing office return
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1. What are the Three Key Elements of Sustainable Homes?
Sustainable homes are designed with three key elements in mind:
- Resource Efficiency: This focuses on minimising energy and water use.
- Sustainable Materials: Homes use recycled, renewable, or locally sourced materials to reduce environmental impact during construction.
- Healthy Living Environment: Sustainable homes prioritise occupant health with good ventilation, natural light, and non-toxic building materials.
2. What will houses be like in the future?
Environmental threats like climate change and global warming have been a perturbing concern for our world recently. At Schneider Electric, we believe in taking the lead by helping people build smart and sustainable homes with better efficiency and resilience. We help you build smart homes of the future that readily connect electricity with digitalisation and contribute to carbon emission goals. Our wide range of solutions and services effectively transforms your home into a multi-energy source ready by maximising electrification and providing a smarter energy solution for energy consumption.
3. What is an eco-smart house?
People these days tend to choose sustainable smart houses also known as green homes. Such buildings utilise technology that reduces carbon footprint and requires minimum energy consumption. The services offered by Schneider Electric can help you create digital homes that will increase energy efficiency by 50%, increase power reliability, and reduce electricity bills with close energy monitoring. Our company’s experts help you make these exquisite and sustainable smart homes of the future more intimate and spacious.
4. How are sustainable homes of the future beneficial?
New generations are emerging as visionaries. First, they plan and then take action. They understand the many benefits of investing in a sustainable smart home, like reduced energy consumption, low operating costs, pocket-friendly in the longer run, minimisation of waste, and a much healthier lifestyle. Schneider Electric imagines the sustainable homes of the future to offer a complete grid for power management, charging ports at arm’s length, fully connected dimmers, and sensors in place of switches. In addition, we also have an option of sustainable retrofits; it effortlessly upgrades your existing home to be smarter and more sustainable.