Schneider Electric held its epic Xperience Efficiency event for the first time in South Africa at the end of August. Focusing on energy efficiency, the event was attended by international and local delegates, and the 2500 attendees included industry and government representatives, academics, partners and customers.
Country president, Eric Léger recharging the BMW i3 electric vehicle.
It opened with the announcement that Schneider Electric would be BMW’s exclusive partner for the installation of the BMW i Wallbox Pure home charging unit for the car manufacturer’s i3 electronic vehicle in South Africa. During the plenary session, country president, Eric Léger highlighted Schneider’s plans for expanding into Africa, with a host of solutions to support the continent’s energy infrastructure plans. Initially targeting southern Africa, the company has already opened an office in Angola, with Zambia and Mozambique to follow. The event offered more than 90 informative sessions focusing on a variety of subjects including smart metering in Africa, solar solutions, industry innovations, sustainable development, partner programmes and new products and solutions.
Marketing and communications director for South Africa, Ntombi Mhangwani said, “This event successfully mirrored our ‘global specialist in energy management’ brand promise. It gave us the opportunity to showcase to a vast audience the future of energy efficiency as well as demonstrate how it takes real answers and solutions to create a sustainable energy future. Judging from the feedback we have received from partners, customers, and public and private enterprises, our event achieved its goal of highlighting, exploring and sparking an effective energy management strategy within the southern Africa region.
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