A new perspective to look at your home

Eye Your HOME ANEW

Home is where the heart is. You want to spend more of your time enjoying the pleasures of home and hearth.

What are you really looking for in your home? At different times of your life there are different answers – new meanings to old words, new definitions of common phenomena. And the whole thinking will be further complicated by technologies evolving faster every day.

Time changes. Technology advances. Lifestyle evolves. So does your idea of perfection. One thing is certain though, your need for electricity is more important than ever and is an indispensable part of your life.

Twenty years ago, there might be little disruption to your home life during a power outage. You might light a candle or go to bed early. However, with the internet revolution and technological advances, our home life is different now. Just imagine, being “disconnected” because there is no electricity for your internet router or cordless phone, you are “inconvenienced” because there is no electricity to power your home appliances, and you “lack security” because there is no electricity to keep your security system running.

Look at your home from a new perspective.

Carefree Home ∙ Beautiful Home ∙ Enlightened Home ∙ Wiser Home

Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and pioneer in catering to your sophisticated electrical needs. An in-depth understanding of lifestyle, technology and sustainability ensure what we do is meaningful and relevant to you. We rewrite the answers to the traditional questions about electrical safety and home decor, and provide the solutions to environmental causes whilst enhancing comfort and convenience. That’s why you have to eye your HOME ANEW, from a high ground built for you by Schneider Electric.

Carefree HomeTo enjoy your home you must feel carefree – sleep well and wake up happy, with the peace of mind that your home is up and running in good order with the minimum chance of electrical hazards, communication disconnection, criminal intrusion or home accidents.

Always-on ConnectivityLifestyle changes with the internet. Now many people are used to online video entertainment, social media, web surfing or web chatting at home. But with a sudden power cut, you can be disconnected completely from the outside world as your internet router, computer and digital cordless phone all use electricity. Schneider Electric’s Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) gives you backup power so that you can stay connected with your family and friends miles away even during an extended power outage.

Quality Power, Quality EnjoymentHome electricity is actually full of noise and interference, and the quality of electricity is often unstable. Even electronic components or appliances will generate electromagnetic noise. All of these affect the audio and visual quality of your TV and home entertainment system. With isolated noise filtering and voltage regulation functions, Schneider Electric’s AV Power Filter and Power Conditioner eliminate electrical noise and interference to minimize audio and visual distortion with the best picture and sound for your discerning eyes and ears.

raditionally, your family’s peace of mind once

came from basic home electrical safety with no electrocution or accidents from short-circuits, overloads, or electrical leakages and lightning strikes. Home security simply meant “lock up”.

From a new perspective,

there is an ever rising need

for electricity from modern

day sophisticated systems and

appliances – virtually everything

in a good home needs electricity.

Schneider Electric helps you

to ensure a safe, continuous,

quality electricity supply so that

you can have a carefree home,

on top of safety and security.

Full Time ProtectionHave you ever used wet hands to turn switches on or off in your kitchen? Are you using your hairdryer in a wet washroom after a shower? More electrical and electronic items such as small TVs and radios are being installed in humid places like bathrooms, outdoor gardens or balconies. Waterproofing and weatherproofing is vitally important. Schneider Electric’s sockets with RCD add ground fault protection, while the Kavacha membrane switch covers and socket covers give you and your family full-time protection from dangerous electricity leakages due to wet hands. In addition, our Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCB) and Residual Current Devices (RCD) provide reliable electrical distribution and protection of the electrical circuits throughout your home.

Light on DemandAccidents can happen when you step up to your dark front entrance at night, or when you go inside the garage or storage room, or when your little ones get up and walk down the corridor in the middle of the night. Keep safe with Schneider Electric’s simple lighting automation that uses Argus occupancy sensors to detect movement and turn lights on only when and where you need it.

Uninterrupted Safety and SecurityPower surges and voltage spikes caused by lightning or electronics will damage your valuable home entertainment systems, while a sudden power outage will shorten their lifetime too. Safe and continuous electricity supply is essential to operate and protect your home equipment and systems. Schneider Electric’s surge protectors provide better electricity surge absorption, and our Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) helps to ensure your security system and valuable home entertainment system are always up and running.

Back-UPS® Uninterruptable Power Supply

The Back-UPS® family offers guaranteed power protection for your internet network, computers, routers/modems, high performance electronics, lighting, etc in your home. It provides abundant backup battery during electricity outages and unsafe voltage fluctuations, as well as protection from damaging surges and spikes. The Back-UPS® family also runs an automatic periodic battery self-test to ensure early detection for battery placement and proactively notifies you of changing UPS and utility power conditions. It is designed to allow the use of up to two transformer block plugs without blocking access to other receptacles. Available in tower and floor styles.

AV Power Filter & Power Conditioner

Schneider Electric’s AV Power Filter protects high performance home audio-video systems from electrical noise interference and damaging power transients. Its isolated noise filter banks can improve sound and video quality by eliminating electromagnetic and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI) as a source of audio-video signal degradation. AV Power Conditioner not only offers noise filtering functions, but also pure sine-wave battery backup power to prevent interruptions and lost multimedia server data.

Kavacha Weatherproof Membrance Switch & Socket Covers

Conventional weatherproof covers help to keep switches and sockets dry when they are closed, but they must be opened for people to use the switches and sockets. This creates the strange scenario where the protection is gone when you need it most. With its patent-pending design, Kavacha full-time weatherproof covers enable the switches and sockets to be operative even when the covers are closed, offering uninterrupted protection. Better still, the crystal-clear material ensures that the interior design is uninterrupted too. Kavacha is the superior full-time shield for switches and sockets operating in damp conditions.

SurgeArrest®Surge Protector

Schneider Electric’s Surge Protectors protect your audio and video electrical equipment from lightning and power surges traveling over COAX and data lines. Its state of the art circuitry offers sensitive electronic equipment excellent protection against large surges and multiple surge events. Additional features like plentiful outlets, long power cord, phone line splitter, status indicator, cord management and more make this one of our most complete surge offerings.

ARGUS Ceiling-mount Occupancy Sensors

ARGUS occupancy sensors automate the switching or dimming of lights by detecting movement within a space. They even automate motor load switching for air-conditioners, fans, blinds and curtains. Passive Infrared (PIR), Dual-tech (PRI+Ultrasonic) and dimmable sensors are available for various applications. PIR occupancy sensors detect motion by sensing temperature profile changes, which is suitable for detecting large body movements. Dual-Tech occupancy sensors combine both PIR and ultrasonic technology, detecting the tiniest movement to ensure maximum effectiveness for almost every application in every space. Dimmable occupancy sensors can work alone or in systems. They detect natural light and movement to control lighting for optimal ambience. IR remote control makes programming simple. With ARGUS occupancy sensors, there is no more fumbling for light switches in the dark or leaving lights on that you don’t really need.

Miniature Circuit Breaker (MCB)

Schneider Electric’s low voltage miniature circuit breakers provide safe and reliable electrical distribution as well as protecting electrical circuits against short-circuit and overload currents. The closing contacts and tripping mechanism allow high load currents to be held and isolated from the circuit and the ON/OFF status is clearly indicated. The add-on residual current module detects electric current leakage and disconnects the circuit to prevent electrocution and injury from electric shocks. IEC compliant.

ZENcelo and NEOWall-mount Occupancy Sensors

Wall-mounted 2-wire PIR occupancy sensors can replace normal switches to automate switching or dimming of lights by detecting movement within a space. Wall-mounted occupancy sensors are available in ZENcelo and NEO styles to match other ZENcelo and NEO switches and sockets in your home.

Beautiful HomeEvery artist knows that true beauty lies in the details. Great interior designers are also aware of this and demand perfection in even the smallest detail, physically and sensually.

raditionally, furniture and fixtures, lamps,

flooring, wall colour and materials were well matched with the overall interior design in a beautiful dwelling.

From a new perspective,

in addition to these physical

design elements, you also need

to take care of every little detail

such as discreetly placed light

switches to match the interiors.

And a truly beautiful home

would also provide the mood and

ambience to infuse your home

with character and life. Schneider

Electric helps you to enhance

your interior design and take

care of your senses with the

smallest details.

Fine Lighting for Mood and AmbienceTo go from better to the best interior design, your mood and senses should also be well taken care of. With the right ambience, a space can provide a sensual experience, from cosy peacefulness to passionate romance. The best way to achieve that is through Fine Lighting. Fine Lighting is the art of creating inspiration with light that’s matched to the occasion. This is implemented by interplaying designer lighting fixtures with light intensities from various artificial and natural light sources. Lamps, blinds and curtains are adjusted via one touch scene control system to ensure the same perfect mood and ambience every time. This can be easily achieved with Schneider Electric’s 2-wire TruRetrofit lighting control or interoperable control systems.

Lighting Control in ActionThere are 3 general approaches to dimming and scene control. Standalone dimming uses a dimmer to control a single light source to manually adjust the brightness to create simple ambience. Collective dimming makes use of more than one dimmer to control different light sources to create ambience by a multitude of lighting effects. Scene control systems are used to control different light sources simultaneously, allowing different combinations of light sources to be switched on or off to the pre-set brightness. You can recall your pre-set scenes at one touch of a button with wireless control. There are 2 types of scene control systems: the 2-wire TruRetrofit that directly replaces the existing 2-wire mechanical switches, offering scene control without the hassle of rewiring; and the interoperable control system that suits situations where the whole house rewiring is done, providing more scene options and compatible with upgrades to a home control system.

Wall switches as a Design ElementYou can never avoid wall switches at home as they are located at eye level and you touch them every day. Ugly light switches become unavoidable eyesores, while beautiful switches explicitly enhance the overall interior design. Schneider Electric’s switches and sockets boast a full spectrum of attractive colours, patterns, materials and finishes that will fit in various design concepts, match different decoration context, and actually enhance them. Why be content with conformity when a little extra attention to detail will achieve true distinction?

This exquisite blend of design and patented innovation is a modern classic statement of style. With its ultra-clean lines, sleekly chic square profile and instantly identifiable round dollies, ULTI blends two contrasting geometries to create a modern simplicity of unprecedented freshness. The design also offers the maximum scope to showcase the synergy of colour, material and finish in a standard-sized wall plate. Another brilliant touch is the LED locator rings that emit a pleasing glow to guide fingers to the switch at night. Offering everything from mechanical switches, 2-wire TruRetrofit to sophisticated interoperable systems, ULTI is the haute couture of lighting control.

Based on art deco and tech-chic, NEO is a breakthrough in switch design. It demonstrates horizontal thinking, with unconventional horizontal dollies and layered details, and is the first mechanical switch to use LED locators and indicators. A comprehensive range from mechanical switches to interoperable systems, NEO is the forward thinking switch range for forward thinking people.

Inspired by the fully-flat design trend that has transformed everything from airplane seats and TVs to mobile phones and electric stoves, ZENcelo mechanical switches are ideal for interior design concepts that call for switches to be as unobtrusive as possible. Thanks to the patented “impress” (iso-motion-press) mechanism, mechanical switches can now achieve the same full-flat form factor as electronic switches in a slim profile. Instead of signaling the on/off status by the rocker position, the “Ondicator” is a clever device that reveals the operating status of a full-flat switch without increasing its cost or carbon footprint.

Inspired by the influential Bauhaus movement, Vivace expresses a pleasing form following function. With a slim and trim profile, the sleek clean lines and subtle curves manifest a simple, elegant minimalism. Every piece in this robustly constructed range sits perfectly within the context of any modern interior design. Vivace, a style of modern simplicity that is always within your reach.

Boasting an uncluttered design with a distinctive jumbo dolly and an overall slim profile, Pieno has pushed the boundaries of the switch design paradigm. Each dolly fills its space, reaching the edges like no other. The maximized space of the integrated faceplate has enlightened the clean and clutter-free design, and seamlessly fits any space. Bold straight lines accented by small curves bring sleekness to the muscular design language. Pieno is yet another example of Schneider Electric’s design excellence.

Enlightened HomeCare for your children, your planet and their future. Be the enlightened one and start your green living from home.

Monitoring Energy ConsumptionYou can save more when you know and understand the energy consumption of your home’s utilities better. You may not be aware which area of your home uses the most electricity. With Schneider Electric’s Power Monitor, you can conduct regular checks on energy consumption levels in different zones of your home. A deeper understanding will help you go green, save on electricity bills, and attain real in-home energy management.

Optimum LightingOften forget to turn lights off? Always turn on lights to their maximum brightness when you don’t need it? Lighting accounts for 20 to 30% of electricity consumption at home. The easiest way to save energy is to stop wasting and optimize the usage of lighting. Daylight harvesting saves energy by adjusting lighting levels based on the amount of daylight in your home. Schneider Electric’s ARGUS dimmable occupancy sensors help to eliminate light-related electricity wastage by turning lights off in unoccupied areas, and dimming the lights to optimum brightness according to the light intensity of the environment.

raditionally, saving energy simply means

turning everything off even when you need it. To save energy, you may turn lights off in a gloomy environment or turn the air-conditioner off during hot summer days.

From a new perspective,

with good use of technology,

you can optimize electricity

usage without sacrificing comfort

and convenience by cutting

out wastage, redundancy, and

unnecessary usage. Schneider

Electric helps you to be the

enlightened one to start and

sustain your green living at

home painlessly.

Music

Curtn Dn

Family

Heater

Reading

Screen UpAll off

Relax

Hi-Fi 1

Scene Device

TV

Amplifier

Music

Curtn Dn

Family

Heater

Reading

Screen UpAll off

Relax

Hi-Fi 1

Scene Device

TV

Amplifier

Music

Curtn Dn

Family

Heater

Reading

Screen UpAll off

Relax

Hi-Fi 1

Scene Device

TV

Amplifier

Saving SimplyDid you know that when your TV, AV system and other electronic devices are on standby mode, they are actually still drawing power? It’s inconvenient to unplug the devices one by one every time. Trouble-free and simplicity encourage green habits. Our Powex Green Standby Power Auto-off Socket Hub eliminates energy wastage by powering off all appliances automatically even when they are in standby or off mode.

Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) accounts for most of the electricity consumption in most homes, especially during summer. You may forget to turn off air-conditioners in unoccupied areas of your home. With our occupancy sensors installed, your air-conditioner will be turned off when no movement is detected in that area for a period of time.

ARGUSCeiling-mount Occupancy Sensors

ARGUS occupancy sensors automate the switching or dimming of lights by detecting movement within a space. They even automate motor load switching for air-conditioners, fans, blinds and curtains. Passive Infrared (PIR), Dual-tech (PRI+Ultrasonic) and dimmable sensors are available for various applications. PIR occupancy sensors detect motion by sensing temperature profile changes, which is suitable for detecting large body movements. Dual-Tech occupancy sensors combine both PIR and ultrasonic technology, detecting the tiniest movement to ensure maximum effectiveness for almost every application in every space. Dimmable occupancy sensors can work alone or in systems. They detect natural light and movement to control lighting for optimal ambience. IR remote control makes programming simple. With ARGUS occupancy sensors, there is no more fumbling for light switches in the dark or leaving lights on that you don’t really need.

ZENcelo and NEOWall-mount Occupancy Sensors

Wall-mounted 2-wire PIR occupancy sensors can replace normal switches to automate switching or dimming of lights by detecting movement within a space. Wall-mounted occupancy sensors are available in ZENcelo and NEO styles to match other ZENcelo and NEO switches and sockets in your home.

EnexxPower Monitor

With a clean and simple interface, the energy consumption, estimated energy cost, and greenhouse gas emission by appliance can be measured and viewed in real time. Accumulative and historical data are available so that you can track the trend of your usage and detect any unusual consumption. This is total in-home energy management for green living.

Scene Control Systems

Scene control systems are used to control different light sources simultaneously, allowing different combinations of light sources to be switched on or off to the pre-set brightness. You can recall your pre-set scenes at one-touch of a button with wireless control available. There are two types of scene control systems: the 2-wire TruRetrofit that directly replaces the existing 2-wire mechanical switches, offering scene control without the hassle of rewiring; and the interoperable control system that suit situations where the whole house rewiring is done, providing more scene options and compatible with upgrades to home control system.

Standby power is electrical power consumed by an appliance in standby mode. The energy wasted ranges typically from 0.5 to 10 watt which doesn’t seem much on the surface. But when all the devices in your home draw standby power 24/7, it can add up to a significant amount of energy and cost in your electric bill. No need to unplug the electrical appliances one by one, Powex Green Standby Power Auto-Off Socket Hub powers off all appliances automatically, including standby power, when the appliances are off or in standby mode. Recommend for TV, audio and video equipment and peripherals such as Hi-Fi, DVD player and set-top box.

Wiser HomeFor those who know what the right choices are and always make them, they enjoy the ultimate control that will help save the planet, yet perpetuate the exquisite style and impeccable quality of life.

Live with Wisdom. Control with Style. Stay in Front.

Truly Out-of-home ControlWith the advance of smart homes and 3.5G networks, the mobile phone is fast becoming the device where everything converges. Through your smartphone, you can access social networking, play games, listen to music, shoot photos and do a lot more. Why not home control too? Wiser Home Control incorporates encrypted wireless technology to ensure secure data transmission. You can remotely access, monitor and control your home from any computer, your smart phone or any web-enabled device from anywhere at any time. Wiser Home Control takes home control to a new level of connectivity and simplicity.

Once there were smart homes…

raditionally, a smart home was a concept that

over-promised and under-delivered functionally. Smart homes were seen only as something for the rich to look different rather than a practical system.

Now there are wiser homes.

From a new perspective,

home control nowadays is the

enabler for you to have better

control of your home life,

helping you to achieve a

better environment, a better

home and a better lifestyle.

You can control your lighting,

air-conditioning, home theatre

and home security system

from anywhere and at anytime

with one single scalable and

interoperable solution – Wiser

Home Control.

Seamless and User-friendly ControlNow, you don’t need to learn how to operate a whole lot of different and often bewilderingly complicated equipment. Wiser Home Control truly integrates your electrical, multi-media and telecommunications technologies into one single user-friendly and interoperable solution. It makes technologies in your home easy by providing seamless control of music, home theatre, lighting, air-conditioning, curtains and shutters, security systems, etc. Wiser Home sets you free from the trouble of independent controls for different devices with our consistent and intuitive graphic user interface installed across different control devices. With a touch of the icon, you can activate any pre-set scenes or it will be automatically activated accordingly to your pre-set time.

Comfort and Convenience in the palm of your handHave you ever forgotten to turn off lights or air-conditioning when you are rushing out? With Wiser Home Control you can turn it off through your mobile phone when you are on the road or through your office computer instead of rushing home to turn it off, or leaving it on and wasting energy all day. Also, with the time scheduling and one touch scene control, things in your home can happen automatically according to your lifestyle and routine without having to get out of your bed at midnight.

A New Way to approach Green LivingYou won’t need to compromise your home’s style or sacrifice your family’s quality of life by cutting down on lights or switching off your air-conditioner to be more eco-friendly. Wiser Home Control provides the ultimate control while automation makes energy savings happen. You can enjoy the optimal scenes with one touch by recalling optimized pre-sets for sustainable savings every time. You can also manage your energy consumption according to occupancy, natural light level and time of the day using Wiser’s sensors and time scheduling function. By knowing your energy habits and monitoring your energy usage, you will be able to optimize the use of energy and minimize wastage through Wiser’s various functionalities. Wiser’s power monitoring function gives you a real time visualization of your energy usage in terms of kilowatt hours, dollar terms or carbon footprint.

Door Entry System Personal Computer Colour Touch ScreenTVWeb Tablet Mobile Phone

Wiser Home Control applications for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

Consistent and intuitive graphic user interface for different control devices

Wiser Home ControlWiser Home Control is a centralized system that fully integrates electrical, multimedia and telecommunications technologies into one user-friendly and scalable solution, enabling people to have better control over their home life, helping them to achieve a better lifestyle, a better home and a better environment. Out-of-home function enables you to control, monitor and access your home when you are away. The user-friendly intuitive graphic user interface is easy-to-use and easy-to-learn across different control devices. The Power Monitoring function gives you a real time visualization of your energy usage at home and facilities green living. Wiser Home Control brings you comfort and convenience, home entertainment, peace of mind and connectivity that are fully integrated in the palm of your hand.

Wiser Home Control System Architecture

Wi-Fi

Mobile Phonewith Wi-Fi

Laptop

Internet

Home Controller

Internet Modem

Wi-Fi

IP Network

Wi-Fi

LAN

Mobile Phonewith Wi-Fi

IP Camerawith Wi-Fi

Laptopwith Wi-Fi

Web Tablet with Wi-Fi

PC (Windows,Apple or Linux)

IP CameraTV and

Media Centre

Air Conditioning

Blinds andCurtains

SecuritySystem Multi-Room

Audio

Lighting

Eye your HOME ANEW from a high ground built for you by Schneider Electric.

HOME ANEW Checklist

Action Checklist. What do you desire for your home?

Safe electricity

Reliable power

No feelings of panic when my kids press a switch or touch a socket with wet hands in the backyard

Knowing my lights, security system, telephone and internet access won’t fail during a power cut

Don’t want to encounter ugly switches on my walls every day, and have them mess up my interior design

Want adjustable lighting so instead of just brightness or darkness, I can always have the right light I need every moment, whether reading, watching TV, family dinner, parties or anything

Continuous excellent sounds and images from my home theatre with no interference at all

Be green and reduce energy wastage without much effort

Lamps in storage rooms aren’t on overnight even if I forget to turn them off

Automatic front-door lights that turn on when I step up the entrance and look for my keys in the dark, and turn off automatically after I go inside the house

An instant understanding of how much energy I’m using instead of constantly guessing

A simple graphic interface that controls lighting, music, home theatre, curtains and blinds, security system, web cameras, air conditioner and everything

When I’m on the road, the ability to check what’s running at home and switch air conditioning using my web tablet in case I rushed out forgetting what’s off or on

Switch every required device on when I come home with one click on a button

Start a movie right away with the perfect room lighting

Everything will be turned off except the security system with one click on a button before I leave home to work

If you checked five items or more, visit our website for more details on products and solutions that fulfill your desires.

About Schneider Electric

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As the global specialist in energy management with operationsin more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in energy and infrastructure, industrial processes, building automation, and data centres/networks, as well as a broad presence in residential applications. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, and efficient, the company’s 110,000 plus employees achieved sales of 19.6 billion euros in 2010, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations “Make the most of their energy”.

The LifeSpace Business of Schneider Electric provides solutions that represent the best in lifestyle and innovation for offices, hotels and homes. These solutions include award-winning products in the areas of building and home automation, structured cabling, and designer switches and sockets. They help the finest architectures around the world to achieve more with less.

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