Siemens Real Estate (SRE)
SRE plans, builds, finances, develops and operates Siemens facilities and supports customers in all matters relating to real estate. We currently have direct business responsibility for around 17 million square meters of land and nearly ten million square meters of building space.
Intensely committed to mitigating climate change, Siemens invests more than €2 billion each year in environment-related research and development. This commitment also extends to our own properties. For instance, as part of our Natural Resources Management (NRM) project, we recently launched a renovation initiative at Siemens’ Munich-Perlach facility in order to optimize systems and improve energy efficiency in a building from the 1970s. The amount of energy required to heat the building was slashed 34 percent, while its annual electricity consumption was cut 15 percent. For the tenants, these reductions translated into savings of nearly €100,000 a year. The building recently obtained GreenBuilding certification from the European Commission, making SRE a partner of the European GreenBuilding Programme, which is coordinated by Germany’s energy agency (DENA). According to DENA statistics, buildings account for nearly 40 percent of the energy consumed in Europe, with potential savings often reaching 30 percent.
This building at the Siemens location in Munich-Perlach received GreenBuilding certification from the European Union after its energy consumption was slashed.
We develop innovative concepts and programs for ensuring from the start that buildings are designed to be as ecofriendly, ergonomic and cost-efficient as possible. The entire lifecycle of a property is taken into account, from requirements analysis and design to the planning, construction, operation and even demolition phases. We also optimize resource use, for example, by dismantling unneeded sites.
With our flexible real estate strategies and intelligent facility concepts, we’re helping Siemens penetrate new markets. Our activities pave the way for the Company’s business success by providing the infrastructure that other Siemens Groups need to achieve worldwide growth. For instance, our regionalization strategy in China is supporting strong sales growth in that country. In India, rapid economic growth is fueling sales, swelling the ranks of employees and increasing space requirements.