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2021 Partner Breakdown Housing Innovation Alliance Criteria for Prioritization: Alliance 2022 Focused Topics
Schneider Electric System: Electrical & Lighting, Smart Home Tech ü ü ü ü ü
Talent Supply Chain Home as a Service Tech + Data ESG
Schneider Electric (SE) meets all 5 of the areas of focus for the 2022 topics. • In relation to TALENT, SE offers a wide variety of training courses for consumers and employees. See image below, Link: https://www.se.com/us/en/work/support/trainingand-learning/
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Supply Chain à Our topics relating to SE: Changes to ecosystem, National Contract Relations, efficiency (time + cost), Material sourcing, Forecasting, Speed/volume, Waste Reduction. o 6/15/21: SE named the Best Global Sustainable Supply Chain organization at the Global Sustainable Supply Chain Summit 2021. Source: https://www.se.com/ww/en/about-us/newsroom/news/pressreleases/schneider-electric-named-as-best-global-sustainable-supply-chainorganization-spearheading-climate-action-throughout-its-ecosystem60c8994c244643554f295a44 o STRIVE Supply Chain Strategy: Plan to have 70 net-zero carbon Plants and Distribution Centers by 2025 and pursuit of further energy and carbon efficiencies across all 300 facilities. Home As a Service à Microgrids o Interesting attack angle: Integration of microgrid tech in real estate development § Targeting innovation through SE’s EcoStruxure™ Microgrids in relation to Build-for-Rent communities and how both could benefit: • Tackling build for rent push back through sustainability § Could play into Off-site adoptionà Moving towards electricity generation and consumption within the community unlike traditional centralized power plant distribution.
Autodesk System: Information Technology ü ü ü ü ü
Talent Supply Chain Home as a Service Tech + Data ESG
Comprehensive Investor Overview presentation as of November 2020: https://investors.autodesk.com/static-files/749abc95-16be-4c43-aefb-d1303672e78f Areas of Focus: • Supply Chain o Risk Management à Identify & mitigate climate change and other ESG risks as part of their Enterprise Risk Management Process o Providing tools to customers to § Reduce Waste à time and costs using fusion 360 accelerating design decisions and improving production processes § Reduce Energy à energy and cost reductions by optimizing machine use and cooling cycles § Increase Supply Chain Resiliency à ensuring quality and compliance through failure analysis and reports o Highlights the reorganization of supply chains as a long-term growth opportunity through Fiscal 23 and beyond • Tech & Data o The Autodesk platform enables the reorganization and creation of new business models across the industry o “How We Win” à “Leadership in Design & BIM” o Design and adoption of BIM identified as a key attribute to position them for growth • ESG o Participated in the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 and signed United for The Paris Agreement o Addresses UN SDG 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 13 – all of which apply to our focused areas o Autodesk is an enabler. They instill change through their products and services through their consumers, enhancing their global impact. All of their ESG goals are carried through by themselves and their consumers. o Through the use of Autodesk in home production processes, energy and wastes are significantly reduced leading to reductions in pollutants.
LIXIL System: Building Materials ü _ ü ü ü
Talent Supply Chain Home as a Service Tech + Data ESG
Areas of Focus: • Talent à Lixil’s talent development program aligns nicely with our Talent initiatives o Focuses on nurturing the next-generation leaders and employees through a 3tiered training system o Over 100,000 participants across their various training and education support programs o Source and Graphs: https://www.lixil.com/en/sustainability/people/talent.html • Home as a Service o LIXIL REALTY, Corp. § Offers a comprehensive range of housing and real estate-related services including property transactions, leasing, brokerage, property lease management, construction, renovation, consulting and management of company housing • Tech & Data o Primary focuses include water tech, housing tech, and building tech. o Along with the leading tech in these spaces, Lixil has a strong offering of smart tech products and services. § Directly from their website: “We are even developing smart home products utilizing the internet of things (IoT) and next-generation homes assisted by AI and smartphones. According to Lixil’s Medium-Term strategic plan, a major strategic initiative is to pursue new opportunities through partnering with innovative organizations and startups. - Plug and Play à New organization Lixil partnered with. Recently established innovation company that aims to “catalyze technological advancement by connecting blue chip corporations with the brightest startups across the globe”. - Plug and Play’s real estate focus areas: Construction, Workforce optimization, asset & property management, financing, smart cities, IoT, and Energy/Sustainability among others. o Link: https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/real-estate-tech/
Resideo System: Smart Home Tech _ ü ü ü ü
Talent Supply Chain Home as a Service Tech + Data ESG
Full March 2021 Investor Presentation: https://s27.q4cdn.com/999644081/files/doc_presentation/2021/Resideo-2021-InvestorPresentation-Final.pdf Focused on Innovation • Foundation built upon innovation • Home as a Service o Enhancing convenience and building relationships between Homeowners, businesses, and other end users o Safe, secure, healthy home lifestyle • Tech and Data o Market Growth opportunities: § Residential A/V à home automation, control, audio-visual, networking and smart devices § Data communications à cabling, associated accessories and networking hardware professionally installed Resideo is on the forefront of the next wave in consumer tech Works alongside partners such as Panasonic • Works with Panasonic regarding innovative thermostats & sensors, and air ventilation. Significant partnerships also include: • Amazon Alexa • Apple HomeKit • Google Assistant • Samsung SmartThings Plays well into our customer experience + engagement, and digital transformation focused areas
Uponor System: Plumbing ü _ ü ü ü
Talent Supply Chain Home as a Service Tech + Data ESG
New Venture Development business function • Incubation and integration of new products and solutions into the company’s existing business offerings, while also forging external partnerships. • “With the creation of our New Venture Development function, Uponor is doubling down on innovation” – Bill Gray, Uponor President Areas of Focus •
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Tech and Dataà BIM o Area of focus for us: BIM to design, build, operate, serve o Uponor offers CAD and BIM-aligned product data content to accurately and efficiently specify and design your project o Autodesk Training à Pivoting in response to Covid landscape o AquaSAFE safety training transitions to online format to replace former Level I classroom and Level II job-site training program
August 25, 2021 à Uponor named David Weekley Homes national preferred partner • Uponor states: “David Weekley Homes has a strong commitment to providing their homebuyers with world-class products and service. Their pursuit of excellence closely aligns with Uponor’s dedication to enhancing our own customers’ experiences and moving the building industry forward.” Source: https://uponor.greenhousedigitalpr.com/david-weekley-homes-2021/ • David Weekly could be a useful commonality between us and Uponor o Also named a “National Preferred Partner” in 2020 by David Weekley Homes o https://uponor.greenhousedigitalpr.com/david-weekly-homes-2020/ Strategy/Vision: Apple Valley, Minn.-based Uponor North America strives to be the partner plumbing and HVAC professionals rely on for smart water and energy solutions. The company is helping to move the construction industry forward through innovation, education and advocacy focusing on the defining issues of our time: water, energy and labor.
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