Beijing, March 18, 2016 in 2016, the "earth hour" activities, the world's leading power and automation group, ABB unveiled its high efficiency and energy saving products in China's latest energy saving data. In 10 years, ABB to provide domestic customers the inverter accumulative total more than 290 billion degrees, according to the 2015 national urban and rural residents per capita living power calculation, can meet the demand of about 550 million people a year.

"Earth hour" activities in 2016 with "' to 'blue life" as the theme, on the 19th March (Saturday) manner - in the global and local time, this also is ABB 8 years in a row to participate in the activities of the world's largest environmental volunteer. At the appointed time, ABB's 40 local companies will be in the March 18 day after close all unnecessary lighting and office equipment; At the same time, ABB, called on the Warsaw pact 18000 employees at home an hour to go to bed, for low carbon environmental protection night with his family. ABB will also through its official weibo and WeChat interact with users, initiative by intravenous drip minor matter to protect the environment around, take care of the earth.

As the world's leading enterprise in the field of power and automation technology, ABB, through constant innovation and providing more efficient, more environmentally friendly products, technologies and solutions, support industry reduce the impact on the environment, "with the power and efficiency to create a better world". In 2015, ABB group invested $1.4 billion on r&d and innovation; 50% of their annual sales revenue is associated with energy conservation, environmental protection and renewable energy.

Not only such, ABB has also continued to raise their productivity and energy efficiency, realize the sustainable development of the company. Only in 2015, ABB group, by improving energy efficiency and the energy saving technology to reduce 9% of greenhouse gas emissions, and conserve water of 430000 cubic meters. Also by more than 190 ABB office building energy-saving projects to reduce energy consumption, improve the energy efficiency of hvac and strengthen the waste heat recovery and so on in the process of production, saving about 32.2 million degrees.

In China, ABB also actively committed to environmental improvement and protection, through the green intelligent technology to help users increase efficiency and energy saving, and support more grid-connected renewable energy. In 2015, ABB involved in jiuquan, hunan province and Shanxi Province of Shanxi Province, nanjing, jiangsu province two + 800000 volts high-voltage direct current transmission engineering construction, support of my country is rich in the Midwest clean energy delivery to the southeast, according to the national average power calculation, the power can meet the power demand of the local population of 26 million. ABB for shaanxi Yang 150 mw photovoltaic power station and photovoltaic agricultural industrial park project, CGNPC some 150 mw offshore wind farm project has provided the electrical products and technology such as demonstration projects and support the development and utilization of renewable energy in China.

"Earth hour" is the world wide fund for nature (WWF) to an initiative from the world in 2007, by calling for everyone, every business and every community in the world into action at a particular time period, an hour to go to bed so as to raise the public awareness of the climate change, inspire people to protect the earth's sense of responsibility, it has to do with ABB "with power and efficiency of creating a better world," the vision of highly consistent.

ABB is the world's leading enterprise in the field of power and automation technology, is committed to helping the electric power, industry, transportation and infrastructure in areas such as customers, improve performance and reduce the impact on the environment. ABB group business all over the world nearly 100 countries, with 135000 employees. ABB in China has a research and development, manufacturing, sales and engineering services, such as a full range of business activities, 18000 employees, with 40 local companies and 147 cities across the country sales and service network