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The 21st century has brought with it major economic, social and environmental challenges or cities rom population growth to climatechange. By 2050, over two-thirds o the worlds population will live in cities, placing an increased strain on resources and in rastructure.Europes cities are acing the additional challenge o meeting the European Unions environmental targets. Their success ulimplementation will depend on the ability o Europes cities and regions to deliver local solutions to the global problem o climate change.

Governments and local authorities are, there ore, seeking ways to better manage the services they provide to their citizens, whetherit is improved healthcare, more e cient electricity distribution rom diverse sources, e ective water management schemes, bettertransportation or more e cient public lighting.

As cities ace increasingly complex challenges, we at GE remain committed to working with our partners, customers andregulators to help them deal with their cities issues in sustainable ways. Our technologies can help city planners to ensure thatcity in rastructure and development respond to the needs o citizens today, while enabling cities to achieve their long-termenvironmental goals such as reducing carbon emissions.

Our ecomagination strategy refects GEs commitment to invest in innovative solutions to environmental challenges and deliverenergy-e cient products and services to our customers. We are working closely with many European towns and cities onsustainable development and in rastructure modernisation. Many o them have already implemented solutions that are deliveringtangible bene ts or their citizens e.g. reduced utility bills.

Taking on another o the worlds toughest challenges, healthymagination, GEs commitment to making sustainable health a reality,will deliver dramatic new investments towards a healthier population. It will apply our technology and innovation to bring high-quality care at lower cost to more people throughout the world.

Since our ounder, Thomas Edison, invented the light bulb, GE has been setting standards in innovation, and this drive or excellence

remains a top priority today. From hospitals and commercial o ces, to transportation, power generation and water treatment,GE supports cities - and the people who live in them in creative, e cient and sustainable ways.

Je rey R. ImmeltChairman o the Board and Chie Executive O cer


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Contents4 Build

6 Power

8 Sustain

10 Connect

12 Protect14 Nurture


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BuildBuildings are responsible or 40% o Europes total CO2 emissions,according to the European Union (EU). The signi cant potential orimprovement in this sector has led to new EU energy per ormancestandards or buildings. These actors, combined with the 20% CO 2 reduction target by 2020 and rising energy prices, mean that localauthorities, city planners, architects and property owners aresearching or solutions to improve the e ciency o city buildingsand reduce their overall utility bills.

From lighting to power, GE has technology that can help cities

improve the energy per ormance o buildings. From re urbishingan existing building to planning a new one, GEs solutions can helpcreate smarter, more e cient and sustainable buildings that willreduce costs and contribute to the 2020 targets.

GE believes that the time to start building sustainable cities is now,cities where emissions reduction and highly e cient in rastructureare top priorities. So whether its re urbishing a hospital or buildinga stadium, GE can help.

4 Building Sustainable Cities

P r eser v e t he f or f ut ur e gene

Build more sus tainable hospi tals


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The Society or the Protection o Ancient Buildings(SPAB) in the UK aims to improve the energy e ciency

o old buildings in a way that is compatible withholistic conservation. To help SPAB achieve this goal,GE equipped its headquarters in London with aremote monitoring system (the ProtimeterHygroTrac), which consists o small wireless sensorsplaced in each room that send data on the

environmental conditions o the building, speci callythe relative humidity, temperature and moisture levels.

In addition, this technology allows owners and usersto access the environmental data rom anywhere viathe Internet. This means they can be in ormed aboutpotential problems be ore any serious damage ordeterioration can occur, helping to preserve thebuilding or uture generations.

GE o ered its expertise when the Hungarian Ministry

o Education announced that it wanted to upgradethe lighting systems in all o its educational institutes.Working together, GE helped the Ministry achievebrighter classrooms by installing light xtures and lampswith reduced energy consumption and maintenancecosts without any additional state nancing. All o theproject unding came rom the energy savings made

by upgrading the current system. The entire heating

and lighting project is expected to save the HungarianMinistry o Education $310 million (210 million)throughout the duration o the programme.

GEs Energy Star Compact Fluorescent Lamps, High E ciencyHalogen Lamps and High E ciency Linear Fluorescent Lamps areall ecomagination certi ed.

GE and Asklepios have been working together on aninnovative concept or the sustainable constructionand operation o hospitals. We have adopted amulti-dimensional approach where complex medicalprocedures and the various demands o a hospitalare considered in the early planning stages.The architectural design and building technologyincorporates intelligent energy and lighting solutionsbased on the principles o e ciency, conservation

and patient well-being. The design also considersnatural ventilation, including plans or waterpuri cation and minimising waste. GE is in a positionto provide the most innovative solutions at everystage o planning which, in addition to ecologicaland economical advantages, ensure the well-beingo the patients and hospital personnel. AsklepiosGroup is responsible or more than 90 acilities inGermany, Europe and the US.

Saving our heritage with modern technology

A brighter uture: School illumination programme in Hungary

GE and international hospital group Asklepios - Setting standards in healthcare

past r a t ions

Achieve signifcantenergy savingsby retrofttingold buildings


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PowerIn 2008, the European Environment Agency stated that more than80% o total greenhouse gas emissions in the EU are caused byenergy production, energy use by industry, services and households,and transport. There ore, it is very important that Member Statesreview their power generation as well as their energy consumption,with a view to emissions reduction, especially where increaseddemand or electricity is concerned.

As cities develop their energy in rastructure to produce more andemit less, GEs diverse energy technology port olio can help them

to achieve these goals. From cogeneration to waste-to-energysolutions and renewable energy to smart grids, GEs technology cansolve the power and distribution needs o cities.

GE understands that sustainable cities will no longer be servicedby remote carbon-based power plants. We need integrated,intelligent systems that will e ciently utilise power rom diversesources and distribute electricity to the highest e ciencystandards. So whether its updating the grid in rastructure orpowering a building, GE can help.

Reduce pr imar y ener g yusage b y up to 35%

Disco ver neu tral

Use your wasteto generate electricity



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GE designs and manu actures a complete line o steam turbines or mechanical and generator driveapplications. Fourteen biomass plants in France alreadyuse our technology to produce enough electricity topower 325,000 French households. This process is ed

by steam generated rom renewable resources likewood, straw, bagasse, etc. GE is also involved in thecurrent development o new biomass plants as part o a government initiative that plans to add an additional550 megawatts over the next three years.

GE has been involved in the development o a newland ll project in Montalbn de Crdoba, Spain.The installation is equipped with two Jenbacherland ll gas-to-power engines and is an excellentexample o the waste-to-energy concept. The gasthat escapes into the atmosphere as a result o thedecomposition o solid urban waste also known asbiogas - is used to produce electricity. This plant will

power 6,000 local households through environmentallysustainable energy generation while helping to reducegreenhouse gas emissions by an amount equivalentto the annual emissions o 48,600 cars.

Jenbacher land ll gas-to-power engines are ecomaginationcerti ed.

GE has supplied wind turbine technology or two windarms in northern Poland that will add a total o

58.5 megawatts o wind power capacity to thecountrys electricity grid. Wind Farm Kisielice, nearthe city o Grudziadz, consists o 27 GE 1.5 megawattwind turbines and, in terms o the number o installed

turbines, is Polands biggest wind energy project to date.Wind Farm Malbork includes 12 o GEs 1.5 megawattmachines. GE also provided installation, commissioning and maintenance services or both projects.

GEs 1.5 megawatt wind turbines are ecomagination certi ed.

The Gon reville combined heat and power plant islocated close to Totals re nery in Normandy, whichneeds to process constant steam. The oldconventional boilers inside the acility have beenreplaced with a modern combined-cycle plant.This has reduced operating costs and CO 2 emissions,as cogeneration typically achieves 25-35% reduction

o primary energy usage compared with separateelectricity-only generation and heat-only boilers. Allelectricity produced in the new plant fows to thenational grid. The power plant is capable o producing125 megawatts and depending on working conditionsis above 70% thermally e cient.

Biomass in France

Waste to watts: Powering the uture

Greening the grid in Poland

GE cogeneration reducing operating costs in France

Har ness the wind to gener ate ener g y

carbon energ y


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SustainRe ju vena te degraded

ecos ys tems

R e u s e w a t e r

As cities and their populations grow, so does the demand or water.Water demand already exceeds supply in many parts o the world.The United Nations predicts that by 2030 hal o the worldspopulation will experience severe water shortages.* In Europe,energy production, irrigation, industry and public supply are keydrivers behind this growing demand. In addition, outdatedin rastructure is contributing to substantial water losses (over 40%in some areas**) and many cities do not take advantage o theirbiggest resource wastewater.

Technology rom GE can help a city reduce its environmental impactby providing solutions that will reduce resh water consumption aswell as wastewater discharge. Whether its sel -sustaining waste-to-value systems or desalination plants, GE can help cities nd the rightsolution to reduce water usage.

GE understands that cities need sustainable solutions that areeconomically viable. GEs water solutions make it possible tominimise exposure to water scarcity, and help reduce consumptionand costs. Whatever a citys water needs, GE can help.

* United Nations World Water Assessment Programme, 2009, Water in a Changing World ,United Kingdom, UNESCO Publishing.

** European Environment Agency, 2009, Water resources Across Europe confronting water scarcity and drought , Denmark, O ce or O cial Publications o The European Communities.



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T ake adv ant age of cit y w ast ew at er

t o r e d u c e c o s t s

Resources are signi cantly strained in the coastaltown o Benidorm in Spain during the tourist season.

To cope with the added demands on its limited waterresources, the regional government o Valenciadecided to upgrade the Benidorm wastewatertreatment plant with GE water reuse technology.GEs ZeeWeed ultra ltration membranes produce high

quality treated e fuent or a reverse osmosis system.This sustainable new source o recycled water is used

or irrigation and reduces demand on the potablewater needed by residents and visitors.

GEs Zeeweed ultra ltration technology is ecomaginationcerti ed.

With its low-lying coastal geography, the Netherlandshas long needed to care ully manage its water

resources. GE and DuPont partnered to nd a way toreduce water usage in DuPonts Fluoroproduct plantat Dordrecht. A specialised GE chemical treatmentprogram with Spectrus OX1272 enabled DuPontto begin using water rom an onsite groundwater

remediation plant or its cooling towers, rather thandischarging the treated e fuent to the Merwede River.

This allowed the plant to reduce its municipal waterusage by 265,000 m 3 each year, equivalentto the amount o water used annually by about5,000 Dutch residents.

GE Fanuc technology is also used in numerous water treatment and desalination plants to control and monitorprocesses in order to ensure water quality, sa ety and compliance.

GE technology restores health o German waterway

Wastewater: An abundant resource

Companies conserve scarce municipal water supplies

When Germanys Environment Minister agreed toimprove water quality in the Nordkanal, German water

management company, Er tverband, turned to GEsadvanced ZeeWeed Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) orhelp. A growing population in the city o Kaarst washindering the ability o its 30-year old wastewaterplant to consistently meet discharge standards and

its e fuent was polluting the NordKanal. The plantinstalled GEs MBR technology, which has signi cantly

improved the environmental, public health and waterquality in the canal. The plants e fuent now consistentlyexceeds the Bathing Water Quality Standard.

GEs Zeeweed MBR technology is ecomagination certi ed.


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Connect

Create a pub lic tr a

An increasing number o European cities are su ering romcongestion, noise, tra c, accidents and pollution in act urbantra c accounts or one-tenth o all EU CO2 emissions.*The big challenge or city o cials is to balance environmentaland cost actors with the need to transport people and goodslocally and internationally, both quickly and sa ely.

This requires robust transportation in rastructure and GE has justthe technology. Signalling technology and smart so tware can helpupdate existing city in rastructure, while new trains and security

systems can help improve urban mobility and create the ast, sa e,economical transportation system that modern cities need.

GE understands that sustainable cities must have a transportationsystem that operates e ciently. So whether upgrades are neededto the metro signalling system, or the cargo inspection and sa ety

acilities or air and rail transport, GE can help.

* Euractiv, 2009, Urban Transport .



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In the Netherlands, GE will modernise the RotterdamMetros signalling and communications system - more

than 55 km o double track, 48 stations and two mainlines serving over 88 million passengers annually with a complete, cost-e ective solution, upgradingequipment to increase e ciency and ensurecontinued passenger sa ety.

In Italy, GE will design and install an automatic trainprotection system or Trenitalias diesel feet.

By continuously monitoring train speed, GEs solutionwill guarantee that the maximum speed limit is notsurpassed, increasing sa ety while enabling maximumsa e tra c density.

When Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)wanted to improve urban mobility, they partneredwith GE to implement automation solutions.The status in ormation o all escalators, elevators,ventilation and lighting in the Barcelona metro isrouted to a central control room or real-timemonitoring. This ensures that any breakdowns aredetected immediately, signi cantly reducing downtime.

Simultaneously, GE equipped the Barcelona metronetwork with its re detection and alarm system.This can be operated both by local station personaland remotely rom the TMB central control room.High-risk areas below ground, like li ts and escalatorswere equipped with special sensing systems eaturinghigh sensitivity smoke detection providing sa e publictransportation or its 1.1 million daily passengers.

In Madrid, the M30, the inner ring road o the city,has been the ocus o a major urban renewal project.Forty-three kilometres o tunnels were dug and partso the motorway were redirected underground toimprove connections and transportation. This alsomeant that Madrid could recover the environmentalareas surrounding the old M30, and clean up the

Manzanares River. For their lighting needs, city o cialsturned to GE. We provided the tunnels emergencylighting and also rein orcement lighting at theentrances and exits. The installations are extremelyreliable and low maintenance. In addition, the humaneye responds aster to these white light bulbs thusreducing reaction times and improving driver sa ety.

Moving people and goods sa ely and e fciently in Europe

Connecting Barcelona

GE lighting the way in Madrid

Op t im ise c i t y

transpor t l in ks

more se cure nsp ort s yste m

E nsur e t he mobi li t y of c i t i z e ns


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ProtectEnsure the sa fe t y

o f your ci ti zens

Secure public andhistorical buildings

The sa ety o a citys population is o utmost importance and oryears has been among the top priorities or city o cials. A cityneeds robust, unobtrusive technology conducive to a sa e yetvibrant urban environment.

GEs security systems can help to monitor cities. GE providessecurity and li e sa ety solutions or use in all kinds o buildings,

rom homes to retail outlets to manu acturing acilities. We haveindividual products or re protection, intrusion and lighting, as wellas central monitoring so tware and wireless security systems.

All o our solutions can be used in a wide range o public spacesto provide a complete solution or a citys security needs.

GE believes cities need to be places where people eel sa e, andour technology makes it easier to achieve that necessary senseo security. Whether its an individual monitoring product, an entirewireless security system or e cient public lighting, GE can help.



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The Hungarian House o Parliament, which is over100-years old, is a building o high architecturalimportance. The most important political andhistorical site in Hungary, it is also home to the ancientroyal crown and, as such, needed a tight securitysystem. GEs integrated security system is able

to provide access control, intrusion detection, redetection and video surveillance unctions. All o thesesystems can be operated rom one single sharedplat orm with the help o a pictorial map. In additionto unlimited extension possibilities, the system o ersexcellent reliability or the government o Hungary.

Nowadays, with growing city populations,municipalities are keen to maximise public space,keeping streets, squares and parks ree o obstacles.In the marketplace in Deurne in the Netherlands, cityo cials used GEs underground cabinet (UC-Cabinet)as a solution. This is a black box that can hide thehousing or energy distribution underground. The

UC-Cabinet can house various types o equipmentthat need temporary ( estivals or markets) orpermanent connections (low-energy, breconnections or all types o IT unctions). Anotheradvantage is that these cabinets are no longer targets

or gra ti or vandalism. In act, the top o the cabinetcan be nished to complement its surroundings.

GE and the town o Albi, France worked together toensure the sa ety o its citizens by installing whitelights on the citys roadways. With enhancedluminance, GEs CMH lamps made streets brightermaking people eel more secure walking and drivingthrough the streets at night. Using a monitoring

system, the city can dim these energy e cient lampsas required via wireless remote control. This allowedAlbi to achieve energy savings o 45% withoutcompromising the necessary brightness or the cityat night.

Reliable protection or Hungarian House o Parliament

Beautifcation and power protection in one

Lighting the way or Albis citizens

P r ot e c t c it y pow e r inf r ast r uc t ur e


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NurtureAging populations and the associated health implications are a bigconcern or European governments. Older people tend to need morehealthcare and acilities, which puts pressure on already stretchedresources. Health services in European countries are, there ore, keento make their own processes more e ective and cost-e cientwherever possible.

GE has been at the ore ront o innovative healthcare technologyor many years. We dedicate our resources to help healthcare

providers and clinicians around the world to predict, diagnose,in orm, treat and monitor disease, so patients can live their livesto the ullest. And, as the world moves towards the digital hospital,we are leading the way with technologies or patient monitoring,imaging (MRI, CT, ultrasoundand digital x-ray), healthcare IT,maternal and in ant care and per ormance improvement.

Healthymagination, GEs commitment to making sustainable healtha reality, will apply GEs technology and innovation to bring high-quality care at lower cost to more people throughout the world.GE believes that healthcare providers in sustainable cities willshare our vision, one o early health, ocusing on early diagnosiso disease and e cient healthcare. So whether a city is planninga hospital or health centre, or looking to increase e ciency inhealthcare delivery, GE can help.


Help people achie t heir pot ent ia l

Use ad vanced technologies

to suppor t independen t li ving


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The English Institute o Sport (EIS) and GE, asa worldwide partner to the Olympics, have signeda unique 5-year agreement in the lead up to London2012. All athletes run a risk o injury andthis agreement will see the EIS utilising compact

ultrasound and bone densitometry technology to helpdiagnose injury and disease earlier. GE is helping tokeep the best sportsmen and women on the eld o play rather than in the rehabilitation room.

GE and the FTE Hospitals Association in Berlin havebeen working together on a data centre that will linkits ve hospitals in the city with an integratedCentricity RIS/PACSsolution (Radiology In ormationSystem/Picture Archiving and CommunicationSystem). This system allows patient data and imagesto be saved digitally or diagnosis and archiving.

It represents an improvement in e ciency and qualityand helps hospitals to work lmless and paperless .Simultaneously, operational e ciency is increased images and patient data can be accessed inany hospital making it quick and easy to obtaina second opinion.

GE is bringing its expertise in passive activitymonitoring, disease management, healthcare IT andmedical engineering to develop long term, sustainablesolutions. With the dramatic increase o people withchronic conditions and an aging population there isa need to extend care rom the hospital to the home.

GE is working with a number o partners - includingthe Hungarian government - to develop innovativetechnologies to help the elderly live healthy andindependent lives in their own homes or as long aspossible, and to help patients with chronic conditionsto manage their care rom the com ort o their home.

Going or gold with GE Healthcare

Linking hospitals to help patient care

Care o the elderly and patients with chronic disease

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Combine IT and expertiseto improve healthcare


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About GEWe are a global, diversi ed in rastructure, nance and mediacompany, dedicated to providing products and services thatare ocused on solving some o the worlds toughest challenges.

We make it a priority to help our customers succeed by delivering enhanced value throughour broad offering. Through our green strategy ecomagination, we strive to achieve our visionthat nancial and environmental per ormance can work together to drive growth and success

or our customers.

Taking on another o the worlds toughest challenges, our healthymagination commitment willdeliver dramatic new investments toward a healthier population. It will apply our technologyand innovation to bring high-quality care at lower cost to more people throughout the world.

GE has been operating in Europe or over 100 years and we continue to invest in the region todaywhere we employ over 100,000 people. Each of our global businesses is present in Europe,with GE Healthcares global headquarters in Amersham, UK. Other GE divisions also have theirheadquarters in Europe, such as GEs Jenbacher gas engine business located in Jenbach, Austriaand GE Oil & Gas in Florence, Italy.

Our culture is based on a passion or progress, quality and delivering value to our customers withunyielding integrity. No matter what industry, culture or location, we are driven by the simplebelie that what our customers imagine we can make happen.


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