Cables and cabling solutions for public and office buildings: safety, comfort and environmental-friendliness

Cables and cabling solutions for public and office buildings: safety, comfort and environmental-friendliness

Making public and office buildings safe and viable In the 80s and 90s, Building Automation Systems (BAS) were developed to achieve energy savings and provide lighting, heating and safety control. Today s systems are merging with traditional IT and Web-based IP infrastructures to form a common network on which BAS and business systems will co-exist, improving efficiency and lowering operating costs. Nexans works closely with builders and installers to identify needs for specific building types, analyze and define wiring layout, give installation advice, and recommend cabling solutions. As a promoter, builder, architect, systems integrator, or installer you would like to see more data sharing between systems, and the integration of all crucial functions, from fire detection to climate comfort, and from visitor identification to fiber-to-the-desk. Aside from a wide range of standard for the basic needs of public and office buildings, Nexans has and solutions for this new environment: open standards and architectures to bridge the IT/IP gap fire-safety to protect both people and the building itself environmentally-friendly products, with low Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) easy installation, with pre-wired and preconnectorized Intelligent Enterprise Solutions (IES) special for solar panels, CATV, CCTV, public address, etc. fiber/copper LANs for Voice-Data-Image (VDI)

calls for superior cabling SAFETY COMFORT ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLINESS Public and office buildings must protect people. You would like to assure the public at large of the highest levels of safety in the event of fire or other catastrophes. Nexans has been a pioneer in developing low-smoke, fire-safety which neither propagate fire, nor spread dangerous smoke or gases. Because LANs are increasingly used for surveillance and control, Nexans has developed a whole range of integrated network solutions based on optical fiber and/or copper to ensure the continuous functioning of all vital systems. A host of special serve everything from elevators to anti-intrusion and voice communications. Public and office buildings must be pleasant and service-oriented. Nexans and solutions provide your clients (building owners and managers) with peace of mind. Once installed, they are operational for years to come, with future upgrades often backwardly compatible. Since information is an aspect of comfort, broadband is creating new forms of entertainment, communications and public services, like interactive screens in hotels, libraries, hospitals and administrations. Also, building management has been enhanced by networks to control lighting and indoor climate, while optimizing energy consumption. Public and office buildings must be environmentally sensitive. Nexans adheres to the European RoHS* directive for electrical materials, and also recycles everything from copper to plastics. We support clean energy programs, and have developed for renewable energy (solar panels, windmills). Virtually all building come in low-smoke, fire-safety versions, making it possible to protect buildings from corrosive gases, which are costly to clean after a fire and a source of further pollution. By generating low Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), our protect the electronic environment, as well. *Directive 2002/95/EC: Restriction of Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment

Cables and cabling solutions ENERGY COMMUNICATION LV energy for lighting, heating, air conditioning and control panels A full range of standard wires and up to 1 kv. Their slippery sheathing and strippability makes them easy to install. LV flat 240 600 V provide a backbone into which junction boxes can be attached for quick, flexible and easy installation. Low-smoke Halogen-Free, Fire-Resistant versions exist for hospitals and other public buildings. Elevator Flat, non-welded energy and control in PVC or Halogen-Free versions. Nexans supplies Thyssen- Krupp (producing elevators for the new Dubai airport), and leading control panel manufacturers. Direct heating Snowmat (1,100 3,300 W) provides efficient subsurface heating for garages and outside parking lots (sand, tiles, asphalt, concrete). The sidewalks and parking lot of the Multiplex Gaumont cinema in Amiens, France, are outfitted with Snowmat. Prewired conduits These 10 mm 2 20 mm 2 conduits can accommodate energy, or telephone, coaxial and LAN. Supplied by Nexans or its partners, this solution reduces two operations to one, saving time, money and space in the installer s warehouse. Solar panel Singlecore PVC or rubber of 0.6 to1 kv for connection from the panel to the inverter or battery. These flexible, safe low-smoke HFFR have excellent UV resistance, long life, and are ideal for mass installation in public buildings. LAN cabling systems Cat 5e, Cat 6, Cat 7 and fiber solutions for horizontal backbones and campus cabling. Nexans supplied DKV (insurance) in Cologne and the European Parliament. Intelligent Enterprise Solutions Wide choice of products and services (LANSense intelligent solutions, wireless products, powered LAN devices, LANmark and Essential solutions) for Intelligent Infrastructure Management applications. Nexans provided HSBC and UBS with such solutions. Active network systems and accessories Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet for FTTD FiberCon 1,200 or 2,400 central media converters and fiber switches (4 desks each). Installed at the University of Brussels and at the Allianz insurance company in Munich. Plastic optical fiber Rugged and easy-to-connect POF offers low attenuation, multiple-wavelengths (650, 850 and 1,300 nm) and high bit rates (up to 10 Gigabit/s). Nexans used 5 km of POF duplex cable to create a LAN for em2c, a corporate real-estate developer. Bus Provide signal transmission for building control and management: from security and lighting to indoor climate management. Rugged low-smoke HFFR versions are available for harsh conditions.

Intelligent Enterprise Solutions Direct heating Active network systems and accessories Plastic optical fiber LV flat Fi Anti-intrusion Elevator Close Circuit TV (CCTV) LANs cabling systems Bus

for superior building performance SAFETY re-resistant Solar panel Fire-resistant copper/ optical fiber LAN Fire-reaction Energy up to 1 kv prevent fire propagation and dramatically reduce smoke emission. Ideal for office buildings and elevator shafts, this type of cable has been used in Barcelona airport. Fire-resistant Standard low-voltage for fire alarms, smoke evacuation, lighting, sprinklers, etc. which will continue to operate during a fire. All fire-resistant also generate low smoke and minimal toxic and corrosive gases. Close Circuit TV (CCTV) A fiber link (sometimes combined with coax) handles a large number of cameras, where distance is a factor. Nexans also has combined solutions, where fiber is used for the image, and a copper twisted pair for power, control and zooming. Anti-intrusion Standard that give a simple on/off signal for doors, window frames, etc. Nexans also designs special for motion detectors. Fire-resistant copper/ optical fiber LAN Cat 5e-Cat 7 copper and OM3 singlemode fibers transmit heavier files over longer distances. These optimized vastly improve the survivability of a LAN-based fire-fighting and emergency management systems. Prewired conduits LV energy Fire-reaction

INNOVATION is at the core of our public and office building Nexans has R&D teams dedicated to the building market at its research and competence centers in Lyon (France), Nuremberg (Germany) and New Holland (USA). They draw on the collective knowledge of 450 researchers and engineers worldwide. Among breakthroughs in the public and office building sector are: fire-safety performance anticipating the Construction Products Directive (CPD) plastic optical fiber and copper for high performance and installation ease interconnectivity for multimedia cabling solutions electromagnetic neutrality, special coatings and protective sheathings hybrid solutions for CCTV surveillance (fiber plus copper) slippery jackets for faster and easier installation 10 Gigabit copper cabling solutions including and connectivity

Global expert in and cabling systems Nexans is the worldwide leader in the cable industry. The Group brings an extensive range of advanced copper and optical fiber cable solutions to the infrastructure, industry and building markets. Nexans and cabling systems can be found in every area of people's lives, from telecommunications and energy networks, to building, aeronautics, aerospace, automobile, railways, petrochemical, medical applications, etc. With an industrial presence in 29 countries and commercial activities throughout the world, Nexans employs 20,000 people and had sales in 2004 of 4.8 billion euros. Nexans is listed on the Paris stock exchange. 12/2005 Nexans S.A. - 16 rue de Monceau - 75008 Paris - France Tel: +33 (0)1 56 69 84 00 - Fax: +33 (0)1 56 69 84 84 www.nexans.com - marcom.info@nexans.com S.A. with share capital of 23,189,947 euros - 393 525 852 RCS Paris