Lighting Lighting control using natural light Air Conditioning Automatic ventilation control automatically shuts down when the motion sensors detect the rooms are unoccupied Heating Improving insulation Annual reduction Smart solutions Water Reduction of 28,000 tons annually Energy Reduction of 4.8 million kWH annually Waste Reduction of 1,261 tons annually global CO ² emissions in 2012 31.6 Energy efficient modernization solutions (appx.) of trees would be needed to absorb this amount of CO ² the size of Australia 5 billion ha Modernization of Taipei 101 resulted in: less energy consumption 17% The Crystal is a sustainable cities initiative by Siemens. It is an all-electric building that uses solar power and ground source heat pumps to generate its own energy. less CO ² than similar office structures 65% of potential savings in energy costs billion t times 6 billion US$ 1.5 The world’s tallest green building Case study: Taipei 101 of the world’s population lives in cities 50% (appx.) buildings worldwide were modernized by Siemens, implementing energy-efficiency measures since 1995 6,700 Urban CO ₂ emissions – cities and buildings The Crystal London, United Kingdom 2012 6,300m 2 surface 83,000 visitors Certified ‘Outstanding’ by BREEAM 358,000m 2 floor space 101 storeys: 6 floor shopping mall 95 floor office tower LEED-Platinum Certification Taipei 101 Taipei, Taiwan 2008 Built in 2004 Modernized with Smart Buildings Solutions in 2008 2nd highest building in the world 508m Height 101 Floors plus 5 underground Infographic © Siemens Sources http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=485&ArticleID=5417&l=en http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/208750/umfrage/weltweiter-co2-ausstoss/ http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/179260/umfrage/die-zehn-groessten-c02-emittenten-weltweit/ http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/opinionleadersonweo/ http://www.iea.org/media/presentations/RedrawingTheEenrgyClimateMapPresentation.pdf (p. 3) http://www.siemens.de/nachhaltige-stadtentwicklung/nachhaltige-stadtentwicklung.html http://www.siemens.com/entry/cc/en/future-of-energy.htm#/home http://www.siemens.com/future-of-energy/pdf/mckinsey-study-opportunities-for-germanys-energy-transition.pdf (p. 59) http://www.siemens.com/press/de/events/2011/infrastructure-cities/building-technologies/2011-11-taipei101.php http://www.buildingtechnologies.siemens.com/bt/global/de/referenzen/total-building-solutions/Seiten/taipei-101.aspx http://www.thecrystal.org/_html/about/green-design.html http://www.thecrystal.org/_html/media/press-release.html http://www.siemens.co.uk/en/news_press/index/news_archive/2013/the-crystal-awarded-breeam-award-sustainable-building.htm http://www.siemens.com/innovation/apps/pof_microsite/_pof-fall-2012/_pdf/16_en.pdf http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/3058/umfrage/die-30-groessten-laender-der-welt-nach-flaeche/ http://www.hqs.sbt.siemens.com/gip/general/dlc/data/assets/hq/press/CS%20IBT201107.010d.pdf http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/37413/umfrage/durchschnittlicher-co2-ausstoss-von-pkw-ausgewaehlter-marken/ Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions caused by Cities worldwide 70% 60% annual savings in total US$700,000 reduction in annual CO ² emissions 3,000t 22,140,000 km - more than 550 times around the globe - would produce this amount of CO ² a car that drives approx. The 10 largest CO ₂ emitting countries and their percentage of global CO ₂ emission in 2012 China 21% India 5% Brazil 4% Korea 2% Canada 1% Germany 2% Indonesia 2% USA 16% Japan 3% Russia 5% Development of CO ₂ emissions (in million tons) from 1995 to 2011 35,000t 30,000t 25,000t 1995 2000 2005 2010 can absorb 1ha of trees CO ² a year 6t almost the size of a soccer field An answer to climate change Energy Efficiency & Sustainable Buildings