Energy Efficiency &
Sustainable Buildings
An answer to climate change
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Development of CO₂ emissions (in million tons)
from 1995 to 2011
of trees
35,000t
can
absorb
30,000t
6t
25,000t
almost the size
of a soccer field
CO² a year
1995
2000
2005
2010
The 10 largest CO₂ emitting countries and their
percentage of global CO₂ emission in 2012
Russia
Canada
5%
1%
China
Germany
USA
2%
16%
21%
Korea
2%
Japan
3%
India
5%
Indonesia
2%
Brazil
4%
31.6
5
billion ha
times
global CO²
emissions in 2012
(appx.) of trees would
be needed to absorb
this amount of CO²
the size of
Australia
billion t
6
Urban CO₂ emissions – cities and buildings
Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
caused by Cities worldwide
50%
of the world’s
population lives
in cities
60%
70%
1.5
6,700
billion US$
(appx.) buildings worldwide were
modernized by Siemens, implementing
energy-efficiency measures since 1995
of potential savings
in energy costs
Energy efficient modernization solutions
Case study: Taipei 101
508m
Height
The world’s
tallest green
building
2nd
highest building
in the world
Modernization of Taipei 101 resulted in:
17%
less energy
consumption
Built in 2004
Modernized with
Smart Buildings
Solutions in 2008
3,000t
reduction in annual
CO² emissions
101
Floors plus
5 underground
a car that drives approx.
US$700,000
22,140,000 km
annual savings
in total
- more than 550 times
around the globe would produce this
amount of CO²
Annual reduction
Smart solutions
Water
Lighting
Reduction of 28,000
tons annually
Lighting control using
natural light
Waste
Heating
Reduction of 1,261
tons annually
Improving insulation
Air Conditioning
Energy
Automatic ventilation
control
Reduction of 4.8
million kWH annually
automatically shuts
down when the motion
sensors detect the
rooms are unoccupied
Taipei 101
Taipei, Taiwan
2008
358,000m2 floor space
101 storeys:
6 floor shopping mall
95 floor office tower
LEED-Platinum
Certification
The Crystal
London, United Kingdom
2012
6,300m2 surface
83,000 visitors
Certified ‘Outstanding’ by
BREEAM
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.
65%
less CO² than similar
office structures
Infographic © Siemens
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