Energy Efficiency &

Sustainable Buildings
An answer to climate change

1ha
of trees
Development of CO emissions (in million tons)
from 1995 to 2011

35,000t
can
absorb
30,000t

6t
CO a year
almost the size
of a soccer field
25,000t

1995 2000 2005 2010

The 10 largest CO emitting countries and their

percentage of global CO emission in 2012

Russia
Canada
5%
1%

USA
Germany China
2% 21% Korea
16% 2% Japan
3%
India
5%
Indonesia
Brazil 2%
4%

31.6 5 6
billion t billion ha times
global CO (appx.) of trees would the size of
emissions in 2012 be needed to absorb Australia
this amount of CO

Urban CO emissions cities and buildings

Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
caused by Cities worldwide

50%
of the worlds
population lives
in cities
60% 70%

6,700 1.5
(appx.) buildings worldwide were
modernized by Siemens, implementing
billion US$
energy-efficiency measures since 1995 of potential savings
in energy costs

Energy efficient modernization solutions

Case study: Taipei 101

The worlds
508m
Height tallest green
building
2nd
highest building Modernization of Taipei 101 resulted in:

17% 3,000t
in the world

less energy reduction in annual

Built in 2004 consumption CO emissions
Modernized with
Smart Buildings
Solutions in 2008

101
Floors plus
5 underground

a car that drives approx.

US$700,000 22,140,000 km
annual savings - more than 550 times
in total around the globe -
would produce this
amount of CO

Annual reduction Smart solutions

Water Lighting
Reduction of 28,000 Lighting control using
tons annually natural light

Waste Heating
Reduction of 1,261 Improving insulation
tons annually
Air Conditioning
Energy Automatic ventilation
Reduction of 4.8 control
million kWH annually

automatically shuts
down when the motion
sensors detect the
rooms are unoccupied

Taipei 101
Taipei
2008
358,000m2 floor space
101 storeys:
6 floor shopping mall
95 floor office tower
LEED-Platinum
Certification

The Crystal
London
2012

6,300m2 surface
83,000 visitors
Certified Outstanding by
BREEAM
65%
The Crystal is a sustainable
cities initiative by Siemens.
It is an all-electric building
that uses solar power and less CO than similar
ground source heat pumps office structures
to generate its own energy.

Infographic Siemens

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