Climate change: What can we do?

And who cares anyway?

Machines have replaced manual labor

Technology Racing Ahead

200 years of carbon emissions

We will not reduce energy use in construction!

Two solutions to the problem

We can (probably) tough it out

HumansHomo Genus

But maybe not…

Death and Destruction

The Apollo Missions – 11 years, 17 flights

• Apollo Guidance Computer– .00004 GHz clock speed– 4 KB RAM

• 5x IBM 365/75– .01 GHz clock speed– 8 MB RAM

• Apple iPhone 6s– 1.8 GHz clock speed– 2 GB RAM

Speed: 180xMemory: 250x

The Apollo Missions – 11 years, 17 flights

• iPhone is 32,500 times faster and has 250,000 times more memory than the Apollo guidance computer

• iPhone is 36 times faster and has 25 times more memory than all 5 IBM 360/75 computers combined

When will we spend 150 billion

USD again?

US Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

cost 3 trillion USD!

Do we need 150 billion USD to change this graph?

Commercial solar cell efficiency today 15-22%

We’ll need to store energy

Thank you for your attention

Michael P. Smithing, FRICSLEED AP ID+C, BREEAM Assessor, BREEAM In-Use Auditor

Director | Green Building AdvisoryColliers International

(+65) 9818 4214