sustainableux 2017 presentation seyi fabode
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Convergence of The Utility Industry and the
Built Environment
Seyi Fabode
‘Data Centers use the equivalent of 50 power plants, costing American businesses $13 billion annually in electricity bills and emitting nearly
100 million metric tons of CO2 pollution/year.’ NRDC
A system is an interconnected set of elements coherently organized in a way that achieves
something . . . consisting of three parts: elements, interconnections, and a function or purpose.
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Gartner Suggests a Typical Family Home Could Contain More Than
500
Smart Devices by 2022…
Maybe time for some rules so things don’t get out of hand…
Rule 1? Multi purpose products.
Rule 2? Take full lifecycle responsibility for your product…
Rule 3? Sustainability woven into the
form and function…
Rule 4? Affordance as an opportunity to educate
The average consumer only spends
8mins/year interacting with their
utility.*
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/customers-spend-8-minutes-a-year-interacting-online-with-their-utility
‘Speed is irrelevant if you are traveling in the wrong direction.’ Gandhi
And we are traveling fast…
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