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building operations account for 27% and building construction and and use of human-centric connected systems align with improving
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infrastructure materials make up the remaining 13%. Each building well-being and productivity.
consumes energy for the lighting, heating and cooling systems
that maintain comfortable indoor environments for residents. Each Building designs can also move away from materials that
environmental control system also generates carbon emissions. release millions of tons of carbon emissions during extraction,
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manufacturing, transportation, construction and disposal.
Different technology-driven solutions exist for the carbon emissions Architectural firms and construction firms can prioritize moving away
and energy consumption problems seen with buildings. For example, from the use of conventional building materials such as concrete,
connected lighting systems built around efficient LED technologies steel and insulation to low-carbon, carbon-neutral or carbon-storing
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could save millions of tons of carbon emissions and reduce the materials. New types of concrete, for example, may reduce carbon
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demand for electricity. While LED lighting can offer direct energy emissions by 60%. In addition, firms can reduce emissions associated
savings of 50�70% over conventional lighting, connecting LED lighting with manufacturing practices by specifying the use of recycled or
systems to smart controls, the IoT and other environmental control reclaimed materials for buildings. »
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systems can increase those percentages. In addition, the installation

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