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businesses can commit to methods and technologies that reduce To learn more about how connected technologies align with global
carbon emissions and reduce energy consumption. Every person can energy policies, read our white paper Good connectivity: a key to
drive the changes that prompt those commitments. decarbonizing the building sector here 15

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1 A carbon footprint of approximately 16 tons, https://unctad.org/topic/least- 9 Recycled or reclaimed materials https://rmi.org/embodied-carbon-101
developed-countries/chart-october-2021 10 Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 https://conservativeenergynetwork.org/what-is-in-
2 The global average, https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/ the-inflation-reduction-act/
carbon-footprint-calculator/ 11 The European Green Deal https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/green-deal/
3 The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development https://unctad.org/ 12 The EU’s RePowerEU plan https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/
ldc2022 priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal/repowereu-affordable-secure-and-sustainable-
4 Current built environment https://architecture2030.org/why-the-built-environment/ energy-europe_en
5 Connected lighting systems https://www.theclimategroup.org/led-indoor- 13 Gambia, Mali, Costa Rica and other smaller countries https://www.aljazeera.com/
professional-lighting features/2023/6/27/the-planets-burning-can-the-global-south-save-it
6 Human-centric connected systems https://www.theclimategroup.org/led-indoor- 14 US Office of the Director of National Intelligence report https://www.dni.gov/files/
professional-lighting ODNI/documents/assessments/NIE_Climate_Change_and_National_Security.pdf
7 Millions of tons https://rmi.org/embodied-carbon-101/ 15 Good connectivity: a key to decarbonizing the building sector https://www.signify.com/
8 New types of concrete https://www.enr.com/gdpr- global/sustainability/green-switch
policy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.enr.com%2Farticles%2F54809-new-technologies-
for-reduced-carbon-concrete-are-on-the-horizon

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