Powering Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
A sustainable future calls for new ways of thinking. Innovative technologies such as hybrid work, smart buildings, sustainable networking infrastructure, and sustainable data centers are just the beginning.
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Hybrid Work
Adapt beyond the new normal with hybrid work solutions that benefit both you and the planet. With hybrid work, reduce emissions through less commuting and travelling. Nobody makes hybrid work, work better.
Seamless and secure hybrid work
A secure, consistent and seamless work experience from anywhere, delivered through sustainably-built, energy-efficient products. Enable security everywhere so you can empower work anywhere.
Collaborate remotely and sustainably
Flexible and secure collaboration tools that better connect teams and workflows to support a greater work-life balance. Reduce the need for business travel with a video-first experience.
Real-time visibility into energy efficiency
Visibility into infrastructure usage and real-time occupancy of a hybrid workplace. Optimise your HVAC and lighting based on real-time occupancy sensing.
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The Anywhere Office with KB Securities
KB Securities embraces a flexible working environment that benefits people and planet.
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Technology Optimization: Your Secret Weapon to Sustainability
Break down the right framework to integrating sustainability within your business.
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The CXO Conversation: Leading with a Sustainability Edge
Find out how Cisco is investing in sustainability to build growth for customers and communities.
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How technology can help businesses thrive sustainably
The world's top companies are embracing sustainability. Find out how Cisco technology is empowering this.
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Smart Buildings and Sustainable Workspaces
Across the globe, buildings account for 30% of GHG emissions and 70% of energy consumption. Making these environments more energy efficient and reducing their footprint can help to meet sustainability goals.
Technology is the 4th utility
Sustainability, energy consumption, safety and security are important drivers in building design. This underpins the acceleration of technology in buildings today.
Network is the convergence point
The network has become the convergence point for IT and building systems. Cisco's network provides the capabilities required to securely connect numerous bespoke environments in buildings.
Sustainability starts at the network
Enhance sustainability and reduce energy waste by up to 45% with energy-efficient workspace technologies such as LED lighting and sensors, controlled and monitored by applications deployed on a converged network.
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Navigating the sustainability journey
Uncover how Capitaland Investment is integrating sustainability principles across the business lifecycle.
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A model for sustainable workspaces
Discover 22 Bishopsgate, an ultra-modern and sustainable facility powered by Cisco
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Building to Net Zero at PENN1
A reimagined Cisco office in New York increases productivity while cutting energy costs and reducing waste.
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Sustainable Networking Infrastructure
Rethink the network. From manufacturing to retirement, the switching, routing and wireless Catalyst family of products are designed and engineered with sustainability in mind.
Reduce the impact of operations
Cisco's new generation of products is more sustainable than ever. High-power PoE switches provide up to 90W per port along with higher throughput with similar power consumption.
Procure sustainably-built and shipped equipment
Cisco's Circular Design Principles have eliminated wet-based paints, incorporated recycled content in products and reduced packaging foam, plastic wrap and corrugate with packaging efficiencies.
Reuse, retire and recycle
Cisco's networking technology uses standardised form factors and common modules, allowing effortless reuse. Cisco's Takeback and Reuse Program reuses and recycles 99.8% of products at no cost.
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The path to greener buildings
Find out how sustainability is impacting IT decisions at L&T Realty, a real estate developer in India.
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Sustainability embedded in your network
The Catalyst line exemplifies circularity in every phase of the product lifecycle.
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Scaling the network to embrace hybrid
Kyungpook National University Hospital chose Cisco to expand its no-contact services.
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Sustainable Data Centers
To adapt to a complex IT landscape, data center design must evolve to support business applications across on-premises, hybrid and cloud infrastructure. This will ensure optimised application experiences and sustainable operations.
Building a sustainable data center
With platinum or titanium power supply, midplane-less design and cloud-scale ASIC, Cisco's data center technology enables energy efficiency, delivers performance and extends equipment longevity beyond a decade.
Optimising resource usage with insights
Full-stack observability provides visibility across your IT environment and AI-led insights on over-resourced hotspots, enabling teams to scale and redirect workloads based on performance and resource consumption.
Sustainable actions backed by AI
Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer and Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator provide automation capabilities to reallocate resources and support scaling across data centers, enhancing workloads for sustainability.
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Building an IT Sustainability Strategy
Renewing our commitment to a greener future with a robust technology strategy.
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The future of data centers
Witness the results of sustainable data centers with a 5-part sustainability framework.
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Sustainability Facts | Smart Buildings
28 major cities stand together in reaching net zero
As of May 2020, 28 major cities had signed the World Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment. This agreement calls for cities to reach net zero carbon in operation by 2030 for all assets under their control.
Deloitte: Smart and Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
The world suffered $210b in weather & climate related losses in 2020
Climate risks are increasing as the global collective window to mitigate them shrinks. In 2020, the world suffered $210 billion in weather and climate related losses, including historic wildfires, floods and hurricanes.
Forrester: What’s Your Sustainability Strategy?
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
Smart buildings provide peace of mind
Smart buildings provide personal protection and peace of mind for their occupants by leveraging innovative technologies that monitor spaces, detect risks and implement automated responses.
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
Growth and sustainability, hand-in-hand
Economic growth strengthens consumer confidence, spending, and demand, all vital elements of a healthy investment climate — which a renewable energy transition is going to need.
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
A dramatic shift in workforce preferences
58% of the workforce expects to be working from home at least 8 days a month in future. Hence, more than half of global organizations plan to reduce their office footprint.
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
The world's busiest shipping port increased port handling efficiency by 30%
The Port of Shanghai went through a digital transformation with Cisco Hyperflex to boost port efficiency. The result? Increased port handling efficiency by 30%, saving hours of unloading time and reducing carbon emissions by 10% a year.
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
How KB Securities powered a smart, digital workplace
KB Securities, a Korean investment bank, adopted a next-generation IT infrastructure to transform its business. With Cisco solutions driving automation and borderless collaboration, KB Securities now enjoys enhanced operational efficiency and reduced management costs.
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
440 energy efficient projects enabled Cisco operations for a better future
In the last five years, Cisco has implemented over 440 energy efficiency projects that reduce costs and emissions in our buildings. In addition, we are procuring renewable energy and developing more sustainable systems for our product use.
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
How is Cisco implementing a circular economy in our organisation?
Cisco products and packaging are designed for reuse, repair, recycling, and resource efficiency, decreasing the emissions associated with extracting materials and manufacturing new products.
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
Buildings are responsible for 30-40% of total city emissions
Today's buildings are currently responsible for 30-40% of total city emissions; and in order to achieve the COP21 target by 2050, emissions from buildings must be 80-90% lower than they are today.
Deloitte: Smart and Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
Oil and gas will see a 75% annual per capita income decrease by the 2030s
Oil-and natural-gas-producing economies could see their annual per capita income from these products fall by about 75% by the 2030s, according to the International Energy Agency.
McKinsey Quarterly: It’s time for leaders to get real about hybrid
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
59% of Asia Pacific providers will save the day with rainwater
59% of Asia/Pacific and colocoation providers are using or planning to use rainwater harvesting systems over the next 2 years to improve energy efficiency.
IDC: Climate Week NYC 2021
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
Safety is a top priority for returning workforces
98% of employees want changes to make them feel safer before returning to the office.
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
What are the top concerns for office workers?
Top concerns of working in the office include: touching shared devices (64%), elevator congestion (62%), sharing a desk with others (61%), room sanitisation (52%), and exceeding a room’s social distancing capacity (41%).
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
Leaders must get real about hybrid work
Almost three-quarters of the 5,000 employees McKinsey surveyed globally want to continue to work from home two days per week, and more than half want at least three days of remote work
McKinsey Quarterly: It’s time for leaders to get real about hybrid
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
Cisco to achieve net zero by 2040 for people and planet
Cisco is committed to reaching net zero for greenhouse gas emissions across all scopes by 2040. Cisco will make investments and initiatives related to closing the digital divide, advancing social justice, building partner ecosystems of impact, and setting and achieving ambitious sustainability goals.
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
Reducing energy consumption by up to 96% with a single chip
Cisco continually incorporates a variety of design features to reduce energy consumption and material use. The Silicon One Chip in Cisco 8000 Series routers reduces energy consumption by up to 96%, while delivering 35% higher bandwidth.
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
Remote work has spiked to 62% during the pandemic globally
A Cisco survey of over 3,000 organisations worldwide found a significant spike in remote working during the pandemic from 19% to 62%, and higher predicted rates of 37% for remote working afterwards.
Sustainability Facts | Smart Buildings
Hybrid work promotes employee safety, well-being, collaboration, and productivity
While businesses can optimise real-estate expenses with a hybrid work environment, they also need to invest in transforming their offices. Those investments will help enhance the worker experience by promoting employee safety, well-being, collaboration, and productivity.
Sustainability Facts | Smart Buildings
Bringing utilities to the next generation with insights and analytics
By using a variety of new utilities to collect, aggregate, and analyze user data in real time, they provide insights and analytics that enable them to rapidly adapt to their users.
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
With only 9% of the workforce expected to fully return to the office, hybrid is king
Only 9% of the global workforce expect to fully return to the office after offices reopen. Not supporting a hybrid work model could prevent companies from attracting and retaining the talent they need to succeed in the future.
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
Over 50% of organisations plan to reduce their office footprint, and it's good for the planet
Many businesses that shift to a hybrid work model maintain less office space. In fact, a recent global workforce survey found that more than half of organisations plan to reduce their office footprint in the future.
Deloitte: Smart and Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure
Sustainability Facts | Smart Buildings
Smart building can enable sustainability and drive business goals
Smart buildings enable advanced monitoring of building performance and system utilisation. This lowers resource usage and costs, increases revenue, and ensures organisations can meet the expectations of corporate programs and regulatory and certification bodies.
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
Howard Hotel achieves 20% reduced energy consumption with Cisco Smart Building Solutions
Howard Hotel, a leading hotel chain in Taiwan, leveraged Cisco Smart Building Solutions to deliver real-time temperature adjustment on energy consumption devices to provide customers with a better guest experience. The chain has reduced overall energy consumption by 20% with smarter energy management during peak and low seasons.
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
Smart buildings reimagine your employee experiences
Smart buildings add significant value by providing smart and flexible spaces that deliver better experiences for users, enable greater collaboration, and optimise a building’s usage rates.
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
98% of workers say meetings will no longer be physical
Virtual collaboration is no longer a “nice to have”. 98% of workers believe that going forward they will have meetings with participants joining from home.
Sustainability Facts | Smart Buildings
Reducing costs with a virtual environment at Penske Australia
Penske Australia, a leading supplier of truck parts and systems, established a virtual desktop environment for remote workers in less than a week. With Cisco Hyperflex, Penske saw a reduction in power, cooling and licensing costs.
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
Safety is a top priority for returning workforces
98% of employees want changes to make them feel safer before returning to the office.
McKinsey Quarterly: It’s time for leaders to get real about hybrid
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
What are the top concerns for office workers?
Top concerns of working in the office include: touching shared devices (64%), elevator congestion (62%), sharing a desk with others (61%), room sanitisation (52%), and exceeding a room’s social distancing capacity (41%).
McKinsey Quarterly: It’s time for leaders to get real about hybrid
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
Leaders must get real about hybrid work
Almost three-quarters of the 5,000 employees McKinsey surveyed globally want to continue to work from home two days per week, and more than half want at least three days of remote work
McKinsey Quarterly: It’s time for leaders to get real about hybrid
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
58% agree that shareholder demands and sustainability programs can coexist
Just 3% of survey respondents believe sustainability focused programs reduce shareholder value, and 14% say they are unsure. These findings come as 58% of respondents say the current political environment has increased the importance of ESG programs to meet stakeholder expectations.
McKinsey Sustainability: The ESG premium: New perspectives on value and performance
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
Carbon neutrality brings value and cost savings to your organisation
Local supply chains reduce risk and please customers. Less energy output leads to lower bills - direct value. Efficiency accelerates your path to carbon neutrality.
Forrester: What’s Your Sustainability Strategy?
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
Transparency and trust are important to your stakeholders and the planet
Business transparency and consumer trust is paramount in the current age of the customer. Use this opportunity to make real change, build trust, and provide a great experience to your stakeholders - including the planet!
Forrester: What’s Your Sustainability Strategy?
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
Communication is key - and now's the time to use it
It will be important for leaders to acknowledge that they don't have all the answers, as their companies transition to hybrid working models. The end goal with hybrid work is undefined and employees must be aware that it takes time.
McKinsey Quarterly: It’s time for leaders to get real about hybrid
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
Hybrid work is going to be complicated
A hybrid model is more complicated than a fully remote one. At scale, using it will be an unprecedented event in which all kinds of norms will be put to the test.
McKinsey Quarterly: It’s time for leaders to get real about hybrid
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
Transparency is more important than ever
Many employers spend far too little time acknowledging that building the muscles for a truly effective hybrid operating model could take years, not least because they are still learning what actually works in such environments.
McKinsey Quarterly: It’s time for leaders to get real about hybrid
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
What if your building could think? L&T Realty asked the same
L&T Realty, India's most respected real estate developer, recently commissioned one of the smartest buildings in India. With Cisco's smart building portfolio, L&T Realty optimised smart spaces to cater to employee needs - meaning lower energy consumption, cost savings and a fantastic employee experience that is safe and secure.
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
How does the cloud accelerate your supply chain?
Lindsay Australia, an integrated transport, logistics and rural supply company engaged Cisco cloud solutions to enhance reliability, connectivity, and on-time deliveries. The result? Operational excellence driving cost savings and fuel efficiencies, bringing 1.6 million tonnes of freight, fresh product and seafood to the dining tables of Australians.
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
Sustainability enriches people - inside and out
Smart and sustainable buildings, able to adapt to the specificities of their occupants, have a positive impact on their physical and mental health. Better air quality and reduced environmental noise help occupants to improve productivity, their decision-making ability and response to crisis; and they alleviate psychological distress.
Sustainability Facts | Smart Buildings
Smart building solutions can cut electrical costs
With 90W universal power over ethernet available through Cisco Catalyst 9000 switches, smart buildings can deliver DC power to devices over copper ethernet cabling, eliminating the need for separate power supplies and outlets. This can return a 30% reduction in electrical materials costs.
Sustainability Facts | Smart Buildings
How "smart" are smart buildings?
Real-time data gathering and analytics is the pivot upon which smart buildings constantly churn. And the product they churn out is extremely valuable in helping your smart building determine which course of action to take.
Sustainability Facts | Smart Buildings
Connected devices are the way of the future
It's not just a trend, it's the goal. It's predicted that by 2028 there will be over four billion connected internet-of-things devices such as TVs, speakers, wearables and smart devices, in commercial smart buildings.
Deloitte: Smart and Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
Lean in to experimentation and new ideas
In this new world organisations can try out different working models and norms, physical-space layouts and tools to create a future that balances individual productivity with innovation - to drive creativity and personal flexibility with team collaboration.
McKinsey Quarterly: It’s time for leaders to get real about hybrid
Sustainability Facts | Smart Buildings
How does the Cisco Catalyst enable performance?
A single switch can keep your workforce connected over distances. Cisco Catalyst switches connect securely over the ethernet, are less power-hungry and smaller in size. The result is a reduction in power consumption and requires less cooling.
Sustainability Facts | Smart Buildings
Keep your energy and power usage in check
In a smart hybrid workspace, Cisco Wireless and DNA Spaces use intelligent automation to manage energy and power usage. This lowers your energy consumption and reduces cost for a greener and more efficient building.
Sustainability Facts | Smart Buildings
Does a shift in workspace mean a shift in productivity?
Mitsui Knowledge Industry, a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co, worked with Cisco to adopt a solution capable of supporting workstyle reforms. With Cisco DNA, employees can be more flexible and delays across the network are reduced, resulting in lower operational costs and energy savings.
Sustainability Facts | Hybrid Work
Bridging cultural and financial benefits with hybrid work
Hybrid work optimises real estate expenses, but it needs investment to transform into its best self. Physical and technological investments will help enhance the worker experience by promoting employee safety, wellbeing, collaboration and productivity.
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
What could we see in the workplace tomorrow?
The opportunity to adopt solutions to integrate smart heating, lighting and environmental controls extends the potential for the digital workplace to finally achieve the smart-building reality. It is now widely accepted that cloud services are more sustainable, with hyperscaler public cloud providers using 100% renewable energy.
Forrester: Future Fit Tech Leaders Must Make Sustainability A Top Priority
Sustainability Facts | Smart Buildings
What is a green building?
The World Green Building Council defines a green building as one that “in its design, construction or operation, reduces or eliminates negative impacts, and can create positive impacts, on our climate and natural environment; preserve precious natural resources and improve our quality of life.”
Deloitte: Smart and Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure
Sustainability Facts | Sustainability
The pandemic did not slow down CO2 levels
Coronavirus lockdowns slowed carbon emissions and drove down pollution worldwide, but CO2 levels are still not dropping long-term. In May 2020 the world reached record levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: 417 parts per million compared to 414.8 ppm from the previous May.
Forrester: Future Fit Tech Leaders Must Make Sustainability A Top Priority
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Sustainability Ideas Board
Moving forward, will your business strategise and adopt technologies to embed sustainability into a hybrid work model?
My idea is to design low power & self cooling Servers & network devices to save energy.
Anil Patil
Sr.Executive IT - India & Subcontinent
We need to collaborate Junior with retired and senior expert so they can build strong according their knowledge
Dhruvin Shroff
Network Engineer
We can use face datector technology for employee in home, we can reduce 50% mobility in our office and it's direct to reduce pollution in street
Kaleb Kaleb
IT
Hybrid Work with new techie under the Senior or retired Experienced Staff
Dhruvin Shroff
Network Engineer
It is better to have 100% WFH as we can get more productivity if we save time from travelling.
for seamless VPN connection, we can create WLC with Natted IP and home APs can connect with it on capwap tunnel. and configure it on flex mode. Solves the VPN problem
Husen Vohra
Network Security speciality
Hybrid Model has advantages technology thru work from home specially this pandemic, you can reach smoothly meetings or reporting. where ever you are it can help you better in work or family related. Looking forward to it!
Al clem Zaragoza Tabiliran
Quality Assurance
Hybrid model will be innovative for the future. As the pandemic hit us in recent years, it's impacted the way we work. We will not have face to face meetings offline, instead they're now online meetings. And I think it can improve productivity as it can cut time consumed for each meeting.
Outman Ardy
Solutions Architect
Use a hybrid environment, 50% in office & 50% in home. It can reduce pollution coming from CO2 derived from transportation in our organization.
Kaleb
IT
Work from home 3 days a week and travel to office 2 days a week. Cuts congestion, pollution, leads to more job satisfaction and also meet with co-workers to share ideas
peter mckenzie
Cyber Security Instructor
“Many organizations will move towards hybrid or “anywhere” work models that will have direct implications on your carbon footprint. For example, scope 2 emissions from purchased electricity might reduce since you may lease or own less office space. Scope 3 emissions from business travel and commuting will be significantly reduced. However, ensuring an efficient workplace will require the use of tools and processes in place so that this transition is seamless.”
Sandeep Yadav
Networks-Manager
Use of hybrid connectiivitt with compression Using last three generations for enterprises
Romi Butani
Divisional Manager IT
Hybrid work, more efficient use of available office space and reduction in CO2 because of WFH. Most of our meetings and internal events have been in online mode ever since Cisco TP was introduced. Not only reduction in CO2, it has saved over Billion dollars in travel cost.
Nagarajan R
Principal Engineer
As a company, we are always on the lookout for opportunities to have a positive impact on the environment in every aspect of our business – be it through efficiency in the supply chain or developing products that power a sustainable future. On hybrid work – Cisco always had a flexible work model, and the pandemic has shone a light on it. A sizeable percentage of Cisco employees work remotely, and our hybrid work strategy allows our employees do their best work by empowering flexibility, choice and inclusion for both employees and their managers. Managers will collaborate with their staff to mutually decide options that work best for them. The focus is on delivering outputs and results, and not time spent in attending meetings.
Anand Patil
Senior Director, Systems Engineering
Many organizations will move towards hybrid or “anywhere” work models that will have direct implications on your carbon footprint. For example, scope 2 emissions from purchased electricity might reduce since you may lease or own less office space. Scope 3 emissions from business travel and commuting will significantly reduce. However, ensuring efficient workplace will require the use of tools and processes in place so that this transition seamless.
Abhijit Sunil
Analyst
Sustainability Ideas Board
In your opinion, what role can the technology industry play in supporting a sustainable future?
With IoT technology nowadays, we can monitor, orchestrate and automate BMS and EMS to achieve smart buildings. We can regulate air conditioner or turn off the light if no users around or as per schedule, monitor the electricity usage, or even reduce electricity and carbon emission. With Cisco, we can securely integrate IoT to achieve smart building.
Lung Hendra
Network Engineer
IT Infra optimization/Modernization which in turn have a direct impact on sustainability
- we have also implemented pay per use policy for some Infra services, which brings a healthy
competition between teams and also drives behaviour changes needed to take full advantage of technology
- We pay a lot of attention to full lifecycle from ordering Multipacks to reduce the packing to
using Cisco “Send it Back” apps, where products are completely recycled.
- we also use Cisco technology like DNA Spaces, Meraki Cameras to analyse the space utilization and made even space planning based on data.C4
Nagarajan R
Principal Engineer
Technology plays a critical role in supporting strategies towards a sustainable future. Be it enabling a secure, productive, engaging and inclusive way for employees to work from wherever they are or in helping buildings become more energy efficient through the use of smart sensors and actuators, digital security and automation solutions. Technology can help reduce waste, improve efficiency and take quick action through the use of data, analytics and real-time information.
Anand Patil
Senior Director
The technology industry and the technology divisions of all organizations play an important role in addressing the technology carbon footprint that is invariable in every organization. Especially in industries where their core function is hard to decarbonize – such as oil and gas or travel and logistics, this forms a major part of carbon emission reduction strategy.
Abhijit Sunil
Analyst
Sustainability Ideas Board
How 'smart' should buildings be to power an inclusive and sustainable future? What technologies define a smart building?
Educational classrooms can become globally available to all students through AI tools, even those that have hearing or visual impairment or speak different languages. With a PowerPoint plugin such as Presentation Translator, students have real-time subtitles for everything the teacher says. This opens up new possibilities for students who need to learn at different levels, who want to learn a subject unavailable in their school, or are sick and absent from schools. AI can break down the silos between traditional grade levels and schools.
Amit Gumber
Senior Consultant
Using Clean & Renewable energy for Data Center Operational
Ramadani Ramadani
IT System Engineer & Infratsructure
We can put different way to userenewable energy having the tinted one sided visible glass with solar panel installed on the roof top, so that when sunlight is available you will less consumption of grid supply along with natural renewable energy generated through solar system.
Nitin Josalkar
Regional IT Infra Head
Human centric and frictionless technology. Technology that enable natural response of environment to human activities. Invisible yet can deliver meaningful experience to human interactions.
David Hermawan
Country Digital Acceleration
Technology has to enable the policy to move with the user. And provide a seamless and security connectivity.
So that work can happen any place, they will commute to collaborate.
- building systems and IT systems should talk to each other,
for example turn off Conf room Aircon, when no meeting is scheduled
- IT to implement systems for smart seat allocation, so as to reduce the energy consumption
for example users directed to a single zone/floor, instead of spreading them across the building and incurring energy costs.
Nagarajan R
Principal Engineer
Smart buildings have the potential to become a transformative force in building a sustainable future. They use a variety of technologies to sense, analyse data and take decisions in real time, all without human intervention. In recent times, health and safety in workplaces has become a priority, and smart buildings can play a role in ensuring air quality, sanitization, and even social distancing and contact tracing. In addition, smart buildings can also drive cost efficiencies and allow its occupants and users to drive a sustainability strategy for their organizations. Typical technologies leveraged include the Internet of Things (IoT), Real Time Data Analytics, Smart WiFi and User interfaces, Image recognition and video analytics and collaboration endpoints.
Anand Patil
Senior Director
Buildings accounted for 7% of the global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Rhodium group. Additional emissions come from heating ang cooling systems, technology that buildings harbor etc. Smart buildings will thus play a substantial role in the overall decarbonization and demand side carbon reduction. Smart buildings also enhances worker experiences within the building spaces. IoT-enabled building and facility management solutions monitor the design, construction, and operation of structures and buildings, including lighting and HVAC systems.
Abhijit Sunil
Analyst