3FOOD

Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
The calculations assume: US$360 Billion per TW based on 2015 global GDP $75 Trillion (in
constant 2010 USD), 19 TW global energy consumption in 2015, Energy amounts to 8% of global
GDP, US$ converted to Euros. Avoided Cost of Carbon based on 2015 Carbon intensity (3
GtCO 2 /TW), valued at $100 per ton CO 2 Social Cost of Carbon, and 2010 US$ converted to
Euros.
Luxembourg Construction, Real Estate, and IOT-GAIN Amplifying
These end-use efficiency gain opportunities are in every sector and value chain of the economy,
conjoined with both existing processes and products, as well as with the IoT and GAIN
technologies in the process of disrupting even the most durable, long-lasting market
performance trends in sector after sector. The global built industry is overdue for such a
makeover, given their immense ecological footprint and the extensive exergetic gains that IoT
and GAIN technologies can catalyze.
Over time, every existing building and facility should undergo a real-time retrofit and upgrade
process that uses wireless smart sensor networks drawing off Big Data and data visualization
analytics, transforming energy-consuming buildings and facilities into positive energy highperformance
buildings. This is a multi-decadal immense market for Luxembourg’s industrial
sector businesses to pursue. Given Luxembourg’s 4% per annum new construction growth
rates, all new construction should also be designed to create buildings that serve as Big Data
nodes, micro power generating sites, and electric and fuel cell vehicle transport hubs.
Infosys, one of the world’s largest IT companies, provides an exemplary model. The €8.3 billion
annual revenue multinational is achieving 80% energy savings in new commercial building
construction and operations through its innovative green infrastructure division. Upfront,
systems-integrated architectural-engineering designs led to 50% cuts in energy consumption
(achieved at roughly no extra first cost), while real-time, life-long “continuous commissioning”
of the facilities is maintained through smart sensor networks and Big Data building analytics to
ensure the facilities remain operating and performing as designed. These design features
resulted in accruing an additional 30% energy savings. Deep retrofits and rebuilds of existing
building stock can achieve total savings of 50+ percent.
Architect Ed Mazria, founder of the Architecture 2030 global initiative embraced by business
associations and cities around the world, points out that over the next 15 years 82 billion
square meters of new building and rebuilt construction will take place in urban areas,
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