Global Warming is similar to a fever. A human fever is 1.5C above our normal body temperature. We sweat, get chills, headaches and more.

This is exactly what is happening to our planet with our current patterns of linear consumption and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions (Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide), the sea levels will rise, ice caps will melt, biodiversity will collapse, and oceans will get even warmer, creating an unbalanced ecological system making an extreme change to our climate.

In 1950 the world emitted just over 5 billion tonnes of (CO₂e) – about the same as the US, or half of China’s annual emissions today. By 1990 this had quadrupled to 22 billion tonnes. Emissions have continued to grow rapidly; we now emit over 36 billion tonnes each year.¹

73% of the world CO₂e emissions comes from energy use:

• Buildings consume 40% ​of the world’s energy
• Energy use in buildings account for 17.5% of the total CO₂e emissions
• Residential buildings account for 10.9% while commercial buildings 6.6%

In the European Union buildings are responsible for 40% of Europe’s energy consumption and 36% of CO₂e emissions.

According to a study by the Boston Consulting Group, the internet is responsible for roughly one billion tonnes of greenhouse gases a year, or around two per cent of world emissions.

Today, we produce about 300 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. That’s nearly equivalent to the weight of the entire human population.²

Indoor air pollution is responsible for 1.6 million premature deaths each year in developing countries ³

The WHO calls indoor air pollution “the world’s largest single environmental health risk” ⁴

• 21,000 people in the US and 20,000 in the EU die from radon-related lung cancer every year⁵
• Radon is 10x more dangerous for children⁶