Human activities have significantly impacted the environment through pollution, resource depletion, and climate change. Industrialization led to an assumption that the environment could absorb large amounts of pollution, but many incidents like acid rain have caused loss of biodiversity and species extinction. Other issues include ozone layer depletion from CFCs, global warming from increased CO2 levels, and destruction of half the world's rainforests. Solving environmental problems requires assessing risks, educating the public, enacting policies, and following through on solutions like increased energy efficiency and renewable energy adoption. Occupancy sensors can help save 30% of lighting energy use on average, improving sustainability with a return on investment period of 18-24 months.

1. Human Impact on the environment
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2.  When you look at the history of humanity it's basically a relationship between the two
most complicated systems on Earth :Human society and nature.
 Now , We are causing the devastation to our very foundation of our life system that has
given us birth.
 We should come out of the illusion that people are separate from nature.
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3. Pollution
 Since the industrial revolution, society
has had a tendency to assume that the
environment can absorb any amount of
pollution.
 Many of the most disastrous incidents
of pollution involve industrial chemicals
that are toxic or carcinogenic
Pollution from thermal power plant
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4. Pollution and Acid rain
 Rain and snow carry the sulfuric acid
formed when sulfur reacts with water
back to the surface in the form of acid
rain.
 It causes loss of species diversity in
bodies of water.
 Destruction of trees and organisms due
to low pH levels in ground water.
 Extinction of a lot of species.
Trees killed due to acid rains
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5. Depletion of Ozone Layer
 Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are a class
of chemicals involved in ozone
destruction.
 Coolant in refrigerators and air
conditioners propellant in aerosol
dispensers release CFCs.
 Ozone depletion will cause and
increase in the number of people who
develop skin cancer and cataract. Ozone layer
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6. Global Warming
 Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
influences global temperatures.Global
warming during Earth's current
interglacial warm period has
greatly altered our environment and the
distribution and diversity of all life.
 Global surface temperature increased
0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F)
between the start and the end of the
20th century
 Broader effects are expected to include
glacial retreat, arctic
shrinkage, including long-term
shrinkage of Greenland ice sheet, and
worldwide sera level rise due to global
warming.
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7. Extinction of Species
 Over the last 50 years, about half the
world’s rain forests have been destroyed
for pasture and farmland or for timber
 Rain forests have the highest species
diversity in Earth
 It is estimated that at least 1/5 of the
world’s animals and plants will become
extinct over the next 50 years
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8. Non-replaceable Resources
• Fossil fuels: Fossil fuels like coal,
natural gas and petroleum products
once used are not replaceable and will
add global warming gasses in to the
environment.
 Loss of top soil: by repeatedly turning
over soil to eliminate weeds, by
allowing animals to overgraze ranges
and pastures, and by practicing poor
land management we permit the wind
and rain to remove more and more
 Pollution and depletion of ground
water: Water seeps into aquifers at too
slow a rate to replace the large amount
of water being withdrawn for
unnecessary use (watering lawns,
washing cars, and running fountains)
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9. Examples of Disastrous Events
 In the early 1970s, Lake Erie was so
polluted from large amounts of
industrial chemicals that few fish could
survive there
 The Exxon Valdez ran around on the
Alaska coast in 1989, spilling 11
million gallons of oil and killing
thousands of marine animals. Even
today the evidence of damage to local
wildlife continues to mount
 UN estimates by the middle of the
century there may be 150 million
environmental refugees at any given
time from climate change.
Katrina
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10. Natural calamities
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11. The 5 components of solving any environmental problem
 Assessment
 Risk analysis
 Public education
 Political action
 Follow-through
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12. Assessment
 The gathering of information
 Data collection
 Performing experiments
 Make predictions
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13. Risk Analysis
 Use the information from assessment to predict the consequences of environmental
intervention
 Evaluate the potential to solve the problem as well as any adverse effects the plan might
create
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14. Public Education
 Inform the public
 Explain the problem in understandable terms
 Present alternative actions
 Explain probable costs and results
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15. Political Action
 The public, through its elected officials, selects and implements a course of action.
 Exercise your right to vote.
 Write to elected officials.
 Support special interest groups.
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16. Global Warming Solutions
 Reducing the amount of gas released in the atmosphere :
 energy efficiency
 renewable energy
 vehicle technology solutions
 Increase the efficiency of photosynthesis
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17. Why aren't we responding to climate change?
 First and foremost : economy
>>The greatest weapon of mass destruction is corporate economic globalization.
>>People think that, to implement eco-friendly measures
is expensive.
 Lack of awareness
>>Many people still don’t know what is green house effect.
>>what extent it is damging our eco-system
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18. Fundamental opportunity cost of economic growth
 As the economy grows, it displaces, it encroaches upon the biosphere, and this is a
fundamental cost
 What would it cost us to take carbon dioxide out of the air and put oxygen back in it,
which all the green things do for us for nothing.
 What would it cost to pollinating all of the flowering plants.
 In our modern globalized world growth continues to be the focus of many corporations
and governments who deplete our environment for economic gain.
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19. What BLAZE can offer?
• Blaze considered both environment and economy to design products which keep balance
between both of them.
• One of its kind is BLAZE occupancy based lighting system.
• On an average 30% of the energy on lighting can saved by implementing occupancy
based lighting.
• There are other indirect benefits from occupancy based lighting like: reduction in Air
conditioning bills etc.
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20. How occupancy based lighting works (example)
Provide light when and where it is required – an egress path for late night workers eliminates unnecessary energy usage
after hours.
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21. Estimates average saving potential for different space
types using occupancy sensors
 Private office 13–50%
 Conference room 22–65%
 Classroom 40–46%
 Restrooms 30–90%
 Corridors 30–80%
 Store areas (including warehouses) 45–80%
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22. Detection pattern of Occupancy sensors
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23. Features Blaze Occupancy sensors
 All occupancy detection sensors feature advanced robust wireless RF platform
 Easy installation with out retrofit or reconstruction
 On-board management selectable setting for maximum control without requiring
advanced technical knowledge
 Multiple rooms, HVAC and balcony doors easily accommodated with no
additional wiring required
 Occupancy detection only requires single occupant movement.
23 Wide range of cost effective and reliable occupancy sensor are available with BLAZE

24. ROI - Conclusions
 Average ROI for 30% saving: 18-24 months
Note: Here we have assumed that the Lighting fixtures are ON 12 -14 hours per day and
there is a saving of only 30% [averaged considering all the areas in a typical corporate
setup] of the energy for Lighting through Occupancy sensors.
This also includes savings through indirect savings.
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25. What it contributes to environment
 Suppose if you going to save minimum of10000KWh per month
for you whole building see how it will help environment
10000 90
90
7.5
450
37.5
Note: Reference for this calculation: http://www.carbonify.com/carbon-calculator.htm
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26. Thank you
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contact@blazeautomation.com
Tel: +91 40 6457 2220
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