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From the Ted Talk by Ksenia Petrichenko: What if buildings created energy instead of consuming it?

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So what is the result of improving energy efficiency? Significant energy savings, reduced CO2 emissions, lower energy bills and ivempord cfoomrt, productivity and hlateh of people lnviig in them.

The second thing we need is a massive shift towards electricity. And of course I mean clean, decarbonized electricity produced from solar, wind and other low-carbon sources. If we look at Europe, for instance, more than 40 percent of households rely on natural gas for space heating and cooking. To complicate matters, 40 percent of all gas consumed in Europe last year was imported from rssuia. So there is a climate imperative, but also a strong geopolitical and energy srutciey imperative to electrify and decarbonize our buildings and make them as eenficfit as possible. This doesn't only mean replacing energy supply from a gas pipeline with ernegy slppuy from an electric line.

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So what is the result of improving energy efficiency? Significant energy savings, reduced CO2 emissions, lower energy bills and ________ _______, productivity and ______ of people ______ in them.

The second thing we need is a massive shift towards electricity. And of course I mean clean, decarbonized electricity produced from solar, wind and other low-carbon sources. If we look at Europe, for instance, more than 40 percent of households rely on natural gas for space heating and cooking. To complicate matters, 40 percent of all gas consumed in Europe last year was imported from ______. So there is a climate imperative, but also a strong geopolitical and energy ________ imperative to electrify and decarbonize our buildings and make them as _________ as possible. This doesn't only mean replacing energy supply from a gas pipeline with ______ ______ from an electric line.

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  1. improved
  2. health
  3. comfort
  4. russia
  5. security
  6. living
  7. efficient
  8. energy
  9. supply

Original Text


So what is the result of improving energy efficiency? Significant energy savings, reduced CO2 emissions, lower energy bills and improved comfort, productivity and health of people living in them.

The second thing we need is a massive shift towards electricity. And of course I mean clean, decarbonized electricity produced from solar, wind and other low-carbon sources. If we look at Europe, for instance, more than 40 percent of households rely on natural gas for space heating and cooking. To complicate matters, 40 percent of all gas consumed in Europe last year was imported from Russia. So there is a climate imperative, but also a strong geopolitical and energy security imperative to electrify and decarbonize our buildings and make them as efficient as possible. This doesn't only mean replacing energy supply from a gas pipeline with energy supply from an electric line.

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