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Kevin Surace: Eco-friendly drywall
Kevin Surace vind omgewingsvriendelike pleisterbord uit
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Kevin Surace stel voor dat ons basiese konstruksiemateriale -- soos die bekende pleisterbord -- heroorweeg, sodat ons die reuse koolstof-voetspoor wat deur die vervaardiging en konstruksie van ons geboue gegenereer word, kan verklein. Hy stel EcoRock bekend: ’n skoon, herwinbare en energie-doeltreffende pleisterbord, geskep deur sy span by Serious Materials.
Kevin Surace - Engineer, executive
Kevin Surace is looking at the climate crisis from an engineer's perspective -- and creating products that prove there's no piece of our daily lives we can't redesign to be cleaner and greener. Full bio
Kevin Surace is looking at the climate crisis from an engineer's perspective -- and creating products that prove there's no piece of our daily lives we can't redesign to be cleaner and greener. Full bio
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What's happening to the climate?
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Wat gaan aan met die klimaat?
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It is unbelievably bad.
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Dis ongelooflik sleg.
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This is, obviously, that famous view now of the Arctic,
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Hierdie is, natuurlik, daardie bekende beeld van die Noordpool,
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which is likely to be gone at this point
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wat waarskynlik tot niet sal wees by hierdie punt
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in the next three or four or five years. Very, very, very scary.
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in die volgende drie of vier of vyf jaar. Baie, baie, baie angswekkend.
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So we all look at what we can do.
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Ons kyk dus almal wat ons kan doen.
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And when you look at the worldwide sources of CO2,
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En wanneer ’n mens kyk na die wêreldwye bronne van CO2,
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52 percent are tied to buildings.
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is 52 persent toe te skryf aan geboue.
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Only nine percent is passenger cars, interestingly enough.
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Slegs 9 persent aan passasiersmotors, interessant genoeg.
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So we ran off to a sushi bar.
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So ons is na ’n sushi bar toe.
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And at that sushi bar we came up with a great idea.
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En by daai sushi bar het ons met ’n blink idee vorendag gekom.
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And it was something called EcoRock.
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En dit was iets genaamd EcoRock.
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And we said we could redesign the 115-year-old
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En ons't gesê ons kan die 115 jaar oue gips-
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gypsum drywall process that generates
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pleisterbord proses, wat 20 miljard pond
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20 billion pounds of CO2 a year.
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CO2 per jaar produseer, herontwerp.
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So it was a big idea. We wanted to reduce that by 80 percent,
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So dis ’n groot idee. Ons wou dit verminder met 80 persent.
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which is exactly what we've done.
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En dis presies wat ons gedoen het.
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We started R&D in 2006.
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Ons't met N&O begin in 2006.
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Decided to use recycled content from cement
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Besluit om herwinde komponente van sement en
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and steel manufacturing.
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staalvervaardiging te gebruik.
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There is the inside of our lab. We haven't shown this before.
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Hierdie is ons laboratorium. Ons't nog nooit hierdie gewys nie.
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But our people had to do some 5,000
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Maar ons mense moes sowat 5,000
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different mixes to get this right, to hit our targets.
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verskillende mengels doen om ons teikens te tref.
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And they worked absolutely very, very, very hard.
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En hulle het baie, baie, baie hard gewerk.
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So then we went forward and built our production line in China.
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So toe het ons voortgegaan en ons produksielyn in Sjina gebou.
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We don't build this production equipment any longer in the U.S., unfortunately.
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Ons bou ongelukkig nie meer hierdie vervaardigingstoerusting in die V.S.A. nie.
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We did the line install over the summer.
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Ons het die lynaanleg oor die somer gedoen.
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We started right there, with absolutely nothing.
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Ons het net daar begin, met absoluut niks.
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You're seeing for the first time, a brand new drywall production line,
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Julle sien nou vir die eerste keer, ’n splinternuwe pleisterbord produksielyn,
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not made using gypsum at all.
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gemaak sonder enige gips.
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That's the finished production line there.
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Dis die voltooide produksielyn daar.
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We got our first panel out on December third.
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Ons het ons eerste paneel op 3 Desember uitgekry.
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That is the slurry being poured onto paper, basically. That's the line running.
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Dit is die slyk wat op die papier gegiet word, basies. Dis die produksielyn wat hardloop.
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The exciting thing is, look at the faces of the people.
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Die opwindende ding is, kyk na die mense se gesigte.
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These are people who worked this project for two to three years.
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Dis mense wat vir twee tot drie jaar op hierdie projek gewerk het .
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And they are so excited. That's the first board off the line.
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En hulle is so opgewonde. Dis die eerste bord van die lyn af.
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Our Vice President of Operation kissing the board. Obviously very, very excited.
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Ons Visie-President van Bestuur wat die bord soen. Natuurlik baie, baie opgewonde.
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But this has a huge, huge impact on the environment.
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Maar dit het ’n groot impak op die omgewing.
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We signed the first panel just a few weeks after that, had a great signing ceremony,
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Ons het die eerste paneel geteken net ’n paar weke daarna, ’n lieflike seremonie gehad.
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leading to people hopefully using these products across the world.
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Wat hopelik lei daartoe daartoe dat mense wêreldwyd hierdie produkte gebruik.
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And we've got Cradle-to-Cradle Gold on this thing.
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En ons't Cradle to Cradle goudsertifikasie op dit.
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We happened to win, just recently, the Green Product of the Year
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Ons het toevallig, onlangs, die Groen Produk van die Jaar gewen,
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for "The Re-Invention of Drywall," from Popular Science.
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vir "die Heruitvind van Pleisterbord," van Popular Science.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Dankie. Dankie.
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So here is what we learned: 8,000 gallons of gas
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So hier's wat ons geleer het. 8,000 gelling brandstof
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equivalent to build one house.
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ekwivalent aan een huis se bou.
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You probably had no idea. It's like driving around the world six times.
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Julle't seker geen idee gehad nie. Dis soos om ses keer om die wêreld te ry.
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We must change everything.
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Ons moet alles verander,
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Look around the room: chairs, wood,
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Kyk in hierdie kamer, stoele, hout.
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everything around us has to change or we're not going to lick this problem.
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Alles om ons moet verander as ons hierdie probleem gaan baasraak.
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Don't listen to the people who say you can't do this, because anyone can.
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Moenie luister na mense wat sê julle kannie, want enigiemand kan.
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And these job losses, we can fix them with green-collar jobs.
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En hierdie mense wat hulle werk verloor, ons kan dit regmaak met omgewingsvriendelike poste.
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We've got four plants. We're building this stuff around the country.
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Ons het vier fabrieke. Ons bou hierdie goed regoor die land.
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We're going as fast as we can.
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En ons gaan so vinnig soos ons kan.
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Two and a half million cars worth of gypsum,
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Twee en ’n half miljoen karre se gips,
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you know, CO2 generated. Right?
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julle weet, deur CO2 gegenereer, né?
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So what will you do? I'll tell you what I did and why I did it. And I know my time's up.
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So wat gaan julle doen? Ek sal julle sê wat ek gedoen het, en hoekom. En ek weet my tyd is op.
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Those are my kids, Natalie and David.
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Dis my kinders, Natalie en David.
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When they have their kids, 2050,
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Wanneer hulle kinders het, 2050,
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they'd better look back at Grandpa and say,
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beter hulle terugkyk na Oupa en sê:
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"Hey, you gave it a good shot. You did the best you could
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"Ja, jy't probeer^^^. Jy't jou bes gedoen
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with the team that you had."
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met die span wat jy gehad het."
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So my hope is that when you leave TED,
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So my hoop is dat wanneer julle TED verlaat,
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you will look at reducing your carbon footprint
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julle sal kyk om julle koolstof-voetspoor te verminder,
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in however you can do it.
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op enige manier moontlik.
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And if you don't know how, please find me -- I will help you.
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En as julle nie weet hoe nie, vind my asseblief. Ek sal help.
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Last but not least, Bill Gates, I know you invented Windows.
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Laaste maar nie die minste nie, Bill Gates, ek weet jy't Windows uitgedink.
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Wait till you see, maybe next year, what kind of windows we've invented.
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Wag tot jy sien, dalk volgende jaar, watse vensters ons uitgedink het.
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Thank you so much.
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Baie dankie.
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(Applause)
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(Applous)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kevin Surace - Engineer, executiveKevin Surace is looking at the climate crisis from an engineer's perspective -- and creating products that prove there's no piece of our daily lives we can't redesign to be cleaner and greener.
Why you should listen
Kevin Surace wants to reduce the use of fossil fuels and their effect on the environment by greening manufacturing processes that create the basic components of our everyday life. As CEO of Serious Materials, he's helping to reduce the energy usage (and CO2 emissions) generated by the world's largest contributor -- buildings.
Before Serious Materials, Surace worked with Perfect Commerce, General Magic, Air Communications, National Semiconductor and Seiko-Epson.
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