ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kamal Meattle - Business owner and activist
With its air-filtering plants and sustainable architecture, Kamal Meattle's office park in New Delhi is a model of green business. Meattle himself is a longtime activist for cleaning up India's air.

Why you should listen

Kamal Meattle has a vision to reshape commercial building in India using principles of green architecture and sustainable upkeep (including an air-cleaning system that involves massive banks of plants instead of massive banks of HVAC equipment). He started the Paharpur Business Centre and Software Technology Incubator Park (PBC-STIP), in New Delhi, in 1990 to provide "instant office" space to technology companies. PBC-STIP's website publishes its air quality index every day, and tracks its compliance to the 10 principles of the UN Global Compact, a corporate-citizenship initiative.

Meattle has long been a environmental activist in India. In the 1980s he helped India's apple industry develop less-wasteful packaging to help save acres of trees. He then began a campaign to help India's millions of scooter drivers use less oil. His next plan is to develop a larger version of PBC-STIP, making a green office accessible to more businesses in New Delhi and serving as an example of low-cost, low-energy office life.

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Kamal Meattle: How to grow fresh air

Kamal Meattle membicarakan cara menghasilkan udara segar anda sendiri.

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Penyelidik Kamal Meattle menunjukkan bagaimana penyusunan tiga pokok hias-rumah biasa di tempat-tempat tertentu di dalam rumah atau bangunan pejabat, dapat menghasilkan udara yang lebih segar di kawasan tertutup.
- Business owner and activist
With its air-filtering plants and sustainable architecture, Kamal Meattle's office park in New Delhi is a model of green business. Meattle himself is a longtime activist for cleaning up India's air. Full bio

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Some 17 yearstahun agosebelum ini, I becamemenjadi allergicalah to Delhi'sDelhi airudara.
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Kira-kira 17 tahun yang lalu, saya menjadi alah kepada udara di Delhi.
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My doctorsdoktor told me that my lungparu-paru capacitykapasiti
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Doktor saya beritahu yang kapasiti paru-paru saya
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had gonepergi down to 70 percentperatus,
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telah merosot kepada 70 peratus,
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and it was killingmembunuh me.
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dan ia mengancam nyawa saya.
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With the help of IITIIT,
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Dengan bantuan IIT,
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TERITERI, and learningslearnings from NASANASA,
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TERI dan pengetahuan daripada NASA,
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we discoveredditemui that there are threetiga
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kami telah mendapati bahawa ada tiga
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basicasas greenhijau plantstumbuhan,
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tumbuhan hijau asas,
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commonbiasa greenhijau plantstumbuhan, with whichyang mana
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pokok hijau biasa, yang boleh
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we can growberkembang all the freshsegar airudara
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ditanam bagi menghasilkan udara segar
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we need indoorsdalam rumah to keep us healthysihat.
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yang kita perlukan di tempat tertutup agar kita terus sihat.
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We'veKita kena alsojuga founddijumpai that you can
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Kami juga mendapati bahawa kita boleh
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reducemengurangkan the freshsegar airudara requirementskeperluan
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mengurangkan keperluan udara segar
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into the buildingbangunan, while maintainingmengekalkan
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di dalam bangunan, di samping mengekalkan
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industryindustri indoordalaman air-qualitykualiti udara standardspiawaian.
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standard kualiti udara dalam bangunan.
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The threetiga plantstumbuhan are ArecaPokok palmsawit,
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Tiga pokok itu ialah pokok palma pinang kuning,
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Mother-in-Law'sIbu mertua di TongueLidah and moneywang planttumbuhan.
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pokok lidah jin dan pokok duit-duit.
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The botanicalbotani namesnama are in frontdepan of you.
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Nama botaninya terpapar di hadapan anda.
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ArecaPokok palmsawit is a planttumbuhan whichyang mana
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Palma pinang kuning merupakan tumbuhan yang
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removesAlih Keluar COCO2 and convertssaudara-saudara it into oxygenoksigen.
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menyingkirkan CO2 dan mengubahkan ia menjadi oksigen.
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We need fourempat shoulder-highbahu-tinggi plantstumbuhan perper personorang,
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Kami perlukan empat pokok separas bahu bagi setiap orang
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and in termsterma of planttumbuhan carepenjagaan,
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dan dari segi penjagaannya,
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we need to wipelap the leavesdaun
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kami perlu lapkan daunnya
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everysetiap day in DelhiDelhi, and perhapsmungkin
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setiap hari di Delhi, dan mungkin
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oncesekali a weekminggu in cleaner-airpembersih udara citiesbandar-bandar.
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seminggu sekali di kota-kota berudara lebih bersih.
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We had to growberkembang them in vermivermi manurekotoran,
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Kami tanam pokok itu dalam baja cacing
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whichyang mana is sterilesteril, or hydroponicshydroponics,
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yang steril, ataupun hidroponik,
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and take them outdoorsdi luar everysetiap threetiga to fourempat monthsbulan.
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dan membawa ia ke luar setiap tiga atau empat bulan.
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The secondkedua planttumbuhan is Mother-in-law'sIbu mertua di TongueLidah,
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Tumbuhan yang kedua ialah pokok lidah jin,
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whichyang mana is again a very commonbiasa planttumbuhan,
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yakni satu lagi pokok yang biasa didapati,
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and we call it a bedroombilik tidur planttumbuhan,
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dan kami menggelar ia pokok bilik tidur,
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because it convertssaudara-saudara COCO2 into oxygenoksigen at night.
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kerana ia menukarkan CO2 menjadi oksigen pada waktu malam.
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And we need sixenam to eightlapan waist-highpinggang-tinggi plantstumbuhan perper personorang.
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Kami perlukan enam hingga lapan pokok separas pinggang bagi setiap orang.
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The thirdketiga planttumbuhan is moneywang planttumbuhan,
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Tumbuhan yang ketiga ialah pokok duit-duit,
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and this is again a very commonbiasa planttumbuhan;
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dan ini juga satu lagi pokok yang memang biasa didapati,
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preferablylebih baik growstumbuh in hydroponicshydroponics.
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sebaik-baiknya ditanam secara hidroponik.
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And this particulartertentu planttumbuhan removesAlih Keluar formaldehydesformaldehydes
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Pokok yang ini menyingkirkan gas formaldehid
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and other volatiletidak menentu chemicalsbahan kimia.
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dan bahan-bahan kimia meruap yang lain.
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With these threetiga plantstumbuhan,
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Dengan ketiga-tiga tumbuhan ini,
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you can growberkembang all the freshsegar airudara you need.
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anda boleh menghasilkan sebanyak mana pun udara segar yang diperlukan.
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In factfakta, you could be in a bottlebotol
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Malahan, anda boleh berada di dalam botol
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with a captopi on topatas, and you would not diemati at all,
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yang bertutup, dan anda tidak akan mati pun,
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and you would not need any freshsegar airudara.
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dan anda tidak perlu pun udara segar.
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We have triedcuba these plantstumbuhan at our
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Kami telah mencuba pokok-pokok ini di
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ownsendiri buildingbangunan in DelhiDelhi, whichyang mana is a
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bangunan kami sendiri di Delhi, iaitu sebuah
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50,000-square-feet-Dataran-kaki, 20-year-old-tahun lama buildingbangunan.
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bangunan seluas 50,000 kaki persegi, berusia 20 tahun.
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And it has closedekat to 1,200 suchseperti itu plantstumbuhan for 300 occupantspenghuni.
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Ia mengandungi hampir 1,200 pokok berkenaan bagi 300 penghuni.
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Our studieskajian have founddijumpai that there is
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Kajian kami telah mendapati bahawa ada
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a 42 percentperatus probabilitykebarangkalian of one'ssatu blooddarah oxygenoksigen
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kebarangkalian 42 peratus oksigen darah seseorang
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going up by one percentperatus if one staystetap indoorsdalam rumah
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boleh meningkat satu peratus jika dia duduk di dalam
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in this buildingbangunan for 10 hoursJam.
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bangunan ini selama 10 jam.
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The governmentkerajaan of IndiaIndia has discoveredditemui
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Kerajaan India telah menemukan
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or publishedditerbitkan a studybelajar to showtunjukkan
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atau menerbitkan satu kajian untuk menunjukkan
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that this is the healthiestsihat buildingbangunan in NewBaru DelhiDelhi.
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bahawa inilah bangunan yang paling menyihatkan di New Delhi.
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And the studybelajar showedmenunjukkan that,
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Kajian itu menunjukkan bahawa,
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comparedberbanding to other buildingsbangunan,
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berbanding dengan bangunan lain,
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there is a reduceddikurangkan incidencekejadian of
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berkurangnya kejadian
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eyemata irritationkerengsaan by 52 percentperatus,
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kerengsaan mata sebanyak 52 peratus,
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respiratorypernafasan systemssistem by 34 percentperatus,
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masalah sistem respirasi menurun 34 peratus,
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headachessakit kepala by 24 percentperatus,
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sakit kepala menurun 24 peratus,
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lungparu-paru impairmentkecacatan by 12 percentperatus and asthmaasma by ninesembilan percentperatus.
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kerosakan peparu menurun 12 peratus dan asma menurun 9 peratus.
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And this studybelajar has been publishedditerbitkan on SeptemberSeptember 8, 2008,
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Kajian ini telah diterbitkan pada 8 September, 2008,
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and it's availableboleh didapati on the governmentkerajaan of IndiaIndia websitelaman web.
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dan boleh didapati di laman web kerajaan India.
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Our experiencepengalaman pointsmata to an
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Pengalaman kami menunjukkan
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amazingmenakjubkan increasemeningkat in humanmanusia productivityproduktiviti
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peningkatan produktiviti manusia yang amat mengagumkan
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by over 20 percentperatus by usingmenggunakan these plantstumbuhan.
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sebanyak 20 peratus kerana penggunaan pokok-pokok ini.
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And alsojuga a reductionpengurangan in energytenaga requirementskeperluan in buildingsbangunan
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Dan juga pengurangan keperluan tenaga di dalam bangunan
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by an outstandingcemerlang 15 percentperatus, because you need lesskurang freshsegar airudara.
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sebanyak 15 peratus kerana kurangnya udara segar yang diperlukan.
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We are now replicatingmereplikasi this in a
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Kini kami mengulangi usaha ini di sebuah
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1.75-million-square-feet-juta-Dataran-kaki buildingbangunan,
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bangunan seluas 1.75 juta kaki persegi,
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whichyang mana will have 60,000 indoordalaman plantstumbuhan.
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yang akan menempatkan 60,000 tanaman dalam rumah.
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Why is this importantpenting?
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Mengapa ini penting?
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It is alsojuga importantpenting for the environmentpersekitaran,
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Ia juga penting bagi alam sekitar,
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because the world'sdunia energytenaga
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kerana keperluan tenaga dunia
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requirementskeperluan are expecteddijangka to growberkembang
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dijangka meningkat
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by 30 percentperatus in the nextseterusnya decadedekad.
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sebanyak 30 peratus dalam dekad akan datang.
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40 percentperatus of the world'sdunia energytenaga is takendiambil
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40 peratus daripada tenaga di dunia dipakai
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up by buildingsbangunan currentlypada masa ini,
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oleh bangunan sekarang,
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and 60 percentperatus of the world'sdunia populationpenduduk
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dan 60 peratus daripada penduduk dunia
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will be livinghidup in buildingsbangunan in citiesbandar-bandar
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akan mendiami bangunan di kota-kota
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with a populationpenduduk of over one millionjuta in the nextseterusnya 15 yearstahun.
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yang berpopulasi melebihi sejuta orang dalam 15 tahun akan datang.
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And there is a growingberkembang preferencekeutamaan for livinghidup
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Dan kecenderungan untuk tinggal
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and workingbekerja in air-conditionedbilik berhawa dingin placestempat.
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dan bekerja di tempat berhawa dingin semakin meningkat.
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"Be the changeubah you want to see in the worlddunia,"
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Jadilah perubahan yang ingin anda saksikan di dunia ini,
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said MahatmaMahatma GandhiGandhi.
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kata Mahatma Gandhi.
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And thank you for listeningmendengar.
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Terima kasih kerana sudi mendengar.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kamal Meattle - Business owner and activist
With its air-filtering plants and sustainable architecture, Kamal Meattle's office park in New Delhi is a model of green business. Meattle himself is a longtime activist for cleaning up India's air.

Why you should listen

Kamal Meattle has a vision to reshape commercial building in India using principles of green architecture and sustainable upkeep (including an air-cleaning system that involves massive banks of plants instead of massive banks of HVAC equipment). He started the Paharpur Business Centre and Software Technology Incubator Park (PBC-STIP), in New Delhi, in 1990 to provide "instant office" space to technology companies. PBC-STIP's website publishes its air quality index every day, and tracks its compliance to the 10 principles of the UN Global Compact, a corporate-citizenship initiative.

Meattle has long been a environmental activist in India. In the 1980s he helped India's apple industry develop less-wasteful packaging to help save acres of trees. He then began a campaign to help India's millions of scooter drivers use less oil. His next plan is to develop a larger version of PBC-STIP, making a green office accessible to more businesses in New Delhi and serving as an example of low-cost, low-energy office life.

More profile about the speaker
Kamal Meattle | Speaker | TED.com