Kevin Surace invents eco-friendly drywall

Prevoditelj: Tilen Pigac - EFZG Recezent: Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG

What's happening to the climate?

Što se događa s klimom?

It is unbelievably bad.

Nevjerojatno je loša.

This is, obviously, that famous view now of the Arctic,

Ovo je, očito, onaj poznati pogled s Arktika,

which is likely to be gone at this point

koji će vjerojatno nestati

in the next three or four or five years. Very, very, very scary.

u idućih tri ili četiri ili pet godina. Jako, jako, jako zastrašujuće.

So we all look at what we can do.

Stoga svi gledamo što možemo učiniti.

And when you look at the worldwide sources of CO2,

A kada pogledate svjetske izvore CO2,

52 percent are tied to buildings.

52 posto je vezano uz zgrade.

Only nine percent is passenger cars, interestingly enough.

Zanimljivo, samo devet posto su putnički automobili.

So we ran off to a sushi bar.

Stoga smo odjurili u sushi bar.

And at that sushi bar we came up with a great idea.

I u tom sushi baru smo došli na sjajnu ideju.

And it was something called EcoRock.

I to je bilo nešto zvano EcoRock.

And we said we could redesign the 115-year-old

I rekli smo kako bismo mogli redizajnirati 115 godina star

gypsum drywall process that generates

proces gipsanja zidova, koji proizvodi

20 billion pounds of CO2 a year.

9 milijardi kilograma CO2 na godinu.

So it was a big idea. We wanted to reduce that by 80 percent,

Dakle, bila je to velika ideja. Htjeli smo smanjiti to za 80 posto.

which is exactly what we've done.

Što je upravo ono što smo učinili.

We started R&D in 2006.

Počeli smo s istraživanjem i razvojem 2006. godine.

Decided to use recycled content from cement

Odlučili smo koristiti reciklirani sadržaj iz cementa

and steel manufacturing.

i proizvodnje čelika.

There is the inside of our lab. We haven't shown this before.

Ovo je unutrašnjost našeg laboratorija. Ovo nismo prije prikazali.

But our people had to do some 5,000

Ali naši ljudi su morali napraviti 5.000

different mixes to get this right, to hit our targets.

različitih mješavina kako bi dobili onu pravu, kako bismo dostigli našu metu.

And they worked absolutely very, very, very hard.

I radili su u potpunosti vrlo, vrlo, vrlo naporno.

So then we went forward and built our production line in China.

Zatim smo krenuli naprijed i izgradili smo našu proizvodnu liniju u Kini.

We don't build this production equipment any longer in the U.S., unfortunately.

Više ne izrađujemo ovu proizvodnu opremu u SAD-u, nažalost.

We did the line install over the summer.

Preko ljeto smo postavili liniju.

We started right there, with absolutely nothing.

Počeli smo upravo ondje, bez apsolutno ičega.

You're seeing for the first time, a brand new drywall production line,

Vidite ovo po prvi puta, potpuno novi proces proizvodnje suhozida,

not made using gypsum at all.

koji je napravljen bez korištenja gipsa.

That's the finished production line there.

Ovo je završna proizvodna linija tamo.

We got our first panel out on December third.

Naš prvi panel je proizveden trećeg prosinca.

That is the slurry being poured onto paper, basically. That's the line running.

Ovo je, u biti, emulzija koja se izlijeva na papir. Ovo je linija u pogonu.

The exciting thing is, look at the faces of the people.

Uzbudljiva stvar je, pogledajte lica ljudi.

These are people who worked this project for two to three years.

Ovo su ljudi koji su radili na tom projektu dvije do tri godine.

And they are so excited. That's the first board off the line.

I oni su toliko uzbuđeni. Ovo je prva daska izašla s linije.

Our Vice President of Operation kissing the board. Obviously very, very excited.

Naš potpredsjednik operacija kako ljubi dasku. Očito jako, jako uzbuđen.

But this has a huge, huge impact on the environment.

Ali ovo ima ogroman, ogroman utjecaj na okoliš.

We signed the first panel just a few weeks after that, had a great signing ceremony,

Potpisali smo prvi panel samo nekoliko tjedana nakon toga, imali smo odličnu proslavu povodom toga.

leading to people hopefully using these products across the world.

Što je nadam se vodilo do ljudi koji će koristiti te proizvode diljem svijeta.

And we've got Cradle-to-Cradle Gold on this thing.

I za tu stvar dobili smo zlato "Kolijevka do kolijevke".

We happened to win, just recently, the Green Product of the Year

Nedavno smo pobijedili, na natjecanju za zeleni proizvod godine,

for "The Re-Invention of Drywall," from Popular Science.

za "Ponovni izum suhozida", od Popular Scince-a.

Thank you. Thank you.

Hvala vam. Hvala vam.

So here is what we learned: 8,000 gallons of gas

Ovo je ono što smo naučili. 30.280 litara goriva

equivalent to build one house.

što je ekvivalentno gradnji jedne kuće.

You probably had no idea. It's like driving around the world six times.

Vjerojatno si ne možete zamisliti. To je poput vožnje oko svijeta šest puta.

We must change everything.

Moramo sve promijeniti.

Look around the room: chairs, wood,

Pogledajte okolo po prostoriji, stolice, drvo.

everything around us has to change or we're not going to lick this problem.

Sve oko nas se mora promijeniti ili nećemo zacijeliti taj problem.

Don't listen to the people who say you can't do this, because anyone can.

Nemojte slušati ljude koji govore kako vi to ne možete učiniti, jer svatko može.

And these job losses, we can fix them with green-collar jobs.

A te gubitke poslova, možemo ih riješiti s poslovima zelenih ovratnika.

We've got four plants. We're building this stuff around the country.

Imamo četiri biljke. Gradimo te stvari po cijeloj zemlji.

We're going as fast as we can.

Idemo najbrže što možemo.

Two and a half million cars worth of gypsum,

Gips u vrijednosti od dva i pol milijuna automobila,

you know, CO2 generated. Right?

znate, generiranog CO2. Točno?

So what will you do? I'll tell you what I did and why I did it. And I know my time's up.

Dakle, što ćete učiniti? Reći ću vam što sam ja učinio i zašto sam to učinio. I znam kako mi je vrijeme isteklo.

Those are my kids, Natalie and David.

Ovo su moja djeca, Natalie i David.

When they have their kids, 2050,

Kada budu imala svoju djecu, 2050-te,

they'd better look back at Grandpa and say,

bolje im je da se ugledaju na djeda i kažu,

"Hey, you gave it a good shot. You did the best you could

"Hej, napravio si dobru stvar. Učinio si najbolje što si mogao

with the team that you had."

s timom koji si imao."

So my hope is that when you leave TED,

Nadam se da, kada odete s TED-a,

you will look at reducing your carbon footprint

da ćete gledati kako smanjiti svoj ugljični otisak

in however you can do it.

na koji god način možete.

And if you don't know how, please find me -- I will help you.

A ako ne znate kako, molim vas, pronađite me. Pomoći ću vam.

Last but not least, Bill Gates, I know you invented Windows.

Posljednje, ali ne i najmanje važno, Bill Gates, znam da si izumio Windowse.

Wait till you see, maybe next year, what kind of windows we've invented.

Čekaj samo da vidiš, možda dogodine, kakvu vrstu prozora smo mi izumili.

Thank you so much.

Puno vam hvala.

(Applause)

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