How to grow fresh air | Kamal Meattle

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Some 17 years ago, I became allergic to Delhi's air.

Prije kojih 17 godina, Postao sam alergičan na zrak Delhija.

My doctors told me that my lung capacity

Moji doktori su rekli kako se kapacitet mojih pluća

had gone down to 70 percent,

smanjio na 70%,

and it was killing me.

i kako me to ubija.

With the help of IIT,

Uz pomoć IIT-a (Indian Institute of Technology),

TERI, and learnings from NASA,

TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), i učeći od NASA-e,

we discovered that there are three

otkrili smo kako postoje tri

basic green plants,

osnovne lisnate biljke,

common green plants, with which

obične zelene biljke, s kojima

we can grow all the fresh air

možete uzgojiti sviježi zrak

we need indoors to keep us healthy.

koji nam je potreban u unutrašnjosti kako bi ostali zdravi.

We've also found that you can

Također smo otkrili da možete

reduce the fresh air requirements

smanjiti potrebe za sviježim zrakom

into the building, while maintaining

u zgradama, a ipak zadržati

industry indoor air-quality standards.

industrijski standard kvalitete zraka u prostorijama.

The three plants are Areca palm,

Tri biljke su:palma Areca ,

Mother-in-Law's Tongue and money plant.

Sabljica (ili Svekrvin jezik) i Đavolji bršljan.

The botanical names are in front of you.

Botanička imena su ispred vas.

Areca palm is a plant which

Palma Areca je biljka koja

removes CO2 and converts it into oxygen.

uklanja CO2 i pretvara ga u kisik.

We need four shoulder-high plants per person,

Potrebne su nam četiri biljke do visine ramena po jednoj osobi,

and in terms of plant care,

a što se tiče brige o biljkama,

we need to wipe the leaves

moramo brisati lišće

every day in Delhi, and perhaps

svaki dan u Delhiju, a možda samo

once a week in cleaner-air cities.

jednom tjedno u gradovima sa čišćim zrakom.

We had to grow them in vermi manure,

Morali smo ih održavati organskim gnojivom,

which is sterile, or hydroponics,

koje je sterilno, ili hidroponima,

and take them outdoors every three to four months.

i iznositi van svaka tri do četiri mjeseca.

The second plant is Mother-in-law's Tongue,

Druga biljka je Sabljica ili Svekrvin jezik,

which is again a very common plant,

koja je također prilično uobičajena biljka,

and we call it a bedroom plant,

i mi je nazivamo biljka za spavaću sobu,

because it converts CO2 into oxygen at night.

jer pretvara CO2 u kisik preko noći.

And we need six to eight waist-high plants per person.

I treba sam 6-8 do struka visokih biljaka po osobi.

The third plant is money plant,

Treća biljka je Đavolji bršljen,

and this is again a very common plant;

i to je prilično uobičajena biljka;

preferably grows in hydroponics.

po mogućnosti uzgajana u hidroponima.

And this particular plant removes formaldehydes

A ova posebna biljka uklanja formaldehide

and other volatile chemicals.

i ostale štetne kemikalije.

With these three plants,

S te tri biljke,

you can grow all the fresh air you need.

možete uzgojiti sav svježi zrak koji vam je potreban.

In fact, you could be in a bottle

U stvari, mogli biste biti u boci

with a cap on top, and you would not die at all,

sa čepom na vrhu, i ne biste umrli,

and you would not need any fresh air.

i ne bi vam bio potreban svježi zrak.

We have tried these plants at our

Mi smo iskušali te biljke u našoj

own building in Delhi, which is a

vlastitoj zgradi u Delhiju, koja ima površinu

50,000-square-feet, 20-year-old building.

4,645 m2 i 20 godina stara.

And it has close to 1,200 such plants for 300 occupants.

U njoj je blizu 1,200 ovakvih biljaka za 300 stanara.

Our studies have found that there is

Naša istraživanja su otkrila kako postoji

a 42 percent probability of one's blood oxygen

42% vjerojatnosti da se razina kisika u krvi

going up by one percent if one stays indoors

poveća za 1% ako ostanete unutar

in this building for 10 hours.

te zgrade 10 sati.

The government of India has discovered

Vlada Indije je otkrila

or published a study to show

i publicirala istraživanje kako bi pokazala

that this is the healthiest building in New Delhi.

kako je to najzdravija zgrada u New Delhiju.

And the study showed that,

I istraživanje je pokazalo kako je,

compared to other buildings,

u usporedbi s drugim zgradama,

there is a reduced incidence of

smanjena pojava

eye irritation by 52 percent,

iritacije očiju za 52%,

respiratory systems by 34 percent,

problema s dišnim organima za 34%,

headaches by 24 percent,

glavobolja za 24%,

lung impairment by 12 percent and asthma by nine percent.

problema s plućima za 12% i astme za 9%.

And this study has been published on September 8, 2008,

To je istraživanje objavljeno 8. rujna 2008.,

and it's available on the government of India website.

i dostupno je na web stranicama indijske vlade.

Our experience points to an

Naše iskustvo upućuje na

amazing increase in human productivity

nevjerojatano povećanje ljudske produktivnosti

by over 20 percent by using these plants.

i to preko 20% kada se koriste te biljke.

And also a reduction in energy requirements in buildings

Također se smanjuje upotreba energije u zgradi

by an outstanding 15 percent, because you need less fresh air.

za izvanrednih 15%, jer trebate manje svježeg zraka.

We are now replicating this in a

Sada pokušavamo primjeniti istu stvar

1.75-million-square-feet building,

na zgradu od 162,580 m2,

which will have 60,000 indoor plants.

koja će imati 60,000 ovih biljaka.

Why is this important?

Zašto je to toliko važno?

It is also important for the environment,

Važno je i zbog okoliša,

because the world's energy

jer se očekuje da potrebe za

requirements are expected to grow

energijom u svijetu rastu

by 30 percent in the next decade.

za 30% u slijedećem desetljeću.

40 percent of the world's energy is taken

40% svjetske energije se trenutno koristi

up by buildings currently,

za građevine,

and 60 percent of the world's population

a 60% svjetske populacije

will be living in buildings in cities

živjeti će u zgradama u gradovima

with a population of over one million in the next 15 years.

s više od milijun stanovnika u sljedećih 15 godina.

And there is a growing preference for living

Raste i želja za življenjem

and working in air-conditioned places.

i radom u klimatiziranim prostorima.

"Be the change you want to see in the world,"

"Budite promjena koju želite vidjeti u svijetu.",

said Mahatma Gandhi.

rekao je Mahatma Gandhi.

And thank you for listening.

Hvala vam što ste me saslušali.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)