Building Blocks: Recent Episodes
Jose Cruz Jr | Integrated Projects
Buildings are the #1 culprits of rising global temperatures representing almost 70% of all carbon emissions. The entire real estate industry needs to disrupt business as usual—and fast. Buildings blocks dives into the mechanics behind the digitization and decarbonization of buildings.
Serge Reda, real estate and tech executive, asks:
- what comes after single-purpose Proptech solutions?
- what could integrated services look like?
- ...and what does this mean the real estate developers?
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Glenn and Jose Cruz of Integrated Projects discuss The Roadmap to Decarbonize New York City, Part 1:
BIG PICTURE:
Buildings are public enemy #1—the culprits of rising global temperatures—representing almost 70% of all carbon emissions.
- A global all-hands-on-deck requires those working in, on, and around buildings to dramatically reduce carbon emissions by 2030—and eliminate by 2050.
- If we fail to eliminate CO2 in time, global temperatures will cross a “point of no return.” That is, an increase over 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to our pre-industrial levels.
- This tipping point will result in increased patterns of catastrophic weather conditions.
- Global social and economic unrest will be spurred by entire affected populations forced to leave their towns and cities en masse.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
In the next 8 years, existing buildings will require an unprecedented speed and scale of upgrades.
- To decarbonize existing buildings, it requires upgrades to their heating, cooling, electrical, and building systems—in efforts to reduce the building’s carbon footprint down to zero.
- This is true of all building sizes: from small apartments to large towers.
- And all building types: residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial.
- For perspective: to decarbonize 1.6 billion buildings in 8 years is roughly:
- ~200,000,000 buildings per year
- ~547,000 buildings per day
- That’s about (1) New York City every (2) days for the next (8) years.
- Basic math says: we’re not even close.
Read the full article, Buildings vs the World
Glenn and Jose Cruz of Integrated Projects dive into how 99% of building owners operate based on bad building data:
- "WHAT IS" VS "WHAT SHOULD BE"
- The "what is," versus the "what should be"
- Combining 3D scanning with 3D modeling
- Getting accurate existing conditions data of any building
- Comparing Photogrammetry vs LiDAR technology
- Crude oil (point clouds) and Refined oil (building data products)
- How phones will capture small residential & commercial spaces—at scale.
- The launch of BIMIT: the simplest way to convert your 3D scan to BIM
- The mechanics behind BIMIT
WHY IT MATTERS
- People working in, on, and around buildings don't really know their buildings.
- With BIMIT, anyone can accurately digitize their building.
- Building owners and design professionals save time, money, and headache around getting the "existing condition" of their building.
Glenn and Jose Cruz Jr (Founder), dive into the come up and origin story of Integrated Projects, a spatial intelligence company that works with real estate owners helping them know what they own.