Apidays Helsinki & North 2024 - Data Ecosystems Driving the Green Transition by Olli Kilpeläinen, Betolar

Data Ecosystems Driving the Green Transition
Olli Kilpeläinen, VP - Data Platform & Ecosystem at Betolar

Apidays Helsinki & North 2024 - Connecting Physical and Digital: Sustainable APIs for the Era of AI, Super and Quantum Computing (May 28 and 29, 2024)

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1. DATA ECOSYSTEMS DRIVING
GREEN TRANSITION
OLLI KILPELÄINEN
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3. Olli Kilpeläinen
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ollikilpelainen/
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5. The construction industry
is one of the most polluting
sectors. The biggest single
contributor is cement, which is
used as a binder to produce
concrete.
Proportion of CO2
emissions from
cement*ca. 7%
* IEA, KPMG market study

6. Construction:
operational carbon
emissions
25 %
Construction:
embodied carbon
emissions
16 %
Aviation
2 %
Other
57 %33.9 Gt
Global CO2 emissions (2020)
Total global CO2 sector emissions = 33.9 Gt1
Source: Deloitte
Note: 1) Including sourcing and manufacturing
Source: IEA and Deloitte analysis
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7. Construction:
operational carbon
emissions
25 %
Construction:
embodied carbon
emissions
16 %
Aviation
2 %
Other
57 %33.9 Gt
Global CO2 emissions (2020)
Total global CO2 sector emissions = 33.9 Gt1
Iron & Steel
25 %
Other
materials
24 %
Logistics
4 %
Cement
43 %
Construction activities
4 %
5.4 Gt
Source: Deloitte
Note: 1) Including sourcing and manufacturing
Source: IEA and Deloitte analysis
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8. Concrete
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Cement
+ potential
additives
Water
Aggregates
Typically gravel
and sand
++=+
ConcreteHigh carbon dioxide
emissions
Conventional
Cement Concrete

9. Geopolymer concretes
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Cement
+ potential
additives
Water
Aggregates
Typically gravel
and sand
++=
Geoprime®
Activators
Industrial
side stream
+
Aggregates
Typically gravel
and sand
ConcreteHigh carbon dioxide
emissions
Low carbon dioxide
emissionsConcrete
+
Water
++=+
Conventional
Cement Concrete
Geopolymer
Concretes

10. Disrupting the old way of working
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Platform approach
AI enabled materials technology platform for sustainable competitive advantage
Platform for constantly improving solutions
New project
Tailored solutions for
client requirements
Proven
solution
Commercial
applicationsCumulative
knowledge
Test and gather
information
AI supported
R&D
Data collection
Samples

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13. Lifecycle analysis (LCA)
•Method of calculating the impact a product/service has on the environment across its life cycle
•Mandatory in 2025 for built environment
•LCA can be used to:
üIdentify environmental hotspots within a product system
üInform decision-making
üEvaluate potential environmental impacts of a product system
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à Data and API’s needed throughout the value chain!

14. CO2 DataHub enables carbon dioxide emissions to
be cut more accurately with data
•Calculatingthefullcarbon
footprintin builtenvironmentis
verydifficult
•Data sharingthroughclearly
definedAPIsand ecosystems
areneededto collectand share
emission data
•Trustis crucial!
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* KIRAhub, CO2 Datahub

15. Combining emission and biodiversity data
•Emission, biodiversity and ecological
footprint data
•Finnish startup Aila enables automated,
science-based measurement of the
biodiversity footprint and industry-
specific data analysis
•We need ecosystems and clear
principles how to share this kind of data
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* Aila.earth

16. Finnish Environmental Institute: SIIRTO-register
•Registry of waste removal
•Program identified >20 separate softwares built for handling the related documents
•SIIRTO is attempting to build a common, API-powered solution nationally
•Unfortunately APIs currently not open for private actors
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Database
API
User
interface
API
User Interface
Electric moving
document
Paper moving
document
Document
review
* Finnish environmental institute (SYKE)

17. Ash ecosystem
•Good example of an idea level ecosystem for solving issues in a complex, heavily legislated value chain with big environmental footprint
•Ash produced in multitude of different incineration processes and reused in fertilization, ground construction, forestry, road base, road cover, fields, walls, foundation structures, etc
•Data related to analysis, products, certifications, bookkeeping, quality checks, logistics, yearly reporting, etc
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* Forest Centre Finland

18. European Green Deal Data Space
A federation of data ecosystems enabling policy makers, businesses, researchers
and citizens, from Europe and around the world, to jointly tackle climate change.
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* GREAT Green Deal Data Space

19. AI Agents as a potential solution?
•AI agents for API Discovery
•Efficiency and Productivity
•Intelligent Analysis and
Optimization
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* How DALL-E sees AI agents

20. Sustainability is our common goal
APIs, data and ecosystems can be
forces for impactful positive change!
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21. THANK YOU
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