Decarbonising Buildings: Making a net-zero built environment a reality
Keeping modern life moving
1. Google Fiber
brings gigabit
internet to US cities,
allowing users to
reach internet
speeds 40x faster
than the US average
PayPoint and Citibank
process 871,000
benefit payments
each year in the UK
with the Simple
Payment service,
to a value of over
£167m from 10,000
local stores
Hong Kong airport’s
recent reconstruction
help increase
efficiency: RFID
chips in passenger
luggage tags have
increased scanning
efficiency from 80%
to 97%
Hong Kong’s rail
network uses a
Super Operations
Control Center and
advanced A.I. which
keeps 99.9% of the
network’s trains
on time.
India’s four major
power companies
have introduced
LED-based lighting to
smart street lights,
illuminating India’s
streets and cutting
energy and operations
costs by 50%
IBM manage 33m square
feet of Oregon public
schools through 51,000
sensors and now
manages 6.4 billion
devices connected
though the IoT to
optimise the spaces
people live
and work in
Japan’s high-speed
Shinkansen railway
network has carried
5.6 billion passengers
since 1999, and its
Automatic Train
Control system maintains
distances between trains
as they travel at speeds
of up to 200mph
Facebook has
developed its Free
Basics service to bring
people affordable
internet access, which
has succeeded in
bringing more than 25
million people online
The Three Gorges dam in
China has involved a
network of private
partnerships, including
real-time safety
monitoring system
collecting over 8 million
data points through
more than 5,100
monitoring instruments
CollectPlus allows
parcels to be
delivered to
PayPoint stores on
behalf of their
recipient, with the
service processing
over 20 million
parcels each year
A World Of
Technologically
Driven
Convenience
Keeps Modern
Life Moving
PayPoint One offers everything
a modern convenience retailer
needs to thrive – bill payments,
card payments and Electronic
Point of Sale, including cloud
back office for ease of use and
access, covering cash, card,
contactless, Apple Pay, and
Android Pay payment methods