Want to reduce both excess deaths and energy consumption around the entire world?

Cities are the secret ingredient.

Cities represent 2% of Earth’s surface and 75% of Earth's resource consumption.

And more people are moving to cities.

Today there are over 7 billion people alive on earth.

By 2050, we are projected to have over 7 billion people living in cities.

With more people moving to cities every day, we have to find a way to make them good homes.

Homes that are healthy for people and for the planet.

First let’s look at energy use.

Buildings and transportation use 70% of our energy globally.

We can’t talk about energy efficiency without talking about cities.

Because cities are the biggest consumers of energy, they represent the biggest opportunity for energy efficiency.

City innovators are developing cutting-edge materials to make building more sustainable.

@MykorDesign is creating carbon neutral building materials from by-products headed to landfills and materials like mushrooms.

Cleaner building materials and cleaner transit systems will save lives.

Millions of people die annually from respiratory diseases.

Air pollution is a big contributor.

A healthy city is a sustainable city.

One where the air isn't full of dust, fumes and smoke.

Health people should be talking to energy people. I see a clear link.

Since we are doubling the size of our cities in the next 30 years, there is a huge opportunity to get this right.