Intermational Copper Association, The societal benefits of copper

The Societal Benefits of Copper

XX Month 2013

Societal Benefits of Copper

• Develop and disseminate positive messages about copper’s role in addressing sustainable development concerns to the benefit of society

• Yes, we have the messages…and these messages belong not just to the ICA, but to ICA’s members

Top-level Goals

• Position copper as a material that addresses sustainable development concerns

• Position the copper industry as a key contributor to addressing many of society’s greatest challenges

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• Food• Water• Air quality• CO2 reduction• Public health• Energy access• Alternative energy• Renewable energy• Sustainable construction

Societal concerns

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Societal concerns

Question: • What do all of these issues have in common?

Answer:• Copper is uniquely able to make a positive contribution to all of them• No other material can do the same• And, we have the communications messages to prove it


Sustainable Development (SD)

• On the minds of governments, companies, people

• Another unique advantage for copper:

• Other materials need to communicate on the actual sustainability of the material

• With copper we can communicate that copper makes the things that contain it more sustainable

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Campaign subjects

Aquaculture: Copper’s role in food supply concerns.

Public Health: A positive impact on infection control (Antimicrobial Copper)

Renewable Energy: A positive impact on CO2reduction

2011 Renewable Energy:Energy and CO2 reduction

Human Health: Copper is fundamental

Universal Energy Access: (World Electrification)

Technology:Developments and Advances

2012 Technology:Innovative solutions -energy efficiency and air quality

Building Construction: Copper and Sustainable Construction

Sustainable Development or Members choice

Building Construction:Copper and Electrical Safety

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Universal Energy Access


Urban populations in slums


Copper’s Contribution to Universal Energy Access

• Improved security and safety

• Electricity bill: proof of address, “passport to citizenship”

• Education on safe power consumption

• New jobs/small business in the community

• Improved power quality

• People can store food—refrigerators supplied


Public Health


Hospital-acquired infections global challenge*


• 25 million people worldwide acquire a Hospital-Acquired Infection (HAI) each year

• Mortality rates vary from 4% to 10% in developed countries• Higher in less-developed

• In the U.S. each year:• 3 million HAIs and 100,000 deaths

• Costs greater than $30bn

• 80% of bacteria and viruses that cause infection are spread by touch

* WHO, Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, November 2006


Copper—most effective touch surface

Food Supply


Aquaculture provides food source

• Growing global population requires additional protein sources

• The world’s oceans, seas and rivers cannot be depended on for food

• Nearly 75 percent of the world’s fisheries are fully exploited or worse

• Aquaculture provides a healthy diet • Farmed fish convert feed more

efficiently than farmed animals

• Feed conversion ratios (FCR) are lower for ocean farmed fish versus farmed animals

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Copper’s contribution to the global food supply

• Promotion of clean energy economy

• Corrosion resistance• Natural ability to remain clean

and free of organic matter• Greater cost savings• Healthier fish• Predator resistance• 100 percent recyclable• Reduced CO2


Human Health


Human life requires copper


• Copper is needed to ensure our bodies function normally.

• Copper must be obtained from food and drinking water and, occasionally, through dietary supplements.

• Copper is needed during pregnancy.

• Copper is needed for healthy brain function and may be beneficial for Alzheimer’s disease patients.

• Copper is needed for the maintenance of healthy skin, wound healing, blood vessels and blood cells.

How much do you need?

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1.3 mg Cu/day

1 mgCu/day

0.9 mg Cu/day 0.7 – 0.89 mg Cu/day0.9 mg Cu/day

0.2 – 0.22 mg Cu/day

0.34 mg Cu/day

National Academies, T.N. Dietary Reference Intakes for […] Copper, […} 2001; Available from: www.nap.edu.

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Copper sources

See also HealthAliciosness, U.N.N.D.f.S.R., Release 20. Top Ten Food Highest in Copper. 2012; Available from: http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/high-copper-foods.php.

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Renewable Energy


Copper’s contribution to renewable energy

• Renewable energy systems gain efficiency with additional copper• Average of four tonnes of copper required

per MW for wind and solar technologies (one tonne for conventional technologies)

• Best electrical conductor available (after Au and Ag)

• Electric vehicles require more copper• Additional copper components increase

efficiency

• Sustainable development relies on copper• Solutions to cope with climate change,

energy consumption and fossil fuel depletion


Copper technology and innovation


Copper at the intersection of technology and society

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• Fighting air pollution: copper reduces engine emissions

• Bringing power to the people: rural electrification

• Energy efficiency: copper-intensive thermal energy storage

• Safety during earthquakes: how copper can protect buildings

• Ultraconductive copper

• Aquaculture: copper alloy mesh for healthy fish

• Fast, efficient, and affordable cars: copper rotor induction motors

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Characteristics of new copper technologies

• Use copper as a high-performance material with unique advantages

• Use only as much copper as necessary for functionality

• Relate strongly to sustainability and societal needs

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Energy efficiency and air quality


EPA “treated article exemption” registration for copper HVAC components

• For copper alloys used in HVAC applications, the U.S. EPA granted a “treated article exemption” registration

• Registration allows copper HVAC components to assert they suppress the growth of bacteria and molds that reduce system efficiency and cause product deterioration or foul odors


Improved air quality in buildings with copper HVAC components—field results

• Air conditioned by copper heat exchanger assemblies found to have significantly lower airborne fungal concentrations when measured at the ambient breathing zone as well as adjacent to the discharge air vent, compared to aluminum assemblies, in both heating and cooling seasons. (3)


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