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ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
WILL ENABLE SUSTAINABLE
NEW BUSINESS VALUE
3D Could Extend HP’s Sustainable
Impact with Global Energy Savings
MANUFACTURING
1/3 GLOBAL
ENERGY USE
Traditional Manufacturing
Largest single energy sector
and forecast to grow another
22% through 2040
5–27% GLOBAL
ENERGY SAVINGS
Additive Manufacturing
Full lifecycle benefits result from
making new kinds of parts requiring
a new 3D design-to-print ecosystem
THE BOTTOM LINE
For better or worse, developed regions have created a
model for middle-class lifestyle, comforts and conve-
niences. Emerging regions are pursuing better living
standards by following the well-worn pathways of driving
growth to fund increased energy consumption. But in
global terms, it is increasingly clear that what got us here
won’t get us there.
Supporting growth in emerging countries and meeting
the expectations of a growing middle class will require
meaningful leaps in energy efficiency. Where the solution
to fast-growing energy demands once was simply to build
more capacity, environmental and economic pressures
will require the kinds of alternative approaches and inno-
vations described in this article.
The challenges posed by rising incomes and rising energy
demands are complex and many, but so are the ways
technology advancements can help to meet them. Around
the globe, whatever the region, we can find shared ground
in the desire to afford healthy and productive living
standards for as many people as possible in a world of
shrinking resources and accelerating change.
INDUSTRIES
5–25% SECTOR
ENERGY SAVINGS
Aerospace Sector
One lb. of reduced aircraft weight
saves 100 lbs. of fuel and 300 lbs.
of CO2 annually
4–21% SECTOR
ENERGY SAVINGS
Construction Sector
New techniques can drive 40% savings
in materials and transportation, and
32% reduction in structure energy loss
1. The Grid: A Journal through the Heart of Our Electrified World, Philip Shewe
2. Analytics from device data that delivers value to users includes, by
example, everything from wearable technologies and other smart devices to
autonomous vehicles and smart machinery—even HP’s large/industrial-scale
printers. These devices all sense and capture data from their operation that
can or must be used to deliver on their effective operation (e.g., connected
pacemakers, autonomous cars, airplanes, and jet engines).
3. https://www.networkworld.com/article/3147892/one-autonomous-car-will-
use-4000-gb-of-dataday.html
4. http://aviationweek.com/connected-aerospace/
internet-aircraft-things-industry-set-be-transformed
5. One zettabyte is 1,024 exabytes
6. Energy Consumption of a Hybrid Additive: Subtractive Manufacturing Process,
Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Epsen Braastad (June 2017)
Sources: “The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040,” ExxonMobil 2018;
Leendert A. et al; Runz, H. et al; “The effect of additive manufacturing
on global energy demand: An assessment using a bottom-up approach,”
January 2018; American Airlines.
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7. “Energy and emissions saving potential of AM: The case of Lightweight
Aircraft Components,” Journal of Cleaner Production (2015). One lb. of
aircraft weight elimination reduces aircraft annual fuel consumption by 114
lbs., the equivalent to 300 lbs. of CO2.