Amidst climate change warnings, hope keeps trickling in. Microsoft has set a goal for reducing its carbon emissions and has plans to support the development of software that can help address climate change issues. Microsoft hopes to reduce carbon emissions per unit of revenue by 30 percent of 2007 levels by 2012.
How it plans to do this is by measures like efficient energy use in buildings and operations, reducing air travel and increasing use of renewable energy. Last year, Microsoft saved US$90 million on travel costs by using its Unified Communications software.
On a $1 billion campus expansion, it plans to include environmentally friendly features. For example, they feature under-floor cooling systems, which save energy because they blow cool air from the ground up, rather than forcing cool air from the ceiling through warmer air that naturally rises.
We would like to know if your company is planning energy conservation or efficiency measures. Let us know so we can spread the word and others can emulate.
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