Fairchild Semiconductor's ''Green Awareness Day'' Encourages Employees to Reduce Energy Consumption at Home and at Work
Posted on: Friday, 14 December 2007, 18:00 CST
Fairchild Semiconductor's Silicon Valley site held its first "Green Awareness Day" today as part of an ongoing initiative to encourage employees to be environmental stewards in the workplace and at home. This event represents a vital partnership between a Silicon Valley high-technology company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and the City of San José collaborating to promote energy-efficiency and conservation.
Green Awareness Day highlights included:
Remarks by Fairchild's CEO Mark Thompson. With the company's focus on driving energy-efficiency in today's electronic applications, he encouraged employees to be aware of ways they can decrease energy usage and contribute to energy conservation.
A PG&E presentation, "30 Things You Can Do," offered tips on how employees can reduce energy consumption and costs both at home and on the job.
A compact fluorescent bulb giveaway by PG&E encouraged Fairchild employees to replace their incandescent light bulbs with more energy-efficient alternatives.
A new program was introduced to track Fairchild's ongoing energy usage in San José, with the results posted so employees can identify ways to help reduce energy consumption and understand their impact in energy conservation.
The kick-off for a comprehensive energy assessment that will be performed on Fairchild's San José facility, identifying technologies and practices to reduce facility energy use and rebates to fund these improvements.
The culmination of a week-long e-waste recycling program, provided by the Outback Equipment Company, offered employees a safe way to dispose of unwanted electronics such as PCs, notebooks and printers.
"Green Awareness Day offers a perfect complement to what we do as a company, which is providing semiconductor solutions that enable energy-efficient applications," said Andrea Mirenda, Fairchild's vice president of Marketing. "In addition to our business goals, we feel it's important to elevate awareness of energy-saving strategies on an individual level. We hope this informative day will inspire all of us at Fairchild to be more energy efficient."
This program is part of the Silicon Valley Energy Watch (SVEW) program, a partnership between Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the City of San José to coordinate local professional energy-efficiency training, energy-efficiency outreach and connections to a network of more than 30 other energy-efficiency programs serving Santa Clara County. Specific energy-efficiency programs target builders, small business, high tech, and schools, among others.
Fairchild is the first mid-size company to partner in this approach with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group's 10-point "Clean and Green Regional Action Plan." This pilot program tests employee interest in energy-efficiency information with the goal of expanding similar programs to other Silicon Valley organizations in the future.
"We applaud Fairchild for taking the initiative to hold a Green Awareness Day and to invite the local utility, business and government representatives to participate," commented Frank Teng, senior associate of Environment and Energy at the Leadership Group. "Fairchild has taken an important step in spreading awareness in our community that businesses and individuals alike must do their part to reduce energy consumption."
Representatives who attended the Green Awareness Day included Bill Holloway and Mark Sturman from PG&E Frank Teng from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group; and Barry Hooper and Shayna Hirshfield from the City of San José's Environmental Services Department.
About Fairchild Semiconductor:
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) is the global leader in power analog and power discrete technologies delivering energy-efficient solutions for all electronic systems. Recognized as The Power Franchise®, Fairchild provides leading-edge silicon and packaging technologies, manufacturing strength and system expertise. In 2007, Fairchild celebrates its "50/10" anniversary, commemorating 10 years as a new company and 50 years in the industry. Known as the "Father of Silicon Valley," Fairchild developed the planar transistor in 1958----and with it a new industry. Today, Fairchild is an application-driven, solution-based semiconductor supplier providing online design tools and design centers worldwide as part of its comprehensive Global Power ResourceSM . Please contact us on the web at www.fairchildsemi.com.
About PG&E:
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco, the company is a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation. For more about, go to: http://www.pgecorp.com/.
About the Silicon Valley Leadership Group:
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group, founded in 1978 by David Packard of Hewlett-Packard, represents 250 of Silicon Valley's most respected employers on issues, programs and campaigns that affect the economic health and quality of life in Silicon Valley, including energy, transportation, education, housing, health care, tax policies, economic vitality and the environment. Leadership Group members collectively provide nearly 250,000 local jobs, or one of every four private sector jobs in Silicon Valley. The Leadership Group is a Santa Clara County Certified Green Business. For more information, visit http://www.svlg.netsv.
About the City of San José's Environmental Services Department:
ESD operates the City's water, wastewater and solid waste utilities, as well as watershed protection, energy efficiency and other environmental initiatives. It is playing a pivotal role in implementing the City's newly-adopted Green Vision, which links 10 goals to achieve economic and environmental sustainability over a 15-year period. For more information go to: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/esd/ and http://www.sanjoseca.gov/mayor/goals/envir onment/GreenVision/San%20Jose's%20Green%20Vision%20FNL.pdf.
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Source: Business Wire
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