Fairchild Semiconductor's ''Green Awareness Day'' Encourages Employees to Reduce Energy Consumption at Home and at WorkPG&E Proj
December 14 2007 - 5:17PM
Business Wire
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 Jos�
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 Jos�, 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 Jos� 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 Jos� 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 Jos�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 Jos�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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to copy and paste it into your Internet browser�s URL address
field.)
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