Other Industry and Government Partnerships

We work with key industry and government organizations to boost environmental efforts, goals, and strategies.

Climate Change Reduction in European Union (EU)

Intel was a driver of a recent report that identified ways technology can help reduce the effects of climate change. The findings of this new report on sustainable energy and climate were presented to Senior EU policy-makers at a series of events in Brussels in 2007. According to the report, Information Communications Technologies (ICT) and Advanced Technologies industries could potentially deliver more than 50 percent of the energy savings goal of the EU's Energy Efficiency Action Plan and further increase productivity.

Chicago Climate Exchange

Intel is a member of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), North America's only voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction, registry, and trading program. CCX members are regarded as leaders in greenhouse gas management and represent all sectors of the global economy. In addition to Intel's existing global goals, by joining CCX we are committing to reducing Intel's greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by a minimum of 6 percent by 2010 as established by the CCX program.

The Green Grid

Intel is a founding member of The Green Grid, a global consortium of companies dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and computing networks. The Green Grid provides industry-wide recommendations on best practices, metrics, and technologies that improve data center energy efficiencies. Intel brings a unique perspective and skills to the consortium as an industry enabler and leader in energy-efficient microprocessor, chipset, and platform products.

Copenhagen Climate Council

Intel is a member of the Copenhagen Climate Council, an independent global initiative founded by a core of business leaders and scientists whose goal is to advance a new global climate treaty that will come into force when the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ends in 2012. Representing Intel on the council is William Swope, Vice President, Corporate Sustainability Group.

Developing industry standards

We are working closely with SEMATECH (a consortium of semiconductor companies, suppliers, universities, and government) and with other companies to develop standards to improve the energy efficiency of manufacturing tools and processes in our industry.

LessWatts.org

Unveiled at the Intel Developer Forum in September 2007, the LessWatts.org initiative brings together developers, users, and system administrators to promote power-savings in Linux-based servers. In large data centers, server power consumption has significant financial and environmental costs; LessWatts.org facilitates the sharing of information on this issue.

World Semiconductor Council

Intel worked with the World Semiconductor Council to set firm PFC (Perfluorocarbons) emission reduction targets. Under this worldwide voluntary agreement, the goal is to reduce emissions 10 percent below 1995 levels by 2010.

Natural Resources Defense Council

Working with the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC), Intel made changes to its power supply design guidelines to encourage the development and adoption of more energy efficient power supplies. Intel received a Special Recognition Award by the U.S. EPA for these efforts. The U.S. EPA estimates that achieving the recommended targets established in the design guide would result in the following savings in the U.S. alone:

Electricity savings of more than 16 billion kilowatt hours per year
Reduced carbon emissions of more than 10 million tons annually
Cost savings to the end user of USD 1.25 billion annually
Reduced cost of ownership of a typical desktop PC by USD 50 over three years

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