It's easy to be green with Sun

Organisations today are being urged to do their bit to help reduce the effects of global warming.

The first step for many is to look at ways to cut energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Greening the IT department is often top of the list.

Sun's products and practices can help you make a significant contribution to reducing the effects of global warming.

Our UltraSPARC T1 processor is eco-responsible. Powering the Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers, the T1 processor draws about as much power as a household light bulb.

Research shows UltraSPARC T1 processor performance could cut the number of Web servers worldwide in half, slashing global power requirements. This would have the same effect in reducing carbon dioxide emissions as planting one million acres of trees. (Source: Discovery Magazine, Vol. 26 No. 08, 08/01/2005)

In fact, Sun's approach to greening its products and services has been seen as a benchmark for the corporate community worldwide.

According to leading industry publication, The Register, "Sun Microsystems is arguably leading the high-tech charge [in the "green computing crusade"] ... by providing servers running lower-power chips, and with a corporate commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 20 per cent of levels in 2002 by 2012." (Source: "Salesforce.com Goes Carbon Neutral", The Register, 01/18/2007)

Download more cool facts [PDF] about Sun's eco-responsibility.

Through continued product innovation, Sun's goal is to bring more responsible technology and services to market - as evidenced by the recently introduced Project Blackbox.

Project Blackbox, the world's first virtualised data centre, is designed to be 20 per cent more energy efficient than traditional data centres due to its water-cooled design.

Sun strives to act in a way that promotes responsible company operations by maintaining the highest level of transparency in our business practices. Download our 2006 Corporate Social Responsibility report [PDF] or visit the Innovation + Responsibility blog.

Sun makes it easy for your business to be green.