Federal Summit attendees also participated in a number of hands -on
workshops addressing topics such as overcoming specific barriers to LEED;
conducting life cycle cost analyses, using LEED in the face of tighter
budgets; integrating Federal technologies into LEED; and applying LEED to the
unique needs of government buildings. Since its
founding in 1993, the Council has grown to more than 5,400 member companies
and organizations, a 50-person professional staff, a broad portfolio of
LEED(R) products and services, the industry's popular Greenbuild International
Conference and Expo, and a network of 67 local chapters, affiliates, and
organizing groups. (Nasdaq: SUNW), challenged
other industry leaders to embrace sustainable growth strategies as they face
both accelerating business efficiency and environmental pressures.E.

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Green Building Council is the nation 's leading coalition of
corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and nonprofit
organizations working together to promote buildings that are environmentally
responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. Sun plans to
introduce even greater advances , with the intent of revolutionizing
the data center.

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Green
Building Council held its annual Federal Summit at the Ronald Reagan and
International Trade Center in Washington, DC.

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He highlighted green
building in particular as an important strategy for decreasing domestic energy
consumption. Certified, Silver , Gold, and Platinum levels of green
building certification are awarded based on the total credits earned. Change initiative encourages CEOs of the nation's leading companies to
embrace business strategies and projects that measurably improve society, the
environment and the economy.

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Sustainable architecture is design and construction that supports these goals.

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The five major
environmental categories of review include: Sustainable Sites, Water
Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, and Indoor
Environmental Quality.
-- Maintaining a location-independent work program
Sun promotes a flexible workforce and commute program, saving
participating employees an average of two hours a week in commute
time, easing air pollution and gas needs , and reducing Sun's real
estate costs by $69 million in FY05.

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Green Building Council,
+1-202-828-1144, or tholowka@usgbc. Change Initiative. Sun's goal is to
bring the savings and benefits of a thin-client architecture to its
customers.

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to its position as a
leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that
make the Net work.sun.

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S.
"With several million new people joining the global network each week, now
more than ever it is critical that organizations more efficiently deal with
the increasing demands placed on their technology infrastructure," said Scott
McNealy, Chairman and CEO, Sun Microsystems.E.

NOTE: Sun , Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Sun Fire, Java, StarOffice,
Solaris, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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The USGBC also recognized Former Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham with
a Federal Leadership Award for his dedication and work in support of green
building. The
LEED standard has been adopted nationwide by federal agencies , state and local
governments, and interested private companies as the guideline for sustainable
building .E.E. Change
initiative and challenge other companies in Silicon Valley to invest in
sustainable growth and computing initiatives that will ultimately allow
everyone in the world to participate on the network. Currently, 14,000 employees
participate in the program, and Sun's goal is to increase
participation by another 5,000 employees by 2008.

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About USGBC
The U.org

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Also known as green architecture or environmentally sensitive architecture .

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USGBC Recognizes Former Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham at Federal Summit

Sun CEO Scott McNealy Pushes Business-Savvy, Environmentally-Friendly Approach
to Help Industry Meet Global, Economic and Social Challenges

WASHINGTON, Scott McNealy, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Sun Microsystems Inc., +1-650-786-3263, or
stephanie.

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We are very thankful for his leadership and
commitment to green building.

*assumes recycling infrastructures are in place in the countries Sun does
business

About Business Roundtable
Business Roundtable is an association of chief executive officers of
leading corporations with a combined workforce of more than 10 million
employees and $4 trillion in annual revenues. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the
World Wide Web at http://www.

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This growth means that the energy demands
of operating those computer systems will also rise dramatically, creating a
significant challenge for our supply of natural resources and environmental
protection.hess@sun.

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McNealy
outlined Sun 's approach which is designed to help businesses manage their
growth and performance needs both responsibly and cost-effectively. Sun is
committed to minimize products going to landfill, with a goal to
send less than five-percent of waste to landfills globally through
its "take -back" program and recycling efforts.S.

Through the use of building technologies, design strategies, and materials it seeks to minimize the impact we have on the environment.

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WASHINGTON, On April 5 , 2005, the U."
Secretary Abraham stressed the need to focus on energy efficient
technologies to combat the rising price of fuel. Secretary Abraham thanked the USGBC for promoting energy
efficient and high performance green building through the LEED rating system.

About LEED
The LEED(R) (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building
Rating System(TM) is a feature -oriented rating system where credits are earned
for satisfying specified green building criteria . in the United States and other countries.

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"As the global market expands,
sustainable growth strategies can help companies dramatically cut costs on
data center environmentals such as power and cooling , while still
significantly increasing capabilities of the computers that power the network"
"Sun is addressing energy and resource efficiency, power consumption and
waste management as we help businesses and our employees meet the challenges
created by the evolving role of technology in our everyday lives," explained
McNealy.

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The
S. EPA's Climate Leaders program, and
intends to accelerate meeting this goal by 2008.

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S.

CONTACT: Taryn Holowka of the U .
McNealy made his comments as he joined other prominent corporate leaders
today to launch the Business Roundtable's S. "We are pleased to join the Business Roundtable's S. Without the need for personal computers for each
employee, this model has reduced power consumption by nearly 9
times, and raw materials consumption by 150 times, while saving Sun
$24 million in FY05 in energy and systems costs.

About Sun
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer(TM)" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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"We would never have made that kind of
progress without solid support at the Federal Level, especially from champions
like Secretary Abraham.
-- Utilizing thin-client IT architecture across the enterprise
Sun's "thin client" architecture lets employees use streamlined, low
power computers that collectively connect to a robust, yet energy
efficient, network.
-- Implementing recycling/waste reduction programs
Sun has proven "take back" and recycling programs, with 18 million
pounds of computer equipment recycled in the last six years.

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Sun Microsystems Challenges Industry to Address Sustainable Growth Issues at CEO Forum

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The number of people online worldwide will grow by 35 percent, or 350
million people, in just two years.

It contains within it two key concepts: the concept of 'needs', in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs.

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LEED was developed by the USGBC as a design guideline for green
building.*
-- Accelerating greenhouse gas reductions
Sun reiterates its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20%
by 2012 as part of the U.

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"Over the past 4 years LEED has grown on average 160% per year, to become
the definitive standard of green building," said Rick Fedrizzi, USGBC
President, CEO + Founding Chair .
Sun's recently launched Sun Fire (TM) x64 servers use about one-
third the power, provide one-and-a-half times the performance, and
cost half as much as comparably configured servers.

Contact: Stephanie Hess of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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E. By 2008, Sun's goal is to have introduced
solutions that offer 30 times the performance while at the same time
using one-tenth the energy and half the heat generated from what it
offered just two years ago.com .

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From the description of the Sustainable Development category:
The World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission), defined 'sustainable development ' as follows in the report Our Common Future (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987):
'Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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The Summit provided specific
discussion on how members of the Federal government are meeting their green
building goals, and successfully using the Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED(R)) Green Building Rating System(TM) in the Federal
context ."
Sun's sustainable growth initiatives include:

-- Ongoing focus on sustainability at the product development level
For the last three years Sun has been investing heavily in R+D that
addresses sustainable computing, especially for the data center.