Today's announcement also builds upon Sun's continued effort to address
global environmental concerns by delivering innovative and "eco-responsible"
products to market, assisting customers in addressing energy and environmental
issues.E.Hess@sun., Squirrel
Hill, will begin with an environmental fair featuring more than a dozen
interactive displays, followed by a lecture and then a panel discussion
featuring local environmental experts.
Among the organizations slated to participate in the fair are Building New
Hope, the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Environmental Oncology,
PennFuture , Temple David, the Pennsylvania Resources Council, the Southwestern
Pennsylvania Commission, GASP , the Rachel Carson Homestead, the Nine Mile Run
Watershed Association, and Sustainable Pittsburgh .
"People might be surprised to learn that Judaism has a lot to say about
caring for the environment ," said Mahnaz Harrison, the Community and Public
Affairs Council chair. Dedicated to the healing
and repair of the world, the UJF distributes more than $20 million annually to
meet social service , health and education needs in Pittsburgh, Israel and
throughout the world


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sun.com .

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By
reporting inventory data to the EPA, partners create a lasting record of their
accomplishments .
"By setting an aggressive greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal, Sun has
taken a leadership position in the technology industry to improve the
environment," said Kathleen Hogan, director of EPA's Climate Protection
Partnerships Division.sun.

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has launched a
demonstration project at The Johns Hopkins Health System using its proprietary
methodology and software designed to leverage internal information technology
(IT) programs.
FADS also identifies the most critical factors affecting ROI.
Additionally, Sun announced the UltraSPARC(R) T1 processor in November
2005, the first processor designed for eco-responsibility -- with breakthrough
innovations in power, cooling, and performance, further demonstrating its
commitment to putting innovation to work for the environment .
For more information on the upcoming Sun-sponsored EPA Conference, visit:
http://www.

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For more information about Climate Leaders, visit
http://www.

About Sun Microsystems , Inc.

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PITTSBURGH, Propel IT, Inc. This provides an unprecedented
level of understanding of how addressing specific risk factors can result in
greater project profitability, officials said. Instead of the
typical one-dimensional ROI analysis, managers are provided with detailed
financial models allowing for fully-informed decision making and guidelines
for managing projects to maximize profitability .
"Our commitment to reducing GHG emissions through the Climate Leaders
program is a strategic business decision that demonstrates Sun's continued
commitment to eco-responsibility and improving the efficiency of our
operations," said David Raduziner, senior director of workplace resources at
Sun Microsystems.pr_esads_conf . Cliff Davidson, a lead researcher at the Center for Sustainable
Engineering; and Dr.

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According to company officials, Propel IT's technology, Financial Analysis
and Decision System (FADS), takes a new approach to controlling risk and
capturing returns of IT projects."
Examples of Sun's recent environmental leadership span its notable
product-lines as well as internal programs, including the company's
award-winning Sun(SM) iWork Strategy, a remote worker enablement program for
employees.
Dr.

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By including ranges of responses and confidence factors as input, and
detailed probability graphs for all of the project's critical financial
components as output, FADS provides not just a set of return on investment
(ROI) figures, but an indication of how likely that ROI is to be achieved., Sun Microsystems,
Inc. Schwartz's organization promotes a wise stewardship of natural
resources in Israel through education, publications, and workshops with
government officials. He is currently spending a year in Rhode Island at Brown
University as a visiting faculty member.

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(Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced that the EPA has approved its pledge to
reduce the company's total U.
Launched in 2002, Climate Leaders is an industry-government partnership
that works with companies to develop long-term comprehensive climate change
strategies .gov/index. There will also be displays
on worm composting and organic cooking.
The United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh is one of Western
Pennsylvania's largest and oldest philanthropies .

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Schwartz, the director of the Tel Aviv-based Heschel Center for
Environmental Learning and Leadership, will speak immediately following the
hour-long fair.
The panel discussion , to follow his lecture, will include Dr. Frank Lieberman, an expert on workplace causes of brain
tumors .

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Their methodology focuses on risk and
financial returns and allows companies to evaluate all important project tasks
relative to their degree of risk and contribution to profitability. The effort has been so successful that Sun has
developed the Sun OpenWork Practice to help customers develop flexible work
options for their own employees.
For more information on Sun's Eco-Responsibility products , visit:
http://www.epa.

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Sun has committed to the reduction goal as part of the U.
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Climate Leaders program, of which
Sun is a member.
The company is active in other environmental stewardship programs
including the CEO Business Roundtable S. The conference
will take place on 1/31 at Sun's Santa Clara Conference Facility."
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Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer(TM)" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a
leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that
make the Net work.

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Propel IT is
funded by iNetworks, a Pennsylvania-based private equity firm, and has
received grants from other local organizations.E.gov/climateleaders .

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greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20 percent
by 2012. PITTSBURGH, With interest rising in faith-based
environmentalism , the Community and Public Affairs Council of the United
Jewish Federation will hold a multi-faceted environmental information event on
Thursday evening, Feb.
The program, to be held at Community Day, 6424 Forward Ave.

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Founded in 2003 and headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ,
Propel IT provides services and technology to help leverage the effectiveness
and profitability of large IT projects. Climate Leaders partners set a corporate-wide greenhouse gas
reduction goal and then inventory their emissions to measure progress.cfm?c=products.

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com/aboutsun/environment/promotions .

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Sun Continues Progress Towards Emissions Goal, Furthers Its
Commitment to Eco-Responsibility

SANTA CLARA, Calif.S. Change Initiative, ICT +
Sustainability Forum and Sustainable Silicon Valley, in addition to the
Climate Leaders program Sun is also a sponsor of the EPA's upcoming
conference, "Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in the Data Center," where
end users, IT leaders and EPA representatives will discuss solutions to
address energy consumption in global data center facilities.jsp .com
Phone: 650-786-3263


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UJF Program to Focus on Environmentalism

The lecture, entitled, "Judaism and the
Environment: Exploring the Relationship ," features Israeli scholar Eilon
Schwartz.
His essay, "Mastery and Stewardship, Wonder and Connectedness: Relations
to Nature in Jewish Text and Tradition," appeared in the important book ,
"Judaism and Ecology," published by Harvard University Press.

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Rather
than focusing separately on the risk or the likely payback of a project, FADS
examines the interaction between the two. The company is currently developing
software to enable customers to perform their own analyses. 9, 6 p.

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Propel IT Signs Agreement With Johns Hopkins Health System to Demonstrate Value of Leveraging Software


"Sun is committed to not only bringing environmentally responsible
products to market , but also to ensuring that we are environmentally
accountable as well," said Raduziner.energystar .

Contact: Stephanie.

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About Propel IT, Inc. "We are proud of the fact that for over
a decade we have been encouraging Sun employees to participate in our
location-independent work program, which on average saves them two hours a
week in commute time, easing air pollution and gas needs.

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S. Partners also identify themselves as corporate environmental
leaders and strategically position themselves as climate change policy
continues to unfold. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the
World Wide Web at http://www.

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EPA Approves Sun Microsystems Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goal

The program was recently named as one of the
top five programs of its kind in the EPA's annual selection of The Best
Workplaces for Commuters. "And we couldn't ask for a better person to inform the
community about this than Eilon Schwartz.

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As a technology-driven company, Sun's prime contribution to
eco-responsibility is centered on innovation which not only benefits
customer's business, but also helps to benefit the environment, including
improving energy efficiency, choosing less harmful materials, and encouraging
reuse and recycling. The program provides Sun employees with commute and remote work
alternatives so they spend less time in the car, lessening the impact of
fossil fuels on the environment. Schwartz is considered one of the world's foremost experts on Jewish
environmentalism. Devra Davis,
whose 2002 book "When Smoke Ran Like Water" was a National Book Award
finalist; Tom Wolper, the Pennsylvania conservation director for the Sierra
Club; Dr.

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