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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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.petrochemicals cooperating
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.environmentalism sustainability
For more information about Climate Leaders, visit
http://www.
About Sun Microsystems
, Inc.flemish cooperating
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.lcm cleaner
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.
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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.indicator lca
(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
.biomass ecocycles
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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.ecocycles indicator
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."
Dr.lcm sintef
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.14000 symbiosis
Propel IT is
funded by iNetworks, a Pennsylvania-based private
equity firm, and has
received grants from other local organizations.E.gov/climateleaders .flemish indeco
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.accomplish sustainability
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.kalundborg flows
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.sustainability sintef
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
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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.sintef accomplish
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.ecology browsable
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.kalundborg durabilis
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.cumulative environmentalism
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.environmentalism petrochemicals
A community sponsored library.
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