At a Glance
Industry
Internet, Software, Hardware and Technology Services
Project Types
Commercial Energy Efficiency, Financial Evaluation and Planning
Year
2011
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Esra Kucukciftci, Naveen Lakshmipathy, and Cynthia Shih spent this summer working as EDF Climate Corps fellows at Facebook to assess energy efficiency measures for the company’s new Menlo Park campus. Their work included identifying energy use benchmarks, efficiency opportunities and best practices for an integrated energy management system. The work of the three 2011 EDF Climate Corps fellows established Facebook’s energy baseline and provided Facebook with energy efficiency recommendations and an implementation strategy. Facebook now has an opportunity to eliminate 5100 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually and realize $770K in net operating savings.
Shih primarily concentrated her efforts on Facebook’s office equipment, such as computer monitors, and micro-kitchen amenities, and fitness center equipment. Working cross-functionally and bringing together diverse internal stakeholders, she identified significant potential energy savings through optimizing default settings and implementing an IT procurement policy.