Yahoo!
At a Glance
Industry
Internet, Software, Hardware and Technology Services
Project Type
Commercial Energy Efficiency
Year
2008
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Summary
Ali Moazed worked on a three year strategic plan and "green coding."
Goals
Ali Moazed, an EDF Climate Corps fellow from the University of Michigan, was hired to work with Yahoo!'s Director of Climate and Energy Strategy.
Solutions
Moazed worked on a three-year strategic plan for energy and greenhouse gas management and helped mobilize a team of Yahoo! programmers to work on "green coding," developing Yahoo! applications to transfer data over the Internet in a more energy-efficient way.