Adobe: The Greenest Office in America

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Software company Adobe named greenest office in America by Business 2.0

Here’s the latest news straight from a Dynogy <a title="Diogy Energy Blog on Adobe being greenest company in America" href="http://dinogy.com/entry/23/adobe-greenest-office-in-america" target="_blank">blog source</a>, as Business 2.0 hasn't posted their article on the web yet.<blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Software maker Adobe Systems recently became the first company to receive the platinum award from the U.S. Green Building Council according the to the September 2006 issue of Business 2.0. The company has invested $1.1 million in energy efficiency projects, and is saving a whopping $1 million annually (including $350,000 in energy rebates).By installing everything from motion detectors to waterless urinals Adobe has reduced its electricity use by 35 percent and its gas consumption by 41 percent since 2001, at the same time its headcount has swelled 80 percent.The Business 2.0 article gives several examples of ways Adobe has made their office more energy efficient, and shows the costs spent, and saved annually:<ul><li>Timed Outages - Cost $150 Annual Savings: $68,000</li><li>Compact Fluorescent Lights - Cost $11,000 Annual Savings: $105,000 </li><li>Automated Irrigation System - Cost $3,610 Annual Savings: $10,000 </li><li>Motion Sensors - Cost: $89,831 Annual Savings: $24,425 </li><li>Automatic Faucets - Cost: $110,000 Annual Savings: $24,000 </li><li>Waterless Urinals - Cost: $35,374 Annual Savings: $14,896 </li></ul></blockquote> 9 application/xml false Adobe greenest company Adobe: The Greenest Office in America Dinogy blog article on Sep 2006 Business 2.0 feature on Adobe http://dinogy.com/entry/23/adobe-greenest-office-in-america Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 eswanson false true false false true 205814 false false true false false false true 107527 blog blogsite/Enviance/web