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DATE: DECEMBER 14, 2006
TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL `
FROM: DEBRA J. FIGONE, TOWN MANAGER
SUBJECT: SUSTAINABLE SILICON VALLEY PRESENTATION
Margaret Bruce, Chair of the Board of Directors of Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) will be
making a presentation to the Council about SSV's goals and objectives as it relates to
environmental and resource pressures in Silicon Valley. Ms. Bruce will.be referring to the
attached executive summary as part of her presentation.
Attachment:
Sustainable Silicon Valley Executive Summary
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SILICON VALLEY SUSTAINABLE SILICON VALLEY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) is a collaboration of businesses, governments, and non-governmental
organizations that are identifying and addressing environmental and resource pressures in the Valley.
In recognition of the importance of the climate change issue and the area's drive to remain competitive in a
location with high energy costs, SSV organized the COz Initiative, in which SSV is engaging prominent Valley
organizations to work towards a goal of reducing regional carbon dioxide (C02) emissions 20% below 1990
levels by 2010. These pledging organizations are the SSV Partners.
SSV chose C02 emissions as a benchmark because it encompasses both energy use and its environmental
consequences in a single measure. COz is the largest contributor to human-generated greenhouse gases and
reductions in C02 emissions reflects improvements in energy efficiency and transitions from more to less
polluting fuels.
Partners in SSV choose their own baseline year and a C02 percentage reduction goal to reach by 2010. Each
pledging partner also chooses how to meet this target, whether by equipment efficiency improvements (e.g.
new equipment), conserving energy (e.g. behavioral changes), increasing the use of renewable energy
sources (e.g. photovoltaic systems), or purchasing green power.
Organizations that join SSV as pledging Partners enjoy the following benefits:
• Quarterly Educational Forums on topics of concern to organizations working to reduce energy use
and C02 emissions.
• Access to Energy Efficiency Incentive Funds through an agreement with PG&E that makes energy
efficiency incentive funds available to qualifying SSV Partners and Silicon Valley Leadership Group
(SVLG) members.
• The ongoing exchange of Energy and C02 Best Practices, at monthly meetings and with the help of
Energy Star Enhanced Best Practices working tools shared with SSV partners by Johnson & Johnson.
• Public recognition, as bestowed this past year on SSV and SSV Partners by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, and by the California Climate Action Team in its report to the governor.
• Inclusion in the annual C02 Report, which highlights Partner achievements in the context of Silicon
Valley trends.
• Media attention has included front page Business section coverage in the San Jose Mercury News,
KGO/ABC7 television evening news and other programming, and interviews on various radio stations.
• Nomination by SSV for honors and recognition.
• Monthly SSV meetings where Partners can learn and help guide the activities of SSV.
• Affiliation with other prominent Silicon Valley organizations in an internationally recognized,
regional effort to address the environmental concerns of your organization and its community.'
C02 Pledging Partners (as of Novemberl, 2006)
3 Phases Energy Services
eBay Inc.
Palo Alto Research Center
Acterra
ETM Electromatic, Inc.
Roche Palo Alto
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Foothill-DeAnza Community College District
San Francisco International Airport
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Great Mall
Santa Clara University
Akeena Solar
Hewlett Packard Company
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
ALZA Corporation
Hyperion
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Applied Materials, Inc.
Integrated Archive Systems
Schering-Plough Biopharma
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Integrated Design Associates, Inc.
Seagate Technology
BD Biosciences
LifeScan, Inc.
Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter
Calpine Corporation
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling
Cisco Systems Inc
Minerva Consulting
Sun Microsystems
City of Morgan Hill
NASA Ames Research Center
Sustainable San Mateo County
City of Palo Alto
Network Appliance, Inc.
Symantec
City of San Jose
Oracle
Tarlton Properties, Inc.
City of Sunnyvale
Our City Forest
Town of Los Altos Hills
County of San Mateo
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Toyota Sunnyvale
County of Santa Clara
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SSV partners save money while they save energy and help the environment:
• The City of San Jose has avoided $21.95 million in energy costs since 2001.
• Cisco Systems has saved $5.6 million in one fiscal year as the result of energy-saving projects.
• Schering-Plough Biopharma saved $375,000 by reducing the operating time of its boilers.
• The City of Palo Alto saves $17,000 a year with energy management software alone.
• LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson company, reduced COZ emissions at its Milpitas and Cabo Rojo plants and
has saved $1.3 million/year in reduced energy costs.
• Roche Palo Alto saved $2.8 million in four years by reducing electricity usage by 36% and natural gas by
32%.
Becoming a Pledging Partner of SSV is easy:
• Make a voluntary pledge to reduce GDZ: In this pledge, you identify the campuses or facilities that
you will monitor, and you pledge to develop goals for those campuses/facilities and report annually to
SSV.
• Report annually: You will choose your baseline year, target year, and percent reduction, and
normalizing factor if desired. Annual reporting is made easy by SSV's tools and the experience of other
participants, and reporting helps participants monitor progress.
• Share progress with and learn from fellow participants: Participants will benefit from valuable best
practice benchmarking and informal coaching from other participants.
Annual Partnership Dues for SSV pledging Partners are as follows:
Sustaining Partner: $10,000
Businesses:
1-25 employees
26-100 employees
101-1000 employees
1001-3000 employees
3001 and more employees
$ 250
$ 500
$1000
$1500
$2500
Government Agencies and Academia $1000
Non-profits $ 100
Vision: A Silicon Valley with a healthy environment, a vibrant economy and a socially engaged community.
Mission: Collaborate with organizations and the community to achieve environmental sustainability in
Silicon Valley.
Geography Served: SSV Partners are in San Mateo, Santa Clara, northern Santa Cruz and southern
Alameda Counties. Beneficiaries of SSV's CO2 Initiative are local, regional, and global, through the reduction
of greenhouse gas emissions; and cross all socioeconomic boundaries.
Sustainable Silicon Valley is a 501 c) 3) public benefit corporation whose mission is to collaborate with
organizations and the community to achieve environmental sustainability in Silicon Valley.
Contributions are tax deductible. The Federal Identification Number is 56-2464045.
Sustainable Silicon Valley
224 Airport Parkway, Suite 620
San Jose, CA 95110
650-321-3846
Sally Tomlinson, Executive Director
stomlinson@SustainableSiliconValley. ora
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