Intel's Queen of Green: No. 1 purchaser of green energy reduces consumption ...

SmartPlanet (Aug 11 2010) Servers

1. Intel is the No. 1 purchaser of green power in the U.S., with about 50 percent of its power coming from renewables, according to Lorie Wigle, general manager of Intel’s Eco-Technology Program Office. Wigle, who helped Intel develop the office in 2007, is also president of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. She is the former director of Intel’s Server Technology and Initiatives Marketing. I talked to Wigle recently about sustainable manufacturing and usage, and how virtualization technology is good for green. Describe the scene when you first started at Intel 26 years ago. Was there any talk of recycling or saving energy? When I started, my first job was teaching Intel employees how to use PCs. I won an award for justifying hard drives for secretaries–and we called them secretaries. There was no talk at all about energy efficiency. Things have obviously changed. (Read Full Article)

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