Samsung Electronics America, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC, and Samsung Semiconductor introduced at this time that Samsung has obtained a 2019 Green Power Leadership Award for Excellence in Green Power Use from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA offered Samsung with the accolade at a ceremony through the 2019 Renewable Energy Markets (REM) Conference in San Diego, California on Thursday, September 5.
The Green Power Leadership Award acknowledges America’s main companies, organizations, applications, and people for his or her excellent dedication and achievement in considerably advancing the event of inexperienced energy sources. Samsung was certainly one of seventeen organizations nationwide to obtain the Green Power award.
As of 2018, Samsung 837, positioned in New York City is ranked amongst all ENERGY STAR buildings with a rating of 99/100.
“We are honored by this prestigious Green Power Leadership recognition from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,” mentioned Mark Newton, Head of Corporate Sustainability, Samsung Electronics North America. “As demonstrated by our expanded use of green power, Samsung is focused on protecting our planet and doing our part as a global environmental steward to reduce our environmental impact and increase the deployment of renewable energy technologies. We strive to use our business to initiate change in our company, the industry and beyond.”
From 2017 to 2018, Samsung Electronics America, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC, and Samsung Semiconductor elevated their inexperienced energy utilization over 56 p.c by way of a purchase order of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from wind farms in addition to a rooftop photo voltaic array.
Samsung is a proud accomplice of the EPA’s Green Power Partnership (GPP), a voluntary program that helps enhance inexperienced energy use amongst organizations to advance the American marketplace for inexperienced energy. Samsung is No. eight on EPA’s National Top 100 Partners listing and No. 6 on the Top 30 Tech and Telecom Partners listing. Each listing highlights EPA Green Power Partners utilizing essentially the most renewable vitality yearly as of July 2019.
In June 2018, Samsung introduced its objective to supply 100 p.c renewable vitality for vitality utilized in its institutions – factories, workplace buildings and operational services – within the U.S., Europe and China by 2020. This objective is rooted in Samsung’s mission to function a worldwide environmental steward, scale back its environmental footprint, and contribute to the development of the voluntary inexperienced energy market.
Samsung Semiconductor’s photo voltaic array produces 800,000 kWh of inexperienced energy yearly.
From 2017 to 2018, Samsung Electronics America, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC, and Samsung Semiconductor elevated their inexperienced energy utilization over 56 p.c from 792,096,012 kWh to 1,236,305,518 kWh by way of a purchase order of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from wind farms in addition to a rooftop photo voltaic array. This inexperienced energy use, which is equal to the electrical energy use of roughly 115,000 common American houses yearly, represents 100 p.c of the full energy wants of Samsung Electronics America, Samsung Austin Semiconductor and Samsung Semiconductor. As a part of their inexperienced energy use, Samsung Semiconductor invested in a brand new rooftop photo voltaic array at its San Jose, CA campus, producing 800,000 kWh yearly.
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