Aug. 6, 2012: IBM Reports Its Energy Efficiency Program Saved $43 Million Last Year
ARMONK, N.Y. — IBM released its ninth annual Corporate Responsibility Report, in which the company reported significant results in energy conservation and data center energy efficiency last year. The company said it saved more than $43 million in electricity expenses and conserved 378,000 megawatt hours of electricity last year, enough to power almost 34,000 average U.S. homes for a year.
IBM said its energy conservation projects delivered savings equal to 7.4 percent of the company’s total energy use, significantly exceeding the annual goal of 3.5 percent. This was the result of an ongoing program involving 2,300 energy conservation projects at more than 364 IBM facilities around the world. The company said it will continue these conservation efforts and aim to eliminate 1.1 million megawatt hours of energy consumption by the end of 2012.