Tag Archives: facebook - 2011

It’s in the Perks: The Energy Behind Facebook’s On-Campus Amenities

By: Naveen Lakshmipathy, 2011 EDF Climate Corps fellow at Facebook, MBA/MS Candidate at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business  Facebook offers some fabulous amenities to its employees.  These perks include cafeterias that serve three meals a day and a robust transportation program that keeps a large and ever-growing percentage of employees out of their [...]

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Seeing the Light at Facebook: Top three lessons on energy-efficient lighting design

By: Naveen Lakshmipathy, 2011 EDF Climate Corps fellow at Facebook, MBA/MS Candidate at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business As I enter the first completed building of Facebook’s brand-new office campus in Menlo Park, CA, I’m greeted by a scene that feels fresh but distinctly familiar.  An exposed steel beam punctuates a hallway.  Ventilation [...]

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Facebook: Efficiency Empowered

By Esra Kucukciftci, 2011 EDF Climate Corps Fellow at Facebook, MBA Candidate at Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Facebook is on the move… literally. In relocating its headquarter campus, the company recently redesigned and retrofitted the former Sun Microsystems campus in Menlo Park, CA, to LEED Gold standard while also integrating attributes of [...]

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Facebook's EDF Climate Corps Fellow Explores Social Networking's Role in the Energy Revolution

By Esra Kucukciftci, 2011 EDF Climate Corps Fellow at Facebook, MBA Candidate at Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Creating an energy intelligence vision for Facebook, a company that quickly and completely changed the world’s vision for communications, is no small task. Facebook continues to transform the ways we receive and use information every [...]

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Making It Social at Facebook's Headquarters: Energy Efficiency Sleuthing, Hackathon-Style

By Cynthia Shih, 2011 EDF Climate Corps Fellow at Facebook, MBA/MS Candidate at University of Michigan’s Erb Institute It’s 9:45 pm on a Tuesday, and I’m hunched over a laptop at a desk that isn’t mine, while two men clip wires to an electrical panel and onlookers crane their heads expectantly. Techno music blares from [...]

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Energy Efficiency Is Now Friends With Facebook: 3 Fellows Launch Treasure Hunt for Savings

By Cynthia Shih, 2011 EDF Climate Corps Fellow at Facebook, MBA/MS Candidate at University of Michigan’s Erb Institute MOVE FAST AND BREAK THINGS. DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN’T AFRAID? These bold-lettered signs are all over Facebook’s Palo Alto, CA headquarters, and they’re a perfect crash course on the [...]

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