Twitterstorm: Applied Materials’ Sustainability Strategy, Solar Installations

This week’s #SummerSun series of online conversations on solar energy continued today on Twitter as Bruce Klafter, managing director, environment, health and safety and head of sustainability at Applied Materials, discussed solar installations and Applied’s sustainability strategy. Below are some of the topics Bruce addressed during the Twitterstorm:

• Resources for living a more sustainable life

• Applied’s goals for reducing its carbon footprint: 20% by 2012

• Applied’s commitment to onsite solar generation which includes six solar installations of 2.5MW including, thin film in Singapore and PV in the parking lot in Sunnyvale, Calif.

• An Applied survey found two-thirds of American's agreed solar should play a larger role in meeting the country’s energy needs

• Places in the community where people would like to see solar installations implemented

• Applied’s plans to install more onsite solar generation capacity at its global facilities and purchase additional green power from local utilities

Search #SummerSun on Twitter to view the conversation. Tune in the rest of the week as we continue the dialogue around solar energy. Log on to Twitter and follow @Applied_Blog to join the conversation and tag your tweets #SummerSun.

Tomorrow, Rob DeLine, managing director, solar marketing at Applied Materials, will discuss the positive impact of utility scale solar and its potential to create jobs.