It's easy being green: Google goes solar

Written on March 30, 2007 – 10:55 am | by GoogleBot |

Google’s commitment to “green” means that the company sources carpet and sofas made without PVC, paints without volatile organic compounds, and cafeteria food from local growers. It’s not surprising, then, that they would roll out the largest commercial solar deployment in the US?¢‚Ǩ‚Äùa 1.6MW installation that covers most of the buildings at Google’s campus and extends even to shaded parking spaces. At the ETech conference in San Diego this week, Google’s Anthony Ravitz explained how Google did it, and why.

Full article: Ars Technica

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