Autodesk decreases carbon footprint by 28%

11 July 2012 Geoff Zeiss

Autodesk has releases its 4th annual Sustainability in Action Progress Report and Summary Sketch, an infographic highlighting key facts from the report.  A few highlights from this past year include:

  • Autodesk has decreased its carbon footprint 28% over FY09 base year to 61,600 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (t CO2e), on target to meet its climate stabilizing target set with C-FACT.
  • reduced emissions from tier 1 data centers by 62% while decreasing IT infrastructure costs by $7 million annually.
  • moved into new energy efficient offices in Singapore and Farnborough, and implemented energy conservation measures at other locations.  
  • Autodesk’s space in the Solaris office building in Singapore achieved LEED Platium Commercial Interiors certification and saves 23% in energy and associated GHG emissions per square foot versus comparable buildings in the region.
Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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