Darrell Smith, the Sr. Operations and Energy Manager for Microsoft talks about Energy-Smart Buildings and the huge impact they have made.

Take a look at one way Microsoft and its employees are helping to reduce the company's environmental footprint.

As the rise of cities unfolds, the fundamental questions of how to support growing urban populations while maintaining standards of living will be a defining challenge for public and private organizations. We need to unlock the potential the cloud brings to help manage the amount of energy we waste and consumer.

By embracing IT energy efficiency in areas such as system architecture, hardware provisioning, software design, and operations, organizations can stretch their budgets and respond more rapidly to demands for additional services.

Microsoft employees are helping to reduce campus waste in the US by using compostable plates and utensils. The move to compostables reduced its cafeteria waste by 50%

Microsoft's corporate campus transit system is reducing traffic in the greater Seattle area by over ten million car miles each year

One Great Idea: How the Cloud Changes Everything How cloud computing is revolutionizing companies' ability to manage and visualize information about climate and other environmental issues. Presented by: Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft State of Green Business Forum 2011

Microsoft's Modular Datacenter Overview of the Quincy, Washington Facility

Quick overview (photos) of the Windows MultiPoint Server deployment in southern Kenya.

Learn More: http://www.itic.org Microsoft's first Chief Environmental Strategist talks about the company's environmental efforts.

In this video, Microsoft's director of technology Mark Aggar discusses ways for developers to consider power management in their design of applications. This is part 1 of 2 part video.

Greening Corporate Networks with Sleep Proxy

Montage of how various companies such as Volvo, Intel, Schlumberger, Siemens create seamless communication across their companies operations, maximizing collaboration and productivity and cost savings.

In this video, Jeff Wettlaufer, System Center technical product manager, will demonstrate how to copy the new R3 Power Management Reports onto your Reporting Server.

Learn more at http://www.microsoft.com/servervirtualization Microsoft Server Virtualization helps reduce IT costs by consolidating servers and simplifying server migration. Compare to VMware ESX and see the benefits of Microsoft Server Virtualization.

Meet Joel Telling, he's one of our community members on http://www.microsoft-hohm.com . We gave him a Blue Line Dive that connects to microsoft hohm one week prior to our announcement. Let Joel and us know if you have any questions about his experience.

This DIY video was made to help you connect http://www.microsoft-hohm.com to you blue line wifi gateway device

The Power Down for the Planet Intern takes her first trip to the offices of Microsoft in Seattle, Washington! Find Power Down for the Planet on.. Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/PowerDownForThePlanet?ref=ts Twittter- https://twitter.com/PowerDownEdu

Microsoft Research's WorldWide Telescope Brings Mars to the Masses

Our third interview from our Energy Week 2010 series. Hear from Kate Levick as she outlines the Carbon Disclosure Project, it's history and evolution.

Microsoft's Corp VP of Technology Strategy and the eXtreme Computing group explains how Microsoft's technology and research have the ability to create solutions that can drive change on a global scale.

Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer discusses how technology can be applied to challenging societal issues such as environmental sustainability.

Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner discusses the importance of sustainability to the company and how Microsoft is working to reduce the company's impact on the environment.

Listen to Microsoft's Environmental Chief on the role of technology in helping the planet today.

This video shows how Microsoft technology is helping Jones Lang LaSalle manages building energy and reduces their carbon emissions through a solution created by Microsoft Certified partner DSC-IT.