Microsoft makes an ongoing effort to address environmental challenges and reduce the company's environmental footprint. Find news and press coverage related to Microsoft and environmental issues.
Microsoft is working with the U.N. to donate three to four-year-old computers to an upstart company in Uganda.
A computational scientist at Microsoft Research publishes two important papers on the implications of climate change and how we can best respond.
Learn how Microsoft promotes environmental sustainability with efficient code, free and convenient employee transportation, ISV partnerships, and strategic operations decisions.
Read about the convenient commuter options many companies now offer to help their employees save time, money, and gas.
Imagine a world where technology helps to create a sustainable environment. That is the challenge of the 2008 Microsoft Imagine Cup competition. Read about the innovative software designs of the top U.S. winners.
The new facility could potentially have up to 11 times the capacity of similar sized conventional data centers.
Microsoft encourages increasing the development of software that has the ability to control greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, building management, deforestation, electrical grids, and utilities.
Students address environmental sustainability with innovative technology.
The focus for Imagine Cup 2008 is on building technology solutions that help address challenging environmental sustainability issues. From a pool of over 200,000 participants, 124 teams have been selected.
TR Control Solutions' winning software educates youth on energy efficiency and empowers them to change behavior.
Microsoft is helping the EEA to inform Europeans on changes to environmental conditions in real time—and empowering citizens to play their part in data gathering.
Microsoft awarded funds to four university research projects focused on energy efficiency in computing. Their research will focus on datacenter power efficiency, power management, and the creation of parallel computing architecture with decreased power demands.