I’ve always liked Dell - never had any problems with them. This post was written on a Dell. According to an article in GreenBiz, as of April 3^rd, Dell’s 2.1 million square foot headquarters in Austin, Texas are now powered completely from eco-friendly wind and landfill gas sources. The eco-friendly move is a big step in Dell’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality at its owned and leased facilities by the end of this year. Approximately 40% of the power will be supplied from the Waste Management Austin Community Landfill gas-to-energy facility while the remainder will be sourced from existing wind farms in the state through TXU Energy.

The eco-friendly energy contract is slated to provide the computer-maker with a little more than 80 million kilowatt hours per year for the company’s headquarters. In its effort to be more eco-friendly, Dell has already saved approx. $2 million a year retrofitting its facilities with power management systems and replacing inefficient lighting and air conditioners.

As far as Dells other locations - Here in beautiful Idaho, the Dell facility in Twin Falls is powered completely by wind and solar power while the company’s Austin Parmer Campus is increasing its green power from 8 to 17 percent.

This comes almost a year after Dell launched its “Plant a Tree for Me” campaign. The eco-friendly initiative essentially gives consumers the option of selecting “Plant A Tree for Me” when configuring their purchase to offset the carbon emission resulting from the production of electricity required to power their systems. Of the program Michael Dell said, “We’re the first global technology company to offset emissions with the purchase of their computers.” The program is done in partnership with The Conservation Fund and Carbonfund.org and 100% of the donated funds go to facilitate the planting of trees.

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