Leading Change
ETM is passionate about reducing oil consumption and CO2 emissions and making the world a cooler place. We are actively pursuing changes in energy usage and energy diversity. As a pledging partner in Sustainable Silicon Valley, ETM is committed to a regional goal of reducing CO2 emissions in the Silicon Valley to 20% below their 1990 levels by the year 2010.

Actions Speak Louder Than Words
As part of this commitment, we've invested in a lighting retrofit, which included changing all light fixtures from magnetic to electronic ballast and installing occupancy light sensors to control lighting. We've also replaced our existing roof with a low emissivity "cool" roof. The white urethane foam used in this process will reduce the heat absorption of the roof by 50 percent or more, and greatly reduce the energy required for air-conditioning. ETM knows that CO2 emissions happen as an effect of us humans living our daily lives. So to address that, ETM has two ongoing employee incentive programs: Drive for Change and Plant 1000 Bulbs . These programs provide incentives to help each employee reduce his or her contribution to greenhouse gas generation. We've already reduced our collective CO2 emissions by more than 40 tons a year because of our enthusiastic employee participation.

Plant 1000 Bulbs
For every incandescent bulb that ETMers turn in they will receive a new compact fluorescent bulb (CFL) replacement. CFLs use about 20% of the power required of incandescent bulbs and therefore reduce by 80% the environmental impact of lighting up a room.