1. Grant Klinger Abdulrahman Maddi Bill Miller Taylor Miller

2. What Google Means to Energy Google has invested $780 million in renewable energy generation and tech development Google boasts themselves as being a neutral carbon company, offsetting as much CO 2 as they produce The G-mail system is said to be 80% more efficient than company in-house e-mail service

3. Outline -Google’s overall Carbon footprint calculation if all of their energy was from power plants -Google’s wind and solar offsets -The things we don’t think about (What would the world be like without Google) -What is the carbon footprint of this project???

4. Assumptions -All the power is coming from coal power plant. -Account for all of Google searchers, Gmail and YouTube usage and all other Google applications. -Average trip to the library is 1.5 miles each way. -70% of bituminous coal is Carbon. -Everyone used Google to complete their project

5. Google CO 2 Output

6. Google’s Wind Offset

7. Google’s Solar Offset

8. What if We Didn’t Have Google?

9. How Much Do Searches Save?

10. Google CO 2 Emissions of EGEE 012

11. Differences

12. Conclusion -Online activity is increasing significantly each year. -Google is pushing toward more renewable energy sources. -If Google didn’t pursue more efficient equipment and methods CO 2 footprint would DOUBLE. -Google also contributes in the development of renewable energy and technology. -Yahoo doesn’t release their energy information.

13. References http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/09/technology/googl e-details-and-defends-its-use-of-electricity.html?_r=2 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/08/g oogle-carbon-footprint http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/08/g oogle-carbon-footprint http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/articl e/2011/09/google-reveals-carbon-footprint-renewable- energy-goals http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/articl e/2011/09/google-reveals-carbon-footprint-renewable- energy-goals http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/14/google- solarcity-investment-home-solar_n_876574.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/14/google- solarcity-investment-home-solar_n_876574.html http://s3.amazonaws.com/greenwala- attachments/production/attachments/11543/slider/goo gle-wind-power-north-dakota-photo.jpg?1272920831 http://s3.amazonaws.com/greenwala- attachments/production/attachments/11543/slider/goo gle-wind-power-north-dakota-photo.jpg?1272920831

14. Learn More: http://www.google.com/green/index.html http://www.youtube.com/user/googlegreen