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Adobe Systems Incorporated becomes largest tech sector purchaser of Bullfrog Power™
Adobe’s Ottawa office is bullfrogpowered™
with 100 per cent green electricity
Toronto, June 10, 2008 — Bullfrog Power, a leading Canadian provider of 100 per cent green electricity, today announced Adobe Systems Incorporated has agreed to purchase more than 3,000 MWh per year of clean, renewable electricity for its Ottawa office. This makes Adobe the largest tech sector purchaser of green power on the bullfrogpowered Green Index.
“We are continually striving and looking for innovative ways to reduce our environmental impact,” said Randy Knox III, senior director of Global Facilities and Real Estate at Adobe. “Investing in green power is one of many ways Adobe is helping to reduce emissions and ultimately our carbon footprint.”
“Adobe has firmly established itself as a leader and innovator in environmental standards,” said Tom Heintzman, president, Bullfrog Power. “We are very pleased to be a part of Adobe’s sustainability activities.”
Adobe is currently the only organization in the world to have four LEED-EB Platinum certified buildings – its three headquarters towers in San Jose, California, and its San Francisco office. Adobe’s San Francisco office, built in 1904-05, is the oldest building in the world to achieve LEED-EB certification at the Platinum level. LEED is North America’s most reputable green building rating protocol. LEED credits are awarded for meeting requirements in several key categories, including sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality and innovation and design.
Switching to Bullfrog Power for its Ottawa office will reduce Adobe’s electricity-related CO2, NOx and SOx emissions footprint, which will help to combat climate change and tackle the more immediate and local issue of Ontario smog. Adobe will reduce its one-year emissions footprint by approximately 660 tonnes of CO2 (the primary gas that causes climate change), 1,960 kilograms of SO2 (major contributor to smog) and 845 Kg of NO (major contributor to smog).
About Bullfrog Power
Bullfrog Power is a leading provider of 100 per cent green electricity. Founded in 2005, Bullfrog provides homes and businesses in Alberta and Ontario with an easy way to go green and help create a cleaner, healthier environment for future generations. All of Bullfrog's power comes from clean, renewable sources like wind power and low-impact water power that displace polluting and carbon-intensive sources like coal. Bullfrog sources power exclusively from generators that have received Environment Canada's Environmental ChoiceM Program EcoLogoM certification. Thousands of Canadian homeowners and hundreds of businesses have made the decision to become "bullfrogpowered" and support the generation of clean, renewable power. www.bullfrogpower.com
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