Green Initiatives Timeline

Altera was green before it was cool to be green. The following table shows Altera's green initiatives timeline.

Year	Description
1983	Altera was founded
1987	Trash reduction and shipping container reuse initiated
1991	Initiated aluminum, glass, paper, and plastic container recycling
1995	Site search for new company headquarters initiated. Altera identifies a commute-friendly location adjacent to light rail public transportation within Silicon Valley’s “Golden Triangle”.
1996	New Campus Energy efficient designs integrated into new buildings Outside air economizers installed on all air conditioning systems Energy management system installed to control all lighting and HVAC equipment High output energy efficient lighting systems Exceeded title 24 requirements at the time of build
1997	Installed cooling tower water meter as part of water conservation effort Began cardboard recycling program Implemented paperless document control system
1999	Converted software data books to CD Installed light sensors in common areas and conference rooms to save energy
2000	Converted hardcopy design documents to paperless design document system Initiated coffee mug program: Installed dishwashers in all coffee stations and removed all paper and Styrofoam cups from the campus
2001	Implemented battery recycling program Implemented fluorescent light bulb recycling program Implemented computer equipment recycling program Implemented wood, foam, and metals recycling program Replaced plastic transparencies and overhead projectors with conference room computers and displays Converted paper customer communications to paperless customer communication system
2003	Initiated cubicle sensor installation project for energy conservation
2004	Altera certified as Santa Clara County’s first green semiconductor company Installed variable frequency drives on three 225-ton chillers and saved ~220 MWH annually
2006	Converted product manuals, documentation, and software to electronic distribution Replaced constant duty 125-hp compressor with 125-hp VFD compressor and saved ~ 350 MWH annually
2007	Reduced campus lighting by 40 percent as part of energy conservation effort Partnered with PG&E and APC on cold aisle containment concepts and analysis in our main data center and saved 392.9 MWH, resulting in a 25% reduction in cooling costs
2008	Altera recertified as a Santa Clara County Green Business Installed WeatherTrak ET irrigation controllers and saved approximately 3 million gallons of water annually Installed a cold aisle containment system in our software data center and saved ~228 MWH, resulting in a 35% reduction in cooling costs
2009	VM ware server consolidations in our data centers saved 346 MWH annually Replaced metal halide fixtures with fluorescent fixture in Altera parking garage and saved ~180 MWH annually

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