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Our global product innovation and stewardship programs tackle the environmental impact of our products at each stage of their lifecycle, from production and packaging to use and disposal. Our biggest environmental impact is the energy used by our products. Sun is investing in innovative products and services to help our customers be as energy efficient as possible. And we're reviewing our packaging strategy and taking increased responsibility for our products at the disposal stage through our .
The key principle driving Sun's overall product innovation and stewardship is designing for sustainability. Whether reducing chemicals used to make our products, rethinking how we package our products, integrating energy efficiency into every aspect of product design, or reconsidering how we handle the product at end of life, we take a total lifecycle management approach to our products.
In recent years, including fiscal 2008, we've dedicated significant resources to achieving the highest possible energy efficiency in our products. Our relentless pursuit of energy-efficient computing is driven by three principles:
- Energy-proportional computing: A server should be able to adjust its power consumption based on its actual moment-by-moment computing load, using energy proportionally to the useful work it does.
- Stack-integrated energy management: All layers in the stack (the various technology components—from microprocessors to software to cooling fans—that work together to make a server work) need to be engaged in running a server at its optimal, most energy-efficient level. Sun will deliver energy-efficient innovative technology at each level of the stack – from server to rack to datacenter.
- Energy management by policy: Customers should be able to apply their energy management policies, such as power capping, to their servers, whether a single system or a datacenter.
To see how Sun Labs is making every job an eco job, view the video below.
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Product Innovation and Stewardship
Here are examples of product Eco Innovation:
- Power management: Sun systems allow application programming interfaces (APIs) to control the power use in a system, based on its current needs. Sun's microprocessors also have multiple power management capabilities.
- Systems management: New Sun devices will be able to adapt their power use to the required level. In addition, Sun's systems can be power-managed at the individual server level, rack level, and datacenter level.
- Power supplies: Sun's new power supplies are designed to exceed all industry standards (such as those set by and , while maintaining optimum efficiency at low and fluctuating loads.
- Virtualization: Sun's xVM virtualization technology detects the current usage level of each virtual machine, enforces usage limits, and apportions the workload accordingly to ensure optimum datacenter efficiency.
- Operating systems: The next generation of the OpenSolaris OS includes many new power management tools that allow applications to run as efficiently as possible.
- Professional services: Sun provides services to help customers address their energy-efficiency needs, from server consolidation to datacenter design.
- Sun Ray thin client technology: Sun Ray thin clients enable access to all the applications and utilities found on workstations or PCs – at a fraction of their energy use. Sun Ray 2 desktop units consume just 4 watts of energy, compared to a typical desktop computer.
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