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At Cisco Systems, fellow Emily Reyna developed a plan for installing energy-saving devices in R&D labs that could save an estimated $8 million per year (with an 18-month payback) and reduce Cisco’s greenhouse gas emissions by 3%.EDF Climate Corps works. Since the program began, EDF Climate Corps fellows have uncovered energy efficiency opportunities that could:

  • Cut 1.6 billion kilowatt hours of electricity use and 27 million therms of natural gas annually, equivalent to the annual energy use of 88,000 homes;
  • Avoid over 1 million metric tons of CO2 emissions annually, equivalent to the annual emissions of 200,000 passenger vehicles; and
  • Save $1 billion in net operational costs over the project lifetimes.

To date, companies report that projects representing 86 percent of the energy savings identified by EDF Climate Corps fellows are complete or underway.

Results for the class of 2011       

  • $650 million in potential net operational cost savings over the project lifetimes
  • Potential reductions in energy use of 600 million kilowatt hours and 27 million therms of natural gas annually -- enough to power 38,000 homes per year
  • Opportunities to avoid over 440,000 metric tons of C02 emissions annually -- equivalent to taking nearly 87,000 vehicles off the road per year
  • See all results from the class of 2011.

Results from the class of 2010

  • $352 million in potential net operational cost savings over the project lifetimes
  • Potential reductions in energy use of 685 million kilowatt hours annually  -- enough to power 63,000 homes per year
  • Opportunities to avoid over 417,000 metric tons of C02 emissions annually -- equivalent to taking nearly 64,000 SUVs off the road per year
  • See all the results from the class of 2010

Results from the class of 2009

  • $56 million in potential net operational cost savings over the project lifetimes
  • Potential reductions in energy use of 161 million kilowatt hours annually -- enough to power more than 17,000 homes per year
  • Opportunities to avoid over 103,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually --  equivalent to taking nearly 17,000 SUVs off the road per year
  • See all the results from the class of 2009

Results from the class of 2008

  • $35 million in potential net cost savings over five years
  • 120 million kilowatt hours of potential electricity savings annually -- enough to power 10,000 homes per year
  • Opportunities to reduce over 57,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually -- equivalent to taking more than 7,000 SUVs off the road per year
  • See all the results from the class of 2008

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