Fairchild Semiconductor has formed a global 'Energy and Environmental Design Team' to find energy-conservation projects at its manufacturing sites. The team will work with Fairchild's sites worldwide to implement best practices that will improve corporate responsibility, conserve energy and reduce climate impact. The team members come from a wide variety of Fairchild locations, as well as from the facilities, manufacturing, environment and finance departments.

“Sustainability has always been important to Fairchild, but it is becoming even more important as we try to do our part in reducing our climate impact and our consumption of energy and water,” said Robin Goodwin, executive vice president of Manufacturing and Supply Chain, in a press release. “Fairchild is 'The Power Franchise'. We provide products that help consumers reduce power consumption in electronic applications and we feel it is our duty to actively pursue our own sustainability and green business practices.”

This team is not Fairchild Semiconductor's first effort to conserve energy. Since 1997, the company has reduced its water usage by over 53 million gallons, added wind energy as an alternate power source and made its lighting systems more efficient. The new Energy and Environmental Design Team is chartered to add to the successes of these projects, and find new ways to improve Fairchild's environmental impact.

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