Energy Management

Our networks can facilitate the transition to a low-carbon, sustainable economy, and make the world in which we work better than it was yesterday.

A wetlands restoration project at our Corporate Operations Center in New Jersey saw the return of several rare native species.

Verizon teams from around the country can now meet face-to-face — with no airport security delays and zero jet-engine emissions.

We believe broadband and wireless technologies can transform lives and solve problems in new ways — and the more deeply embedded technology becomes in our society, the more these opportunities to create shared success will grow.

Creating a Sustainable Economy

Verizon has significantly expanded its lineup of products and services that enable our customers to be more energy efficient. Among our achievements are:

• In 2010, we partnered with Cisco and Motorola to roll out more energy efficient set-top boxes for FiOS services. The new boxes use 30% less energy than their predecessors and are packaged in materials that are 100% recyclable.

• We partnered with Motorola to offer the Citrus — the world’s first certified carbon-free smart phone, and launched two “green” feature phones — the Samsung Intensity II and LG Cosmos Touch.

• We have partnered with Duke Energy to provide the telecommunications network for Envision Charlotte, a smart energy initiative that aims to reduce energy use in the urban core of Charlotte, North Carolina by up to 20% and avoid approximately 220,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases by 2016.

• At the end of 2010, Verizon had contracted with more than 20 utilities to connect more than 1 million automated metering and smart grid “endpoints.”

• A Verizon “Connected Home” home energy management solution was introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2011. The service will enable customers to monitor activity via networked cameras and set, adjust and control lights, smart thermostats and appliances via smart phone, laptop or FiOS TV.

Verizon Broadband Can Help Reduce Energy Consumption

Recent studies have shown how broadband usage and Information Communications Technology (ICT) can have a huge environmental impact by reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

A report by GeSI, the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, estimates that ICT can reduce emissions in the U.S. by up to 22 percent by 2020 through environmentally friendly practices such as smart logistics, smart buildings, a smart power grid and reducing travel through videoconferencing and telework.

An American Consumer Institute (ACI) study found major reductions are possible over 10 years:

• Telecommuting reduces office space and car commutes, saving 588 million tons of emissions;
• Widespread teleconferencing could eliminate one-tenth of all flights, saving 200 million tons;
• E-commerce will reduce warehousing and long- distance shipping, saving 206 million tons; and

The GeSI and ACI studies show how widespread adoption of high-speed Internet service could cut up to 36 percent of U.S. oil imports each year and eliminate a billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years.