VIA Carbon Free Computing is an initiative launched by VIA Technologies, a manufacturer of microprocessors and chipsets in October 2006. Carbon Free Computing is a set of programs and products designed to help individuals and organizations reduce their impact on the environment. The VIA Carbon Free Computing is a part of the VIA Green Computing Initiative.
Under the initiative VIA offers a line of PC products certified as Carbon Free.
According to the company, VIA works with environmental experts to calculate the
electricity used by an average Carbon Free Computing product over its lifetime,
assumed to be 3 years. Then from the amount of electricity used, VIA calculates
how much carbon dioxide emissions will be released into the environment mainly
as a result of fossil fuel burning power plants, and then works with regional
offset organizations to "offset" that amount of carbon dioxide through projects
such as reforestation, investments in alternative energy, and Energy
conservation. (Adapted
from VIA Carbon Free Computing)
Getting Started With Green Computing Going green means operating in a way that uses the least amount of resources for the greatest gain; it's about introducing practices that focus on conservation, reuse and the reduction of a company's carbon footprint.
VIA Carbon Free Computing VIA Carbon Free Computing addresses this issue head on, aimed at offering the world's first line of PC products certified Carbon Free.
