The Texas Instruments tour was done by Paul Westbrook a sustainable development manager. He has been working for this company for 20 years and his degree is in mechanical engineering. The building was designed in 2004 and on 2010 the total revenue was 14.0 billion. The company uses 1 billion chips for calculator, iPad, phones, etc. It is located in 30 countries and has 80,000 clients worldwide. Some of the features include 92,000 acres, 1000 employees’ capacity. The outside pond is used for landscape irrigation, which is mown only twice a year. Employee transportation outreach includes vanpool, DART shuttle, and bicyclist covered parking. It was very surprising how each agency defines differently what sustainability means, for example this company’s definition was the balance of profit, people, and the planet. Paul stated that sustainability does not have a measuring device, which I agree sustainability has to be tailor made for each agency. The measuring device used by this company includes the following components Waste, Energy, CO2, Other Emissions, Water, and Sustainable Materials. According to Paul, sustainability is a good business if you know how to work it. One more thing that gave me a wakeup call was that people are abundant, natural resources are scare, and increase in productivity. The whole plant saves 4 million a year and reduces, 20% energy, 40% water use reduction, 50% emission reduction. This building is certified Gold LEED and in 2010 recycled worldwide 95% waste. The sustainable tour given and presented by Paul was a very informative and productive for the future career and personal life. The company should do more community outreach.
http://www.ti.com/
http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/csr/company/sustainability.shtml
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