Corporate Responsibility
Energy Management
Our global energy team meets regularly and comprises members of facilities management, Corporate Sustainability, Environmental, Health and Safety and procurement, coordinating energy management across Motorola Solutions.
We are reducing our energy use as part of our commitment to tackling climate change. We are systematic in the way we seek energy savings in all our facilities.
In 2010, we introduced green procurement guidelines to ensure that we source energy efficient and environmentally preferable products worldwide. Read more about these guidelines and our Green Buildings Strategy.
Examples of energy-saving measures implemented at our sites in 2010 include:
- Creating teams to promote energy saving at sites
- Conducting inspections to ensure lights are turned off at night
- Upgrading lighting in offices and production facilities
- Matching lighting more closely with building occupancy
- Turning off elevators at night and during weekends
- Increasing maintenance of air handling units
- Upgrading and improving the efficiency of compressors
- Optimizing pressure levels on manufacturing equipment
- Upgrading controls, removing unnecessary pumps and de-scaling evaporator coils on chillers
- Using natural cooling (free cooling) in winter instead of cooling provided by chillers
- Upgrading to a more energy efficient humidity system
- Improving building management systems to optimize controls
- Increasing the temperature in IT rooms to reduce the demand for cooling
- Daylight cleaning to avoid having to illuminate offices at night
Performance and goals
In 2010, we used 803 million kilowatt hours of energy, a 33 percent decrease from 1,207 million kilowatt hours in 2005.
These figures are based on:
1. Actual data covering 78 percent of total floor space in 2010, and 59 percent in 2005
2. Estimated impact based on average energy per square foot for the remaining percent
We accomplished this reduction by implementing energy-saving measures, and consolidating facilities. This excludes reductions due to businesses that were divested during this time period.
Renewable energy
In 2010, around 23 percent of our global electricity came from renewable sources. Our goal is to increase our use of electricity from renewable sources to 30 percent by 2020.
In addition to the 6 percent of renewable energy available by default in the power grid, about 17 percent of our global electricity came from voluntary purchases. This includes Green-e certified renewable energy certificates (RECs) purchased from wind power in the U.S. and hydro power purchased directly from the generator in Germany and Denmark. The U.S. RECs are purchased from NativeEnergy in North Dakota, which supports Native American, farmer-owned, community-based renewable energy projects helping create social, economic and environmental benefits.
For the second consecutive year, Motorola, Inc. received a Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for our commitment to renewable energy, and for the first time we were one of only four organizations nationwide to be chosen as Green Power Partner of the year. In addition, Motorola, Inc. qualified for the EPA’s Green Power Leadership Club as 30 percent of the electricity it used in the U.S. came from renewable sources. This distinction is given to organizations that have significantly exceeded the EPA’s minimum purchase requirements.
In 2010, we moved up to number 31 on the EPA’s list of the largest green power purchasers.
| Motorola Solutions goals for 2011 |
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| Increase use of renewable energy to 30 percent by 2020. |
Learn more about climate change and our carbon footprint.
Read about how we raise employee awareness about energy management.
Separation news
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On Jan. 4, 2011, Motorola separated into two publicly traded companies, Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility. All data on this page, unless stated otherwise, relate to the former company Motorola, Inc.
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