What We Do
Climate Corps Projects
Yahoo! – Tia Hansen – 2014
Goals
Tia Hansen spent her summer working with Yahoo! focusing on a variety of projects related to renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainability for datacenters and office operations.
Solutions
As an EDF Climate Corps fellow, she began by completing a greenhouse gas inventory for 2013 and updating Yahoo’s Carbon Disclosure Response, aiming to improve upon 2012’s impressive score of 91. Hansen developed a suite of energy efficiency measures including HVAC, lighting and controls and proposed a revolving funding mechanism to support implementation. Additionally, she worked on strategies and financial modeling for onsite generation.
At a glance
Industry: Internet, Software, Hardware and Technology Services
Year: 2014
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
About the fellow
Tia Hansen
University of California Berkeley
Tia Hansen, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, was hired as a 2014 EDF Climate Corps fellow at Yahoo!.
