Green Options » e-mail carbon footprint http://greenoptions.com/tag/e-mail-carbon-footprint Posts tagged 'e-mail carbon footprint' Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en How Green Is Your E-mail? New Study Tries to Quantify Carbon Footprint of E-Mail. http://sustainablog.org/2008/04/28/how-green-is-your-e-mail-new-study-tries-to-quantify-carbon-footprint-of-e-mail/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/04/28/how-green-is-your-e-mail-new-study-tries-to-quantify-carbon-footprint-of-e-mail/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:15:51 +0000 mcmilker http://sustainablog.org/2008/04/28/how-green-is-your-e-mail-new-study-tries-to-quantify-carbon-footprint-of-e-mail/ email.jpgWe all know that e-mail is far superior to faxing or God-forbid, snail mail! But, how much greener is it?

That’s what a new project at Sun Microsystems is trying to find out. This new initiative attempts to measure the carbon footprint of individual e-mails with the hope of being able to quantify it for individuals and companies.

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