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Fairchild Semiconductor to save energy
The company joins alliance to save energy. Focus on energy efficiency and regulations are key issues
Fairchild Semiconductor, a supplier of high performance products that drive energy efficiency, recently became a member of the Alliance to Save Energy. The Alliance promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment and greater energy security.
“Energy efficiency initiatives and regulations are key drivers to address the need for conservation of energy and the development of alternative energy,” said Mark Thompson, Fairchild’s president and CEO. “By nature, our products optimise system power thereby helping our customers and end-product consumers reduce energy consumption and reduce their global environmental footprint. As a member of the Alliance, Fairchild will work together with other member companies and nonprofit organisations to promote and invest in energy efficiency as a primary means of achieving environmental goals.”
Electronic component manufacturers play an important role in making the electronic devices used every day, more energy efficient. Fairchild designs and develops products that reduce power consumption, extend battery life, prolong product use time and increase power performance without increasing power usage in applications such as cell phones, DVD players, flat panel displays, notebook computers, printers, cameras, TVs, home appliances, power adaptors, power supplies, lighting, motor control and automotive electronics.
Switch from single-phase fridge and power over a million European homes annually.
For example, variable speed motors, used in home appliances and factory automation, are over 40 percent more efficient than single phase motors. Electronic components allow motors in these applications to turn on and off, at variable speeds as needed. If 25 percent of the households in Europe switched from a single phase motor refrigerator to a more efficient model using Fairchild components, enough power could be saved to power over a million homes in Europe yearly.
“Today more than 150 corporations, trade associations, public interest groups, research organisations and others work together in strategic partnership with the Alliance to assure that energy efficiency is used effectively in the U.S. and abroad to help meet the anticipated, phenomenal growth in demand for energy,” said Alliance president Kateri Callahan. “Associates are afforded important access to comprehensive briefings featuring key decision makers from Congress, the Administration, and the private sector; timely reports on governmental action and policies impacting energy efficiency products, services and markets; and networking and professional development opportunities.”
