Construction Magazine June 2019 | Page 86

SUSTAINABILITY
86 corporate renewable energy buyers in the US . “ The fact that we were able to scale up so quickly is a credit to the professionalism we have on our energy management team . I would say the thing I ’ m most proud of is just the scale ’ cause what you ’ re really looking for is impact . We ’ re proud of the 820 megawatts we ’ ve done so far . We ’ re the evangelists . We ’ re going around talking about all the benefits . The interesting thing is when you go into the different business units , my experience is that even if people don ’ t know it by name , they ’ re doing the work . These are folks who do sustainability for a living . We already have folks who are trying to save as much water as they can . They ’ re already trying to remove as many kilowatts as they can from the business . They ’ re already trying to be as efficient as they can .”
AT & T has an energy intensity goal , relative to its network , to be 60 % more efficient . Carroll wants to push more data through the network using the same ,
JUNE 2019