As a part of its ongoing commitment to sustainable business practices, Technology Credit Union, a community leader in financial services today announced the results of energy audit focused on cost savings for lighting, that will also help the organization achieve its sustainability goals. Conducted jointly with Verdafero, Inc. the audit predicted savings of over $11,000/year (or 81,067kWh representing 128,352lbs CO₂e) by implementing occupancy sensors and updating inefficient light bulbs.

Casey McBrian, VP of Facilities for Technology Credit Union, said: "As a company committed to developing a sustainable business, Technology Credit Union is looking for practical ways to become more energy efficient. The energy audit's findings identified savings that allowed us to accurately budget for the project."

"Our goal as a company is to provide data-driven insights and benchmarking that will drive more rapid environmental and social innovation. We are grateful to be working with Technology Credit Union, a forward thinking organization dedicated to exploring ways to reduce its ecological footprint to benefit our whole community," said Verdafero.

Verdafero Inc. has developed a software-as-a-service platform that can be used for sustainability planning, energy efficiency and carbon management services for small and medium enterprise businesses. Customers use the tool to develop a sustainability plan by analyzing best practices and specific savings potential in their energy, water, and other resource usage.

About Verdafero™
Verdafero Inc. provides business intelligence software and services for companies to plan, implement, and profit from energy efficiency & sustainability programs. Verdafero gives a new strategic advantage to their customers to improve profitability through cost reductions across their operations and enhance their brand reputation, visit www.verdafero.com.

About Technology Credit Union
Founded in 1960 by the employees of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Semiconductor Division, Technology Credit Union has served the high tech workforce in Silicon Valley for 50 years. Today, Tech CU has extended its membership benefits to small businesses and individuals who live and work in the greater Bay Area. The credit union is recognized as one of the best-managed and strongest financial institutions in the country. Tech CU's 77,000 members have access to 60,000 surcharge-free ATMs nationwide, online and mobile banking, 9 full-service branches in the Bay Area, and comprehensive wealth management and small business services. To learn more about Tech CU, visit www.techcu.com.

Verdafero Inc.

Verdafero Inc.

Sustainability makes excellent business sense, period. By helping you effectively managing your "Triple Bottom Line", that is the environmental and social impacts of your business as well as the need to run a profitable business, we can help you improve your business prospects in both the short and long term. So what does this mean to us here at Verdafero? First, we deeply care about how we interact with the Earth and society as business leaders, and we believe this is the best focus for us is to do our part in enabling this overarching change in our economy. Second, we think the Internet is the best vehicle for leading change on a very large scale. We understand how to bring the tools of technology and business to bear on the challenges we all face. Third, we must provide value to you by delivering simple and easy to use tools in an atmosphere of transparency and trust that help you navigate the journey to a more sustainable future.

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