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XIII Sustainable Silicon Valley: A Model Regional Partnership--Blas Pérez Henríquez
XIII Sustainable Silicon Valley: A Model Regional Partnership--Blas Pérez Henríquez
Pages 89-90
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In the aftermath of the 2000-2001 California energy crisis and the bursting of the dot.com bubble, the SSV partnership emerged as an innovative approach to address the regional economic challenges and threats caused by high energy prices and an economic slowdown. From the start, the SSV collaborative brought together a very diverse group of individuals from government, industry, academia, and environmental groups.
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Since 2005, SSV staff has published annual reports on partners' progress and overall programmatic goals. While the catalyst for SSV was the 2000-2001 California energy crisis and the dot.com bubble burst, the partners' decision to use EMS as a strategic tool to manage collaborative efforts led them to identify a specific carbon dioxide emission reduction goal for the Silicon Valley: SSV partners pledged to reduce emissions in the region by 20 percent below 1990 levels by the year 2010.
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