Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) held a panel discussion program entitled “How Going Green saves Money, Jobs & Improves Lives,” at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose. The discussion program focused on the growing “green” technology market and on the integration of those technologies. Rep. Zoe Lofgren was joined by Rep. Mike Honda (D-Campbell), House of Representatives Chief Administrative Officer Dan Beard, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Santa Clara County Supervisor Blanca Alvarado for the discussion with environmental leaders of Fortune 500 companies which have made significant efforts in “going green” themselves. Representatives from Adobe, Applied Materials, Echelon, Google, Intel, Sun Microsystems, Xilinx, joined the discussions to detail their companies’ green technology efforts.
