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COMMITTED TO PEOPLE AND OUR PLANET. At Sharp, our passion for protecting the eco-system for future generations is equaled by our enthusiasm for improving the lives of people today. Sharp is committed to a higher SHARP SOLAR ACADEMY. level of standards for energy efficiency and Being an environmentally advanced company is part of our corporate DNA. Our portfolio environmental sustainability, working to consists of energy-saving and energy- minimize waste and greenhouse gases creating products, but we also strive to be an environmental steward through initiatives such as solar cell production, green factories, Sustainability Guides Our Actions As our contribution to achieving a low-carbon society, Sharp’s factories are designed to reduce MANUFACTURING COMPLEX FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: SAKAI CITY FACTORY. With a projected production capacity of one gigawatt, Sharp’s new, state-of-the-art industrial complex is scheduled to begin producing thin lm solar in 2010. The largest factory of its kind, the Sakai plant will also produce its own electricity with an 18-megawatt roof-mounted solar system. energy-saving LCD TVs and LCD TV recycling programs. Along with technology, Sharp views education as a core component of our higher levels of sustainability. environmental stewardship. The embodiment Powering Green Choices of this is the Solar Academy, our worldwide Designed in collaboration with teachers, environmental educational program where environmental impact and achieve educational non-prots and engineers, Sharp Evergreen Award Sharp staff volunteers teach 4th and 5th is proud to partner with our communities to Sharp’s industry leadership extends to The U.S. Government’s General Services grade students about the realities of climate promote conservation and teach the next organizations which encourage our Administration honored Sharp with their change and the positive effects that our generation about clean energy, the science of Evergreen Award, recognizing Sharp’s energy choices can make on the environment. Utility-Scale Power solar, and the steps we can all take to make own company and others with strong environmental records to go above and beyond their legal environmental outstanding environmental practices and more eco-conscious decisions. To learn more commitment to a sustainable future. and to see if the Solar Academy is available in your area, please visit our website at Plug-In to E-Cycling Program An active participant since its inception in The Climate is Right for Change 2003, Sharp has been recognized by the EPA From Main Street to Wall Street, people for its performance in collecting and safely are realizing the positive effects that our recycling used electronic equipment. actions have on the environment, and Commercial Products they’re going solar to amplify those effects Energy-Efficient Product Transportation by lowering their own carbon footprints. Sharp is an award-winning member of the With Sharp’s dedication to environmentally EPA’s voluntary SmartWay™ Transport sound manufacturing and operating Partnership. This alliance has established procedures, you can make the switch to guidelines for fuel efficiency improvements solar with the assurance that you’re building to reduce greenhouse gases by limiting a sustainable society with an experienced unnecessary engine idling and increasing solar partner you can trust. Sharp is a registered trademark of Sharp Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Viernau Thin Film photo courtesy of Armin Wulf, Solarpark Rodenäs GmbH 09F-047 Residential Applications the efficiency and use of rail and intermodal SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5901 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 1-800-SOLAR-06 • www.sharpusa.com/solar transportation. 1-800-SOLAR-06 www.SharpUSA.com/solar © 2009 Sharp Electronics Corporation. All rights reserved.

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