Carbon Emission
79 Stories
More Singapore retail malls go solar
News Revamped and new properties in Singapore are incorporating photovoltaic technology as part of "green" strategies for their retail operations.
Wednesday, August 19 2009 06:55 PM
Tags: Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, Photovoltaics, Carbon Emission, Asia, Spokesperson, Singapore, solar panel, agency, Infrastructure/architecture management
Microsoft crunches numbers on energy, carbon
News Part of an environmental sustainability push, Microsoft updates is Dynamics packaged applications for midsize companies to tally energy use and to calculate greenhouse gas emissions.
Tuesday, February 10 2009 08:53 AM
Tags: Green IT, Software, Microsoft Corp., Energy, Carbon Emission, Renewable Energy, electricity grid, Dynamics AX Application, Environment, energy efficiency
Sensor swarm converges on energy use in buildings
News Inspired by how bees operate in a hive, Regen Energy has developed a mesh network of controllers to try to make commercial buildings more energy efficient.
Wednesday, March 25 2009 12:00 PM
Tags: Green IT, Controller, Sensor, Carbon Emission, Renewable Energy, software programmer, networking technology, HVAC, software, monitoring
It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News Brussels calls on tech to cut its own carbon--and help everyone else do the same.
Wednesday, October 14 2009 11:05 AM
Tags: Green IT, Commission, Information Technology, Carbon Emission, Green IT, Video Conferencing, Information And Communication Technology, Europe, public sector, industry
Lack of global climate deal won't crush green tech
News No matter what happens at global talks in Copenhagen next month, industry and national governments are likely to drive investment in the near term.
Friday, November 06 2009 12:10 PM
Tags: Green IT, Climate, Cap-and-Trade, greenhouse gas, climate change, Carbon Emission, Green IT, U.S. Senate, Copenhagen, Environment
ICT causing UK govt to miss green targets
News A report has pointed to information and communications technology as one cause of the U.K. government's failure to meet its own carbon reduction targets.
Monday, August 10 2009 04:52 AM
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Carbon Emission, Information And Communication Technology, computer, sustainable development, Server, public sector, carbon dioxide
Is US missing the boat on green tech?
News GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt and famed venture capitalist John Doerr warn policy makers that the United States is lagging China in developing green-technology industries.
Tuesday, August 04 2009 10:21 AM
Tags: Green IT, Investments, Government, Energy, Carbon Emission, General Electric Co., Renewable Energy, electricity grid, greenhouse gas, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Study paints Kindle e-reader a dark shade of green
News Are electronic readers better for the environment? An analysis by the Cleantech Group finds, when used to replace paper, Amazon's Kindle is less polluting over its lifetime.
Monday, August 31 2009 01:30 PM
Tags: Green IT, Carbon Emission, E-book, Cleantech Group, New York Times Co., carbon dioxide, Amazon Kindle, sustainability, media company, analysis
SAP buys into carbon management
News The enterprise software giant buys Clear Standards, a software start-up that has developed a platform for managing and reporting a company's environmental footprint.
Tuesday, May 12 2009 08:55 AM
Tags: Green IT, Business development/management, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Carbon Emission, Tool, software company, Clear, software, financial
Toshiba muscles into solar-energy business
News Company creates unit dedicated to building large-scale power plants using solar-photovoltaic panels.
Tuesday, January 06 2009 07:37 AM
Tags: Green IT, Notebooks and tablets, Consumer Technology, Sanyo Electric Co., Photovoltaics, Carbon Emission, Sharp Corp., rechargeable battery, natural gas, systems integration
Can IT be a green hero?
News Despite its power-guzzling nature, IT could be the key to helping address environmental issues as well as help other sectors in this gloomy economy.
Friday, February 06 2009 06:36 AM
Tags: Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, Clean Technology, SAS Institute, Carbon Emission, Emission, clean-tech industry, Accenture Ltd., London, Silicon.com
IBM plugs sensors in for shipping, power grid
News Making industry cleaner is, to an extent, a data problem. Two IBM projects rely on data-gathering sensors to make shipping and electricity distribution more efficient.
Friday, April 03 2009 11:21 AM
Tags: Green IT, Components, IBM Corp., Sensor, Carbon Emission, Manufacturing, transportation industry, Japanese company, Japan, software
Green still in despite recession
News Despite the slowdown, companies are stillforging ahead with green technology projects
Thursday, March 05 2009 12:11 PM
Tags: Green IT, Green IT, Carbon Emission, IT Budget, IT-spending, Steve Ranger, recession, Deloitte LLP, carbon dioxide, information technology
London data center to power local community
News The Telehouse West facility in the Docklands area will export waste heat from its cooling systems to provide energy for surrounding homes and businesses.
Friday, April 17 2009 09:37 AM
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, Carbon Emission, Combined Heat and Power, data center industry, London, industry, strategy, data center, sustainability
Green tech year in preview
News The outlook for clean tech in 2009 is solid, with money projected to go to start-ups. But the falling price of oil and the financial crisis have dampened the speed of technology innovation.
Tuesday, December 30 2008 09:04 AM
Tags: Green IT, Politics, Clean Technology, Carbon Emission, Financial Crisis, solar cell, financing, electric car, energy efficiency, recession




