Carbon Emission
78 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.
Tags: Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, Photovoltaics, Carbon Emission, Asia, Spokesperson, Singapore, solar panel, agency, Infrastructure/architecture management
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.
Tags: Green IT, Controller, Sensor, Carbon Emission, networking technology, Renewable Energy, software programmer, HVAC, software, monitoring
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.
Tags: Green IT, Software, Microsoft Corp., Energy, Carbon Emission, Renewable Energy, electricity grid, Dynamics AX Application, Environment, energy efficiency
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.
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.
Tags: Green IT, Climate, Cap-and-Trade, greenhouse gas, climate change, Carbon Emission, Green IT, Copenhagen, U.S. Senate, 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.
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.
Tags: Green IT, Investments, Government, Energy, Carbon Emission, General Electric Co., greenhouse gas, Renewable Energy, electricity grid, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Tags: Green IT, Politics, Clean Technology, Carbon Emission, Financial Crisis, electric car, solar cell, financing, energy efficiency, recession
