Energy Efficiency
387 Stories
Asian SMBs still lack green IT awareness
News Small and midsize businesses in the region are still not clear what green IT entails, analyst says, adding that government and industry bodies need to do more.
Tags: Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, Government, Green IT, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Procurement, NEA, e-mail
Mobile operators need to be greener
News Operators can reap up to 40 percent energy savings "without doing too much" and not cutting energy requirements is almost "a criminal act", says analyst.
Tags: Green IT, Network infrastructure, LANs and WANs, Mobile/Wireless, Telecommunications Company, Energy Requirement, RFP, Optimization, telecommunications, renewable energy
Bill Clinton: Business is the key to climate change
News Speaking at a green business conference, former U.S. president argues that successful green technology projects lead to more investment and action on climate change.
Tags: Green IT, Conference, Real Estate, Copenhagen, Clinton Global Initiative, financing, energy efficiency, pollution, bank, sustainability
Steve Jobs on the greening of Apple
News In one of his first post-leave interviews, Apple CEO Jobs says the impact of products, not the emissions of factories, is what counts, and that it's time to focus on a company's results, not its lofty goals.
Tags: Green IT, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Supplier, Carbon Footprint, energy efficiency, hiring, Dell Computer Corp., PC, Steve Jobs
To cool data centers, let the breeze flow in
News The Green Grid releases a Web-based tool to evaluate how much outdoor air can be used during colder months to naturally cool energy-dense data centers.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, ADC Telecommunications Inc., Hosting Company, Tool, energy efficiency, Herndon, North America, San Jose, data center
'Napping' data centers could cut energy use by 75 percent
News "Sleeping on the job" could help power-hungry computer data centers save up to 75 percent of the energy that they currently use.
Tags: Data centers, Power Supply, University of Michigan, computer, PowerNap, Server, energy efficiency, power consumption, researcher, data center
IEA: Little gadgets consume gigawatts of power
News Home electronics account for 15 percent of electricity bills and its share is growing rapidly. The International Energy Agency calls for policies to promote efficiency in consumer electronics.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Green IT, Mobile, Electronics, Japan, energy efficiency, consumer electronics company, International Energy Agency, Paris, industry
Smart-grid group gains Google
News The tech giant joins industry group that promotes products for home energy-monitoring and making the power grid more efficient during peak times with software.
Tags: Green IT, Google Inc., General Electric Co., Hardware, software, energy efficiency, monitoring, News.com, partnership, blog
Aust budget '09: Smart grids get US$76.5M
News Australia's government has announced an up to A$100 million (US$76.44 million) investment in the 2009 Budget to create a "smarter and more efficient energy network".
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Investment, Information And Communication Technology, Renewable Energy, Grid, Australia, grid computing, Do-Not-Call, Government, energy efficiency
Stimulus packages to boost ICT sector
News IT vendors gain as Asian governments commit US$767 billion worth of initiatives to jumpstart their economies, IDC says.
Tags: Government, Green IT, Investment, IT-spending, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Information And Communication Technology, energy efficiency, job, patient
Obama's security adviser calls for energy action
News James Jones, incoming national security adviser, is a retired general who advocates for a diverse energy supply and clean-energy technologies in the name of national security.
Tags: Clean Technology, Energy Policy, National Security, Security, Renewable Energy, nuclear energy, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, energy efficiency, security adviser, financial
Cisco, Silver Spring Networks land smart-grid deals
News Duke Energy picks Cisco to supply networking gear and home energy management systems, while Chicago-based utility ComEd picks Silverspring Networks and GE.
Tags: grid computing, Utility, Cisco Systems Inc., General Electric Co., networking hardware, Chicago, energy efficiency, network, senior vice president, North Carolina
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
Green your IT using power management techniques
Techguide By following a disciplined path and measuring results using metrics, IT heads can make the greening of IT using power management techniques an exercise in financial success and corporate responsibility.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, PG&E Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Green Grid, Server, energy efficiency, power management, data center, technique
Aust NBN bill worries infrastructure players
News Critical infrastructure providers express concern amended National Broadband Network legislation could be costly and conflicts with anti-terrorism rules.
Tags: Regulations, Attorney General, Telecommunications, Emergency Management, Australia, Government, energy efficiency, general manager, legislator, executive director
