environment

Sony shows power outlets that can control electricity by user, device, or source

IDGNS staff — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:55:08 +0000

Sony is developing electric wall sockets and plugs that can control power consumption by appliance, user or original power source.

Google leads green IT ranking

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:16:32 +0000

Google's motto of "Do No Evil" apparently extends to its environmental policies, as the company was recently ranked first on Greenpeace's Cool IT Leaderboard for overall green practices. Google grabbed the top spot for the first time, ranking high due to recent disclosure of its own carbon footprint as well as its investment in utility projects such as a large-scale solar project taking place near Sacramento. Other reasons it made the top of the list? The RechargeIT.org project which was designed by Google to demonstrate the technology used in plug-in electric vehicles and to accelerate their adoption, as well as other actions such as increasing its renewable energy purchasing and creating a subsidiary called Google Engery.

Are CFOs turning greener?

IDGNS staff — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:42:09 +0000

A surprising resilience last year in corporate "sustainability" efforts --- despite a global recession that many saw as working against that movement --- largely reflected the work of corporate finance executives.

And the ISO/OSHAS data center awards go to Google

Beth Bacheldor — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:01:17 +0000

Found: data center certs for Google

A greener Apple, but still not the greenest of device makers

Chris Nerney — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:01:27 +0000

HP is judged the "greenest" electronics manufacturer in the world by Greenpeace International.

2011 top green-IT vendors

IDGNS staff — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:01:13 +0000

Technology vendors and data center suppliers were also invited to participate in Computerworld's search for the Top Green-IT Organizations. These companies completed the same survey as the end user organizations and were judged on the same criteria -- most notably, on their IT departments' efforts to reduce energy consumption in their IT equipment, and to use technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions. Here are the top 12, in ranked order:

How CIOs can help curb e-waste

IDGNS staff — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:33:49 +0000

Many have seen it: that picture of a small child playing in a heap of discarded metal scraps and wires in a Third World country. Images such as these have raised awareness about a fact of life in the computer era that's tainting corporate brands and creating a huge environmental problem: electronic waste.

KPMG: Aims to reduce its carbon footprint by 25% through environmental stewardship

IDGNS staff — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:43:33 +0000

In the past 18 months, the IT group at KPMG has helped update and create new processes and workflows for the company's paper-, energy- and carbon-intensive systems.

Microsoft strong-arms hardware makers into social responsibility

IDGNS staff — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:42:22 +0000

After years of failing to get Microsoft to adopt a formal environmental sustainability policy, shareholders seem to have won: Microsoft will now insist its hardware suppliers comply with the company's social responsibility requirements.

Is cloud computing green? Yes! And, err, no.

abennett — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:47:55 +0000

What's the reality? Does the cloud save energy or not? What about the GHG impact? Well, as Mark Zuckerberg likes to say, it's complicated.

ITU agrees on green IT measurement standards

IDGNS staff — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:50:25 +0000

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has reached an agreement on ways to measure the impact of IT systems on the environment, in an effort to standardize the widely varying estimates now in use, the group said Wednesday.

Intel runs PC on CPU powered by solar cell

IDGNS staff — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:13:54 +0000

Intel on Thursday showed an experimental low-power processor the size of a postage stamp that could run PCs on solar power.

Softbank founder backs Japan's shift to renewable energy

IDGNS staff — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:15:54 +0000

Japan's richest entrepreneur outlined a plan Monday to rebuild the country's energy infrastructure in the wake of its nuclear disaster, shifting the majority of supply to natural, renewable resources by 2030.

Google's mind-boggling use of electricity

Chris Nerney — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:04:00 +0000

After years of silence regarding its energy use, the search giant energetically reveals all.

Bacteria as biofuel: It's coming

IDGNS staff — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:09:08 +0000

The search for renewable energy is a continual one. It's also a necessary one, as we dry up the world's remaining resources with a fervor that rivals the most focused of attentions. A Cambridge, MA based company, Joule Unlimited, however, thinks that race might be over with it's ethanol creating genetically engineered bacteria.