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Intel, Microsoft among top green energy buyers

April 25, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Wind turbine

A couple of IT companies made a strong showing on the EPA’s National Top 50 list of renewable energy buyers. According to the EPA, companies qualify for inclusion by meeting the following conditions: Organizations can meet EPA Partnership requirements using any combination of three different product options: (1) Renewable Energy Certificates, (2) On-site generation, and (3) […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: Intel, Microsoft, renewable energy, renewables

Apple and Greenpeace at odds over cloud data center

April 20, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Apple Greenpeace Dirty Clouds

Is Apple operating a dirty, coal-powered cloud? Greenpeace seems to think it is (PDF), along with industry heavyweights Microsoft and Amazon. By its estimates, Apple’s data center in Maiden, North Carolina not only consumes a lot of energy, but it relies on power derived from coal-fired plants that service the region. If it sounds familiar, that’s because […]

Filed Under: Cloud Computing, Data Center Tagged With: Apple, cloud, Cloud Computing, Data Center, Greenpeace

Grow your green SMB customer base with SEO

April 17, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Office Depot - Green SMBs

Today, Office Depot shared some great insights on SMBs and their green business practices. According to the company, a majority of small businesses have adopted eco-friendly practices or are planning to by 2014. Earlier, at Small Business Computing I wrote: Sixty-one percent of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are actively taking steps to reduce their environmental impact according […]

Filed Under: ecoSocial, Stats & Figures Tagged With: ecoSocial, SEO, small business, SMB, social media, social networking

Nest to Honeywell: Bring it!

April 12, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Nest smart thermostat

When you can’t innovate, sue? Unfortunately, that seems to be the extent of the competitive strategies chapter in today’s corporate playbook. The Verge — quickly becoming one of my favorite tech blogs, FYI — has a great post on how Honeywell sicced its lawyers on Nest, the home energy management startup behind the lust-worthy, iPod-inspired […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: home energy management, Honeywell, lawsuit, Nest, smart thermostat, startup

Nest Floats 2.0 Update

April 5, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Nest Smart Thermostat Update

What happens when you cloud-enable a smart thermostat? You get delicious updates, that’s what. Nest is rolling out updates to “Nesters” over the next couple of days. According to the smart energy startup, they include some neat touches like iPhone, Android or Web apps with more controls. An exciting new addition is Energy History. As […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: home energy management, Nest, smart thermostat, software update, startup, update

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