On my way home I passed a Fresh Direct truck. For years, I’ve considered it an extravagance. In my area there are a couple of supermarkets, dozens of smaller shops and a Target, all within a short drive. How lazy could my neighbors be?! It turns out, they were the smart ones. As this story over […]
Mark Monroe heads The Green Grid, expands data center sustainability mission
Some significant changes this week at The Green Grid. Mark Monroe, a Sun veteran and a Center for ReSource Conservation board member, will be taking over as Executive Director following the departure of Larry Vertal from the post. The appointment also marks a subtle but important shift in the group’s mission. Though energy efficient IT […]
Stat of the day: 15,000 gigawatt-hours per year
Can you guess what industry lays claim to that energy consumption stat? It’s the telecom industry, specifically the 16,000 legacy TDM (time-division multiplexing) phone switches in the U.S. and Canada, which account for 15 terawatts of juice yearly or “roughly 0.4% of all electricity used in those two countries,” according to of Access Venture Partners’ […]
Cloud to slash data center energy costs by 38 percent in 2010
A new forecast from Pike Research points not only to the accelerated growth of cloud services, but also huge energy savings in the coming decade. According to the research firm’s “Cloud Computing Energy Efficiency” report, cloud computing is projected to cut worldwide data center energy costs by 38 percent, from $23.3 billion in 2010 to […]
Facebook weans itself off coal for second data center site
This is a step in the right direction. Facebook has selected Rutherford County, North Carolina for its second data center, largely sidestepping the furor that erupted early this year when it selected Prineville, Ore., which relies primarily on coal for power, for its first data center. As The New York Times’ Bit Blog notes, Forest […]
Gartner: In 2012, Manufacturing Responsible for Most of a PC's GHG Emissions
According to Gartner, by 2012, PCs will be so energy efficient that 60 percent of the greenhouse gasses attributed to them will have been generated before it’s ever turned on. From eWeek: Regarding environmental breakthroughs, by 2012, Gartner expects that…
Give Me a Reason: Telecommuting
Photo credit: Flickr user dougwoods – Creative Commons How about ten reasons? There are benefits to telecommuting that go beyond working in pajamas and enduring a 20-second commute from the bedroom to your home office (sometimes, one and the same)….
Dell Releases 2009 CSR Report
Dell released its 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report (PDF) this week. Within are many statistics related to the IT giant’s work on the environmental front. Here are some of the highlights:Lower Carbon Emissions:Completed 88 projects to save 17 million kWh…
Clear Standards Ahead for SAP
SAP plans to beef up its business sustainability portfolio with the acquisition of Clear Standards Inc., makers of software that measures a business’ carbon output and provides a roadmap for cutting energy costs and emissions. SAP envisions that Clear Standards…
McAfee Assesses Spam's Environmental Damage
Spam. We all hate it for obvious reasons, but here’s a new one that really draws an eco-geek’s ire. According to research conducted by McAfee and ICF, every year 33 terawatt hours (TWh) are wasted transmitting, smiting and otherwise dealing…
