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ET Water’s (garden) Gnome web app brings smart water management home

July 7, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez 2 Comments

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Personally, I find gnomes more than a little creepy. But here’s one that I wouldn’t mind tending to my garden (if I had one). Commercial water management firm ET Water Systems, is out to help consumers save on their water bills and prevent damage to their plants from over-watering.  With the release of Gnome, a […]

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: ET Water Systems, water management, web applications

Mark Monroe heads The Green Grid, expands data center sustainability mission

January 27, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Data Center Tagged With: carbon emissions, Data Center, Facebook, green data center, Green IT, The Green Grid, water management

The Green Grid: Meet the new carbon and water data center metrics

December 2, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 2 Comments

The Green Grid took the wraps off two new metrics this week, carbon usage effectiveness (CUE) and water usage effectiveness (WUE), that will help data center operators paint a clearer picture of just how sustainable their facilities truly are. And just in time, too. As Facebook has discovered, a green data center is judged by […]

Filed Under: Data Center Tagged With: CUE, Data Center, green data center, PUE, The Green Grid, water management, WUE

Data Centers: Watch the Water

April 9, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Here’s an interesting stat from Data Center Knowledge this week. A 15-megawatt data center can use up to 360,000 gallons of water for cooling… each day. That’s enough to fill 7,200 standard-sized, 50-gallon bathtubs. It’s for this reason, and…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Data Center, data center cooling, IBM, Oracle, water management

ET Water Systems

February 15, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Company Profile: ET Water Systems Water Management Technology Find Related Coverage: ET Water Systems Water Management Search ET Water Systems URL: http://www.etwater.com/ HQ: 384 Bel Marin Keys Blvd. Suite 145 Novato, CA 94949 415.945.9383 View Larger Map…

Filed Under: Company Profiles Tagged With: Company Profile, ET Water Systems, water management

ET Water smart irrigation tech is WeatherBug-enabled

February 15, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

ET Water Systems announced today a new irrigation controller that can cut water consumption, and hence water bills, by up to 50 percent. According to the company, the system takes several factors into consideration when developing automatic irrigation schedules, including…

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: ET Water Systems, IBM, Oracle, water management, water scarcity, WeatherBug

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