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Posted on September 20, 2012
A late August newsletter titled, “Will the Cloud’s Efficiency cut Energy (and Coal) Use?” raised my interest. The press release then answered the question with a long quote from an IEEE paper, “Green Cloud Computing: Balancing Energy in Processing, Storage and Transport,” by Jayant Baliga, Robert W. A. Ayre, Kerry Hilton, and Rodney S. Tucker,…
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Posted on September 20, 2012
I had double majors in college, Business Finance and Government. I feel I put both to good use in a 33 year career in state government. I am especially proud of my 20 years as finance and budget officer for a State Environmental Regulatory agency that ranged between 250 and 320 employees and had annual…
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Posted on September 20, 2012
Extending high-speed rail beyond Birmingham would increase emissions benefits fourfold, but savings dependent on a green energy system The environmental case for the planned high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham has received a boost after a report yesterday found it could yield “significant” emissions reductions for the UK – as long as it is…
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Posted on September 18, 2012
Companies looking to balance rising prices of electricity and real estate with increasing demand for more storage The market for green datacentres is set to be worth more than $45bn a year by 2016 as companies seek to balance rising energy costs, increasing demand for more powerful computers and environmental concerns, analyst firm Pike Research…
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Posted on September 17, 2012
New technology, in all forms, is now recognised across the board as decisive not only in achieving production targets, which certainly contribute towards a company’s competitiveness, but also as a key factor for consistent quality standards for both the final product and process, which are equally vital to a tanners competitiveness. Tanning Tech 2012 will…
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Posted on September 17, 2012
China set to unveil its own version of government’s online 2050 Calculator tool this week A UK government delegation will this week travel to China to help the country and others replicate an online tool praised for furthering the debate on climate change and energy policy. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has…
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Posted on September 14, 2012
New Corporate Renewable Energy Index report finds growing number of companies buying 100 per cent of their energy from renewables A growing group of green businesses are choosing to source all of their energy from renewables, rather than just making a token purchase, according to a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and…
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Posted on September 13, 2012
Department of Energy & Climate Change CIO Jennifer Rigby has said that e-procurement and cloud will drive the government’s green IT strategy. Rigby is also chair of the government’s green ICT delivery unit (GDU), a cross-departmental, pan-public sector body charged with driving both efficiencies and savings from public-sector IT. “The GDU is all…
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Posted on September 12, 2012
Author Jay Warmke will teach the basics of what a green technology curriculum might include, while Freedom Field Renewable Energy and Rock Valley College will provide a dose of reality to foster education and economic development. Teaching Green Technology in your School along with Renewable Energy Integrators and the Reality Show will be featured at…
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Posted on September 12, 2012
Retail giant expects to cut energy consumption by up to 30 per cent and may roll out technology to its 2,700 stores Tesco will this week open the doors to the first of its Express supermarkets to feature a full-scale low-energy LED lighting deployment, a move the company said will yield a 30 per cent…