5 Dec 2007

Rob Bernard, Microsoft’s New Chief Environmental Strategist

Microsoft has created a new position: Chief Environmental Strategist. The first “CES” will be Rob Bernard, who was already a manager at the company in the Developer and Platform Evangelism team. The company already has a lot of interest on... (posted on 5 Dec 2007 by InsideMicrosoft)

5 Dec 2007

Power Surpasses Cooling as Top Concern

The availability and price of electricity has become the number one concern for data center operators, according to surveys at least week's Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas. Power moved ahead of its close cousin, data center cooling, as the... (posted on 5 Dec 2007 by Data Center Knowledge)

5 Dec 2007

Computer Monitor Energy Efficiency

Where do your monitors go when they die? “Ice Ardor” has been thinking about it for quite some time… In today’s tech world, monitors are getting bigger and bigger. 12-inch monitors used to be normal sized, and then 15- and 17-inch. I myself have a... (posted on 5 Dec 2007 by Chris Pirillo)

4 Dec 2007

Employee Life at a Green Data Center

As companies build more green data centers, more data center staffers will be working in these energy-conscious environments. What's it like to work in a green data center? Carolyn Duffy Marsan of Network World explores that question in an interesting... (posted on 4 Dec 2007 by Data Center Knowledge)

30 Nov 2007

Customers: Uptime Trumps Green

Ted Samson at InfoWorld's Sustainable IT reports an interesting wrinkle in 365 Main's development of a LEED-certified data center in Newark, Calif. 365 Main put considerable effort into a plan to power the facility using generators running on natural... (posted on 30 Nov 2007 by Data Center Knowledge)

28 Nov 2007

Solar powered accessories: The new Noon Company bags

While solar power has been with us since the dawn of man, power bags are the modern brain-child of the clever souls at the Noon Company who have come up with the idea to mix an every day bag with some power-saving techniques. On top of this, they also... (posted on 28 Nov 2007 by Gadgetell)

25 Nov 2007

United Nations University Report on Electronic Waste: Alarming Results

Somehow recycling milk-cartons, water bottles and newspapers doesn’t register in our minds the same way when it comes to reusing , recycling and reducing our electronics equipment. According to a recent 337-page study conducted by the United Nations... (posted on 25 Nov 2007 by Gadgetell)

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