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Electronics Boom, E-Cycling Lags
How many people around the world own a cell phone today? About 4 billion cell phones are in the pockets of men and women ...
Building an Energy-Efficient Data Center Using Virtualization Technology
Electrical power usage has always been a large and increasing cost of operating a data center. Over the last decade, as applications have grown more sophisticated and ...
Sustainable Tips to Save Small Business Owners Money
In recent years, the notion of a “green economy” has gathered steam. The conversation accelerated when the economy worsened and unemployment rose and ...
Sustainable Property Management: Reducing Carbon And Cost
Many organizations are facing increasing cost challenges and pressure to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. One area of opportunity they're beginning to recognize for ...
‘Greening’ the Factory Floor
At the higher levels in the manufacturing enterprise the facilities (office building and plant HVAC, administrative, employee services like cafeterias, etc., packaging and shipping) ...
Greening the Automotive Supply Chain
In the last decade there has been a significant increase in public awareness of the need to conserve energy, recycle waste, and make lifestyle ...
A Roadmap for a Renewable Energy Partnership
Partnerships can greatly accelerate the pace at which sustainability innovations are incorporated into the supply chain. Often, these collaborations are created precisely to ...
Forest Carbon Core to Climate Change Deal
As the Copenhagen talks progress, negotiators must not miss the opportunity to ensure that forests become a vital part of the post-2012 climate change ...
ARPA-E Deserves Support
In October 1957, at the height of Cold War passion, the U.S. scientific and military establishment watched as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit. ...
VCS and CarbonFix Tops in Review of Forestry Carbon Standards
The voluntary carbon market has evolved tremendously since its early days and now provides a multitude of standards to certify the carbon credits and ...
Coordinated Sustainability Intelligence Generates Potential Tax Benefits
An evolution in green IT is under way as it rounds the bend from a siloed cost-reduction strategy to an enabler of corporate responsibility ...
Stop Cooling the Data Center
Cooling is not going to be a major contributor to data center costs in five years. In fact, in five years, the temperature in ...
Electric Vehicles – Getting The Plug-Ins Plugged In
It’s an exciting vision, really – a whole new generation of clean, energy-efficient plug-in electric vehicles capable of running for long periods from a ...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
With high-profile members – including PG&E, PMN, Exelon, and now Apple – leaving its organization, and Nike threatening the same, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce must ...
Manufacturers: Beware of ‘Greenwashing’
There are a number of companies already addressing some of the green manufacturing challenges ... and there are many who are not (yet). Andy Warhol said "Art ...
Product Lifecycles Next on Corporate Energy Agenda
I’m convinced that the principles of environmental sustainability have gained a firm foothold at today’s leading companies. Why? Because even in the ...
What’s so ‘Free’ About Free Cooling?
There is a lot of discussion lately regarding "free cooling." It seems you cannot pick up a trade publication without reading about how company XYZ ...
Twenty Trends for Sustainability in 2009-10
Here is a list of 20 sustainability trends that are changing the business landscape. We're keeping our eyes on these... 1. From economic collapse to a green economic ...
Global Climate Negotiations Resemble High Stakes Poker Game
A historic moment will unfold Sept. 22 at the United Nations headquarters, as U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao speak to top world ...
Green Manufacturing: The Next Great Leap Forward
Regardless of your feelings towards the severity of the situation, there are forces moving to make it more and more expensive and difficult to ...
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