http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:34:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/23/around-the-web-genan-co-ski-resorts-sainsbury-millercoors/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/23/around-the-web-genan-co-ski-resorts-sainsbury-millercoors/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:02:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27740 Today’s stories from around the web. Denmark’s Genan to break ground on first US tire recycling plant Cleantech Group Ukraine’s ‘hot air’ bedevils global climate deal AP EPA Tangles With Texas in Battle Over Air Quality WSJ From worms to used motor oil, green gets a lift at ski resort Austin American-Statesman Green Computing Needs a Data Center Whisperer GigaOM Sainsbury’s clarifies bonuses and CSR [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/23/around-the-web-genan-co-ski-resorts-sainsbury-millercoors/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/building-an-energy-efficient-data-center-using-virtualization-technology/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/building-an-energy-efficient-data-center-using-virtualization-technology/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:31:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27535 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 servers more powerful, digital data has grown at an exponential rate and the deployment of storage systems has proliferated. Add to this the wired and wireless networks connecting millions [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/building-an-energy-efficient-data-center-using-virtualization-technology/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/modular-liquid-cooled-server-cuts-cooling-costs-93/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/modular-liquid-cooled-server-cuts-cooling-costs-93/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:17:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27398 A new computer server from Iceotope has modular liquid-cooled components which the company says can help cut a data center’s cooling costs by 93 percent. The product is geared toward companies that want to upgrade existing, traditional air-cooled data centers, which Iceotope says can consume 30 percent or more of a data center’s electricity costs, according [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/modular-liquid-cooled-server-cuts-cooling-costs-93/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/around-the-web-pge-api-fpl-it-climate-bill-russian-nukes/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/around-the-web-pge-api-fpl-it-climate-bill-russian-nukes/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:01:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27030 Today’s news from around the web. The New [Package] Deal QSR Magazine Environmentalists push FPL to use less energy Sun Sentinel Electricity for Americans From Russia’s Old Nuclear Weapons NY Times Greenpeace Keeps Heat On Newsweek Over Climate Change Event With Oil Lobby TPM Enterprise Sustainability and Greening Data Centers TriplePundit What’s Next for the Climate Bill? WSJ PG&E refutes suit alleging price-gouging via smart meters GreenBeat ]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/around-the-web-pge-api-fpl-it-climate-bill-russian-nukes/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/spectrum-health-fortune-data-centers-go-for-the-leed-gold/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/spectrum-health-fortune-data-centers-go-for-the-leed-gold/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:32:34 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26957 Businesses across all sectors including health care, manufacturing and information technology (IT) are seeking the coveted LEED certification to ensure that their new buildings meet the highest of environmental standards. Some of the most recent LEED projects include Spectrum Health, Fortune Data Centers and Allied Tube Conduit. Spectrum Health Hospital Group’s Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion has earned LEED [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/spectrum-health-fortune-data-centers-go-for-the-leed-gold/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/it-bolstered-by-u-s-energy-efficiency-agenda/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/it-bolstered-by-u-s-energy-efficiency-agenda/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:35:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26633 Information technology departments are focused on greater energy efficiency and using more renewable energy sources now more than ever as the Obama Administration pushes its energy-efficiency agenda, while high-tech companies like Samsung and Microsoft are driving home the message to boost the adoption of environmentally friendly PCs by consumers. Companies like Yahoo are looking to use [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/it-bolstered-by-u-s-energy-efficiency-agenda/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/28/data-center-optimization-products-emerge/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/28/data-center-optimization-products-emerge/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:13:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26320 More service providers are starting to see energy efficiency gold in data centers, as evidenced by recent product offerings. Data centers are projected to account for more and more energy use in the U.S. In fact, a recent study found that U.S. servers waste $25 billion in energy annually. Software firm CA, in its new ecoSoftware products, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/28/data-center-optimization-products-emerge/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/19/csc-targets-30-energy-reduction/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/19/csc-targets-30-energy-reduction/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:19:53 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=25149 CSC, a global IT services provider, has taken steps over the past year to ensure a sustainable environment by focusing on programs such as energy reduction, waste management, and IT equipment reuse and recycling, according to the firm’s annual corporate responsibility report (PDF). CSC is committed to reducing overall facility energy use by 30 percent (per [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/19/csc-targets-30-energy-reduction/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/19/study-finds-nearly-servers-waste-25b-a-year/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/19/study-finds-nearly-servers-waste-25b-a-year/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:04:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=25133 One of the biggest causes of energy and information technology (IT) operational waste is millions of servers at the world’s largest IT departments that don’t do anything useful, according to a new global server study. As a result, U.S. businesses will need to consider making energy-efficient changes, including the implementation of power-saving tools, in the face [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/19/study-finds-nearly-servers-waste-25b-a-year/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/18/coordinated-sustainabilty-intelligence-generates-potential-tax-benefits/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/18/coordinated-sustainabilty-intelligence-generates-potential-tax-benefits/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:34:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=24107 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 and sustainability. In this next wave of green IT, smart companies are elevating green IT to the enterprise level and focusing on sustainability intelligence – the information in green IT [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/18/coordinated-sustainabilty-intelligence-generates-potential-tax-benefits/feed/ 0