Green IT

Green IT systems deliver information technology with maximum energy efficiency and greater sustainability. Stories focus on efforts to use green IT to fight climate change and drive reductions in data center energy use. We look specifically at how companies green their IT systems.

EL Pro Fleet Briefing: GM and Teijin, Networkfleet, NREL on EVs, and Mitsubishi

Fleet Briefing: GM and Teijin, Networkfleet, NREL on EVs, and MitsubishiGeneral Motors and carbon fiber products company Teijin Limited are to co-develop carbon fiber products for potential worldwide, high-volume use in GM cars, trucks and crossovers. ...

December 9, 2011

ECOtality, Silver Spring to Offer Smart Grid EV Charging

ECOtality, Silver Spring to Offer Smart Grid EV ChargingElectric transportation and storage technology company ECOtality Inc. and Silver Spring Networks Inc., have announced an agreement to integrate ECOtality's Blink electric vehicle charging stations with ...

December 9, 2011

ODVA Announces Network Energy Monitoring Product

ODVA Announces Network Energy Monitoring ProductODVA, the body that defines standards for computer networks, has announced an energy object that it says makes it easier to get energy use information on ...

December 8, 2011

Siemens to Buy eMeter

Siemens to Buy eMeterSiemens Industry Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire all of the stock of smart grid firm eMeter Corporation. The parties expect to close the deal in ...

December 7, 2011

Leaders in Energy Management Software Named

Leaders in Energy Management Software NamedCA Technologies, CarbonSystems, IBM and Verisae have emerged as the leading providers of enterprise-scale energy management software, according to a study from analysis firm Verdantix. Green ...

December 6, 2011

IBM, Thales, Bosch Research Electronics Cooling

IBM, Thales, Bosch Research Electronics CoolingIBM, Bosch and Thales have teamed up with research institutes and universities to reduce the carbon footprint of companies that rely on thermal ...

December 2, 2011

AEG Releases Efficient Data Center Power Supply Range

AEG Releases Efficient Data Center Power Supply RangeAEG Power Solutions has released its super-efficient Protect Blue family of modular uninterruptible power supplies for data centers. The UPS family is engineered around AEG Power Solutions' ...

December 1, 2011

CSCI: Understanding Network Energy Use Is Key to Efficiency

CSCI: Understanding Network Energy Use Is Key to EfficiencyMeasuring, monitoring and responding to system energy use are key to optimizing the overall energy performance of network systems, according to a white paper released by ...

November 28, 2011

Kone Taps KMI for EHS Software

Kone Taps KMI for EHS SoftwareElevator and escalator firm Kone has installed KMI's Environmental Health and Safety Software Suite. Kone sites in over 50 countries worldwide now have access to KMI's Incident ...

November 28, 2011

Dominion, Power Assure to Attach Data Centers to Smart Grid

Dominion, Power Assure to Attach Data Centers to Smart GridVirginia utility Dominion Power has invested $1 million in data center power management software company Power Assure as the companies begin a partnership to integrate data ...

November 23, 2011

Cloud Computing Redefining Expectations of IT Sustainability

Cloud Computing Redefining Expectations of IT Sustainability At the 2011 Green Initiatives Conference, Peter Coffee, vice president and head of platform research at Salesforce, and Josh Whitney, lead ...

November 21, 2011

World’s Second-Largest Data Center Nabs LEED Gold

World’s Second-Largest Data Center Nabs LEED GoldQuality Technology Services has achieved LEED Gold certification at its Atlanta Metro facility, which it says is the world’s second-largest data centers. LEED president ...

November 17, 2011

Building IQ Releases Energy Demand Software

Building IQ Releases Energy Demand SoftwareEnergy management software company BuildingIQ has launched ManagerIQ, the latest in its line of predictive energy optimization products. PEO tools predict energy demand and adjust a building's ...

November 17, 2011

Modular Data Centers Make Business and Environmental Sense, Report Says

Modular Data Centers Make Business and Environmental Sense, Report SaysPre-engineered and prefabricated data centers now make environmental and economic sense, according a report by environmental IT research consortium The Green Grid. According to Deploying and ...

November 16, 2011

Atos to Use SAP Sustainability App; Greenstone Updates Acco2unt

Atos to Use SAP Sustainability App; Greenstone Updates Acco2untInternational IT services company Atos will use SAP BusinessObjects Sustainability ...

November 14, 2011

Fed Agencies Ordered to Cut Travel, Printing, IT 20%

Fed Agencies Ordered to Cut Travel, Printing, IT 20%President Obama heralded a program that has saved the Commerce Department $1.8 million off its cell phone bills, as he directed agencies to ...

November 11, 2011

Elliptical’s R.A.S.E.R. HD May Achieve PUE of 1.03

Elliptical’s R.A.S.E.R. HD May Achieve PUE of 1.03The R.A.S.E.R. HD modular data center unit from Elliptical Mobile Solutions (EMS) is capable of maintaining very low values – 1.03 or better – for power usage ...

November 11, 2011

Noesis Energy Reveals ‘Freemium’ Business Model

Noesis Energy Reveals ‘Freemium’ Business ModelNoesis Energy is to start giving away its energy management software, then charging customers for additional services related to the products. The company is hoping this "freemium" ...

November 10, 2011

Google Green Czar Steps Down

Google Green Czar Steps DownGoogle green czar Bill Weihl quietly stepped down from his post yesterday. Weihl, who headed the company's Clean Energy Team, confirmed his departure ...

November 9, 2011

HP Knocks Nokia from Lead in Greenpeace Electronics Guide

HP Knocks Nokia from Lead in Greenpeace Electronics GuideHP has taken the lead in Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics, while the scores of former front runners Nokia and Sony Ericsson have dropped. The ...

November 9, 2011