http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:16:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/climate-change-doubter-fox-adopting-energy-efficiency-environmental-management/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/climate-change-doubter-fox-adopting-energy-efficiency-environmental-management/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:47:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27596 News Corp. – owner of Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and numerous other media properties – is adding software to help manage its environmental impact and energy use. News Corp. is using software from Hara Environmental and Energy Management to begin collecting energy and emissions information from its hundred-plus facilities worldwide, according to a press [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/climate-change-doubter-fox-adopting-energy-efficiency-environmental-management/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/kyocera-exits-oled-field-casio-dives-in/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/kyocera-exits-oled-field-casio-dives-in/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:57:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27037 As Kyocera appears to be giving up on Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology, Casio is getting into the game. OLED technology promises to unleash a wave of improved energy efficiency in the displays market, making televisions, mobile phones and other gizmos brighter, thinner and more innovative in their utility. One benefit is that the displays [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/kyocera-exits-oled-field-casio-dives-in/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/2009/10/27/google-microsoft-ibm-could-profit-by-pressuring-u-s-chamber-greenpeace-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/google-microsoft-ibm-could-profit-by-pressuring-u-s-chamber-greenpeace-says/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:27:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26276 IT stalwarts like Google, Microsoft and IBM would profit by stepping up the pressure on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to modify its climate change stance, according to the Greenpeace Cool IT leaderboard. Because the IT industry and its products would be central to greenhouse gas reduction efforts, Greenpeace says major IT companies should be pressuring [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/google-microsoft-ibm-could-profit-by-pressuring-u-s-chamber-greenpeace-says/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/verizon-chases-network-efficiency-via-thermal-modeling/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/verizon-chases-network-efficiency-via-thermal-modeling/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:10:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26270 Verizon is requiring its hardware suppliers to use thermal modeling when designing circuit boards and cabinets for its network equipment. The goal is to improve operating efficiency by minimizing heat generation that impairs performance and requires air conditioning, according to a press release. By using thermal modeling – or using a computer to simulate heat flow [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/verizon-chases-network-efficiency-via-thermal-modeling/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/federal-grants-to-spur-clean-tech-smart-grid-innovations/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/federal-grants-to-spur-clean-tech-smart-grid-innovations/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:37:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26248 The Obama Administration has released billions of dollars under the federal stimulus act to drive technological innovation in the areas of clean technologies and smart-grid networks. The head of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the first federal grants for high-risk, high-reward clean-tech ventures including innovative technologies such as using bacteria to create gasoline, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/federal-grants-to-spur-clean-tech-smart-grid-innovations/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/green-mobile-phone-app-downloads-may-exceed-400m-by-2014/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/green-mobile-phone-app-downloads-may-exceed-400m-by-2014/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:33:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26229 As more and more companies and organizations develop mobile phone applications that are centered on energy efficiency and the environment, the market for such downloads could exceed 400 million by 2014, according to Juniper Research. Such a high rate of downloads would be predicated on the full exploitation by application stores of what Juniper calls “ecozones,” [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/green-mobile-phone-app-downloads-may-exceed-400m-by-2014/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/energy-savings-claims-dont-add-up-for-microsofts-windows-7/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/energy-savings-claims-dont-add-up-for-microsofts-windows-7/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:54:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26160 Microsoft is touting its energy-saving features with the new Windows 7 operating system, but is not making any specific claims about how much power Windows 7 can save, reports Fred Pearce, author of the Guardian’s Greenwash column. Pearce believes Microsoft should be pushing users to use their PCs more efficiently and giving them fewer choices. He [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/energy-savings-claims-dont-add-up-for-microsofts-windows-7/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/ge-pushes-for-multilateral-free-trade-on-cleantech/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/ge-pushes-for-multilateral-free-trade-on-cleantech/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:04:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26043 General Electric Co. (GE) says a trade deal in environmental goods and services, separate from the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Doha round of talks to open up world trade, is needed to help global efforts address climate change, reports Reuters. GE, the world’s biggest maker of electric turbines and jet engines, cited difficulties of reconciling environment [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/22/ge-pushes-for-multilateral-free-trade-on-cleantech/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/14/xerox-chalks-waste-prevention-success-up-to-lean-six-sigma/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/14/xerox-chalks-waste-prevention-success-up-to-lean-six-sigma/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:09:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23785 Xerox, which manages Procter & Gamble’s worldwide print operations, has been able to help P&G cut operational costs 20-25 percent by helping control when and how printers, copier and fax machines work. Xerox used Lean Six Sigma to uncover methods to manage a company’s document strategy. Xerox then incorporated the methods within its own operations and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/14/xerox-chalks-waste-prevention-success-up-to-lean-six-sigma/feed/ 0