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eBay to Emit 15% Fewer GHGs by 2012

eBay to Emit 15% Fewer GHGs by 2012

E-commerce powerhouse eBay plans to reduce its 2012 greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent, when compared to its 2008 emissions. This news ...

September 21, 2009

AT&T Top ‘Green’ Mobile Carrier in North America

AT&T Top ‘Green’ Mobile Carrier in North America

A new scorecard puts AT&T, Sprint/Nextel and Verizon as the No. 1, 2 and 3 mobile carriers in North America, when judged ...

September 18, 2009

Dell’s Director of Sustainability on CSR Reporting

Dell’s Director of Sustainability on CSR Reporting

Tod Arbogast, Director of Sustainability at Dell, talks about the company's most recent ...

September 17, 2009

Energy-saving Server Virtualization Adoption Reaches 46%

Energy-saving Server Virtualization Adoption Reaches 46%

With companies facing depressed bottom lines, IT departments are finding ways to cut power use as a means of improving corporate financial performance. About 35 percent of ...

September 17, 2009

Desktop Computing Power Savings on the Rise

Desktop Computing Power Savings on the Rise

In a year-to-year comparison, IT managers note that the use of power management tools and manual shut-downs of equipment during extended non-use periods are rising. Also, about 57 percent of IT managers purchase Energy Star devices ...

September 11, 2009

Google Plans Own Solar Technology

Google Plans Own Solar Technology

Google is devising a solar game changer that will enable the company to more quickly adopt renewable energy, and much less expensively. Much ...

September 9, 2009

EPA Ups Ante for Energy Star TVs

EPA Ups Ante for Energy Star TVs

To gain an Energy Star rating, TVs next year must be 40 percent more efficient than standard models. The new requirements take effect May 1, 2010. The ...

September 4, 2009

Apple’s New OS Could Save $10 million Annually in Energy

Apple’s New OS Could Save $10 million Annually in Energy

Apple computer users who upgrade to the Snow Leopard operating system can expect to save about 10 percent in electricity a year. Considering Apple's annual sales ...

September 4, 2009

Citing Cost, Firms De-emphasize Energy Efficiency in IT Purchases

Citing Cost, Firms De-emphasize Energy Efficiency in IT Purchases

Focusing on short-term cost reductions, companies increasingly are overlooking the promise of long-term savings that come with more expensive but more energy efficient computer equipment. Instead, firms ...

September 1, 2009

Chipmaker AMD to Reduce Emissions 33% by 2011

Chipmaker AMD to Reduce Emissions 33% by 2011

Already having reduced emissions 6 percent from 2007 to 2008, AMD plans to further reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 33 percent by 2011. At the company's ...

August 27, 2009

Dell Cuts GHG Emissions Intensity 18%

Dell Cuts GHG Emissions Intensity 18%

Dell has cut both its overall GHG emissions and its scope 1 and 2 emissions as a percentage of revenue (see above chart), according to its ...

August 26, 2009

Amidst Record Revenues, LG Slashes Corporate Emissions 8%

Amidst Record Revenues, LG Slashes Corporate Emissions 8%

LG reduced 2008 greenhouse gas emissions 8.1 percent at its corporate operations in Korea, with scope 1 emissions falling from 13.2 percent of the total to ...

August 24, 2009

Clean Energy Patents Hit New Quarterly Record

Clean Energy Patents Hit New Quarterly Record

As a sign that companies once again view clean tech as a solid investment, a quarterly record of 274 U.S. clean energy patents were granted in ...

August 21, 2009

Broadband, Wireless Services to Play Vital Role in Smart Grid

Broadband, Wireless Services to Play Vital Role in Smart Grid

While Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm are starting a new joint venture to provide machine-to-machine (M2) wireless communications and smart services to a wide range of markets ...

August 14, 2009

Dell Cuts Power Use by 48M KWH, Saves $5.8M

Dell Cuts Power Use by 48M KWH, Saves $5.8M

Dell expects to save about $5.8 million a year as a result of energy-saving initiatives and building upgrades in its facilities worldwide. The computer maker expects ...

August 13, 2009

ACT Data Center Passes LEED Platinum Test

ACT Data Center Passes LEED Platinum Test

If there's one thing the people at ACT know, it's how to take a test. When it came to making the grade for a new data ...

August 13, 2009

Sprint Supports Smart Grid Initiatives

Sprint Supports Smart Grid Initiatives

Driven in part by the Obama Administration's focus on energy independence and smart-grid initiatives, Sprint is now strengthening its portfolio to supply electric utilities with advanced ...

August 12, 2009

EPEAT Registry Goes Global

EPEAT Registry Goes Global

A registry that rates computer desktops, laptops and monitors by their energy efficiency and other environmental measures now has been synchronized with the equipment that is ...

August 10, 2009

Intel Uses Facebook App to Help Power Climate Research

Intel Uses Facebook App to Help Power Climate Research

Facebook users who acquiesce to an Intel application that operates on idle computer power are helping researchers conduct models on climate change and other global problems. The ...

August 10, 2009

Nations to be Graded on Ability of ICT to Cut Emissions

Nations to be Graded on Ability of ICT to Cut Emissions

A new grading system will look at nations' information and communications technology (ICT) abilities as they relate to the ability to cut emissions. The grading system, being ...

August 10, 2009

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