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Cisco Wants to Transform Energy Demand and Use with Smart Buildings

Building on its smart-grid initiative announced in May, Cisco Systems has unveiled its Smart Connected Buildings solution, at Cisco Live in San Francisco, ...

July 3, 2009

Electronics Firms Face Off Against Mandated Recycling Programs

From smaller electronics companies to national electronics organizations, a war is being waged against the various state regulations that mandate manufacturers provide recycling of consumer electronics. With ...

July 2, 2009

Sony Ericsson Joins Nokia, Samsung as ‘Greener’ Electronics Makers

The latest update of Greenpeace International's "Guide to Greener Electronics" indicates that the world's biggest PC makers -- Hewlett Packard, Dell and Lenovo -- have ...

July 2, 2009

Online Calculator Gauges IT Data Center Costs and Carbon Footprint

A new online calculator allows companies to estimate the carbon footprint and related costs from their data centers, as well as from co-location facilities. The Eco-IT Monitor is a project between SGI, Intel ...

July 1, 2009

Microsoft Reduces Windows 7 Packaging

High-tech companies are joining the ranks of leading food companies and retailers in developing new ways to reduce their products' packaging. Microsoft recently announced that the ...

June 30, 2009

Leading Mobile Phone Makers Agree to Develop Universal Charger

Driven by the European Commission's call for a common charger for mobile phones to reduce electronic waste and improve energy efficiency, ten leading mobile phone and ...

June 30, 2009

Verizon Expands Energy-Efficiency Efforts, Reduces GHG Emissions

Verizon's latest corporate responsibility report includes environmental initiatives that have increased the telecommunications company's energy efficiency and recycling efforts as well as reduced its greenhouse ...

June 24, 2009

IBM’s Green Sigma Coalition Lines Up Industry Leaders

IBM has announced the formation of the Green Sigma Coalition at its Green and Beyond Summit for Industry leaders in San Francisco, to provide smart ...

June 23, 2009

Who is the Greenest PC Maker in the World?

Analysts say going green has become a business plan for some of the biggest personal computer (PC) makers as a way to differentiate themselves from their competition, ...

June 22, 2009

Inspectors Blast DOE for Poor IT Energy Efficiency

The Department of Energy could learn a lot by paying attention to its own advice and upgrading its IT operations to be more efficient, according ...

June 17, 2009

EMC, Cisco, MIT Partner on $100M Data Center

The race for the biggest, best and greenest data center is on, with EMC, Cisco, MIT and the University of Massachussetts potentially partnering on a new ...

June 11, 2009

EPA Investigates Electronics Recycling Fraud

After complaints that EarthEcycle LLC, an Oklahoma electronics recycling company, violated agreements with various charities to properly recycle the hazardous electronics, the Environmental Protection Agency has ...

June 11, 2009

Telecom Growth To Boost ‘Green’ Network Equipment

Because so many telecom companies have committed to carbon reduction plans, their planned growth in coming years will mean an increasing reliance on "green" network equipment. With ...

June 9, 2009

Sony-Ericsson GreenHeart Phone Adds to Trend

Following a trend by other cell phone manufacturers to market next-generation cell phones that are more energy efficient and made of recycled content, Sony-Ericsson has come ...

June 4, 2009

McDonald’s to Tout Green Initiatives On In-Store Touchscreens

A new McDonald's scheduled to open next month in North Carolina will include a touch screen display that will tout the environmental benefits of the building. The ...

June 3, 2009

HP, Intel Add Eco-friendly Products

Hewlett-Packard has added new power-saving tools and products, while Intel has launched four new processors that aim to boost efficiency. Through improved product design, HP hopes to ...

June 3, 2009

$256M Pledged To Industrial Energy Efficiency

The Department of Energy plans to put $256 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act toward improving energy efficiency across major industrial sectors, with special ...

June 2, 2009

Alcatel-Lucent Sets Goal to Halve Emissions by 2020

A key part of Alcatel-Lucent's 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report focuses on what the company is doing to reduce the impact of its products on ...

May 29, 2009

EMC Reduces Emissions-to-Revenue Ratio by 19%

While overall emissions at global IT and consulting firm EMC have gone up as a result of increased business, the company has reduced its emissions ...

May 29, 2009

45% of Firms Adopting Green IT Strategies, Budgets Rising

Nearly all senior-level IT executives are at least discussing a green information technology (IT) strategy, while 45 percent have already implemented green IT initiatives, according to ...

May 28, 2009

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