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Energy Star, Google and Facebook will Help to Boost Wireless Power to $15.6bn by 2020, Pike Says

July 5, 2012July 5, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The market for wireless power systems – encompassing mobile devices, consumer electronics, industrial applications, infrastructure devices and electric vehicles – will triple over the next eight years, growing from $4.9 billion in revenue in 2012 to $15.6 billion in 2020, according to a report by Pike Research. The report says ... Read more »

Google, Fox, 52 Others Among EDF Climate Corps Newcomers

May 24, 2012May 25, 2012 by Leon Walker

Google, Pfizer and Fox Entertainment Group are among the 54 companies joining the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Corps program for the first time this year. The EDF Climate Corps fellowship places specially trained MBA and MPA students in companies, cities and universities to identify and assess cost-effective opportunities to save ... Read more »

Salesforce Worst of ‘Dirty’ Cloud Companies, Greenpeace says

April 18, 2012April 22, 2012 by Leon Walker

Salesforce, the world’s largest vendor of enterprise cloud computing, gets the worst ratings in a Greenpeace report that claims cloud computing companies are perpetuating the use of fossil fuel, while Apple has shown marked improvement from last year. The report, How Clean is Your Cloud?, compares energy choices from global ... Read more »

Amazon IT Guru Questions Facebook, Apple Solar Arrays

March 26, 2012March 27, 2012 by Leon Walker

One of Amazon’s leading data-center experts has called into question the environmental logic behind large solar farms recently installed or proposed by Facebook and Apple. In a recent blog post, James Hamilton writes that he couldn’t “make the math work” for the completed solar array at Facebook’s Prinevill, Ore., facility or ... Read more »

Building Management Briefing: EDF Energy Corps, Incenergy, Cylon, Atlanta Housing Authority

February 1, 2012February 1, 2012 by Leon Walker

Boeing, Caesars Entertainment, DirectTV and National Geographic are among the first 20 companies to join the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Corps in 2012. The program places specially-trained MBA and MPA students in companies, cities and universities to build the business case for energy efficiency. The companies are joining repeat participants ... Read more »

Facebook Hires Ex-Google Green Czar

December 23, 2011December 27, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Google’s former green czar, Bill Weihl, will join Facebook in late January, according to the website Fresh Dialogues. The website said Weihl will have a sustainability role at the social media company, with a focus on clean energy and energy efficiency, though details on his exact responsibilities and job title ... Read more »

Chiquita Joins Tar Sands Oil Boycott

December 19, 2011December 19, 2011 by Leon Walker

Fruit producer Chiquita Brands has become the latest company to stop using oil sourced from Canada’s tar sands, following a campaign by environmental group ForestEthics, reports the Financial Times. The environmental group had targeted Chiquita and fellow fruit producer Dole in a campaign launched in August. ForestEthics took out full-page ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Coins, Organics Vote, LEED

November 22, 2011November 22, 2011 by Environmental Leader

The U.S. Mint announced that its West Point, N.Y., facility has been accepted in the Energy Department’s Superior Energy Performance program, just one of the steps the bureau said it is taking to “‘green’ the production of America’s coins, Reuters reported. The Superior Energy Performance project is a certification program ... Read more »

Facebook Installing Solar Cogeneration System

November 3, 2011November 4, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Facebook is planning to create both electricity and hot water with a solar energy system at its new Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters. With the capacity to generate 10 kw of electricity and 50 kw of thermal energy, the system from Cogenra Solar is relatively small. But its dual function makes ... Read more »

Intel, Dell Join Facebook’s Efficiency Project

October 28, 2011October 28, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Intel, Dell, Mozilla, Rackspace and Netflix have all joined Facebook’s Open Compute Project, which aims to increase efficiencies and reduce the environmental impacts of data centers. The initiative, launched in April, aims to encourage collaboration on hardware development and implementation to speed up innovation. This week Facebook announced the formation ... Read more »

Facebook, Amazon Panned on Energy Management and Transparency

September 13, 2011September 14, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Amazon, Netflix, Facebook and other major internet firms are failing to adequately disclose their carbon footprint, according to a report by independent analyst Verdantix. The report, Carbon Strategy Benchmark: Internet Sector, finds that Akamai, Apple and eBay outpace their global competitors on energy efficiency enhancements and transparent disclosure of carbon emissions. ... Read more »

Apple Worst of ‘Dirty’ Cloud Companies, Greenpeace Says

April 21, 2011April 21, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Apple gets the worst ratings in a Greenpeace report that claims cloud computing companies are perpetuating the use of fossil fuels. The report, How Dirty is Your Data?, compares energy choices made by Apple, Google, Facebook, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo, Amazon.com and Akamai – described by Greenpeace as ten ... Read more »

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