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Interface Reduces Lighting Power Consumption by 70% at Georgia Office

November 9, 2012August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Enlighted says its products are being used to improve more than five million square feet of commercial real estate for such companies as Interface, which is saving 70 percent on power consumption at an office in Georgia. Combining sensor technology, big data analytics and control into a single system, Enlighted ... Read more »

Exxon, Microsoft, Target Added to Dow Jones Index; IBM Dropped

September 14, 2012September 14, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Exxon, Microsoft, Canadian National Railway and Target are among the largest companies added to, and IBM, GlaxoSmithKline and United Technologies among those dropped from, one of the world’s leading sustainability indices. Swiss-based investment firm SAM and Dow Jones Indexes released the 2012 Dow Jones Sustainability Index review, which tracks the ... Read more »

Sony, HP Only Ultrabooks With Easily Replaceable Batteries, Report Says

August 17, 2012August 17, 2012 by Leon Walker

Of the new generation of super-thin “ultrabook” laptops only two of 28 major models, Sony’s Vaio T13 and HP Elite Book Folio 9470, have the environmentally friendly function of user-replaceable batteries, according to a report by The Electronics TakeBack Coalition. The report, titled Ultra-Inconvenient, argues that when batteries are not ... Read more »

Too May Eco-Labels ‘Overwhelming,’ Companies Say

August 9, 2012August 10, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Consumers and companies alike are becoming “confused” and “overwhelmed” by eco-labeling, according to a survey of more than 1,000 international companies including Hewlett-Packard, Nestlé, Canon, Sara Lee and E.On. The joint study by the International Institute for Management Development and the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne concludes that eco-labeling has nearly ... Read more »

Apple Ditches EPEAT Electronics Standards

July 10, 2012July 15, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Apple has withdrawn its products from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) registry – a leading sustainability listing for computer manufacturers – and will no longer submit its products to EPEAT for environmental rating, according to the electronics standard setting group. Apple asked EPEAT to pull all of its ... Read more »

Toyota, Johnson & Johnson, Honda Top Global Green Brands Ranking

June 26, 2012June 26, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Toyota, Johnson & Johnson, Honda, Volkswagon and Hewlett-Packard topped an annual ranking of global green brands by consultancy firm Interbrand. Interbrand’s 2012 Best Global Green Brands report evaluates and ranks companies on their environmental performance as well as the public’s perception of their green credentials. The 2012 report aims to ... Read more »

HP Sustainability Report: CO2 Goal Met Two Years Early

June 14, 2012June 21, 2012 by Leon Walker

Technology firm Hewlett Packard has met its 2013 goal of a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas from its operations over 2005 levels two years early, according to the company’s 2011 global citizenship report. In 2011, HP produced 1.856 million metric tons of CO2, down from 1.865 million metric tons in ... Read more »

HP Unveils Net Zero-Energy Data Center Design

May 31, 2012June 1, 2012 by Leon Walker

Hewlett-Packard has unveiled designs for a data center that requires no net energy from traditional power grids. The Net-Zero Energy Data Center architecture, designed by HP’s research arm HP Labs, shows how organizations can cut total power use by 30 percent, as well as reduce dependence on grid power and costs ... Read more »

HP, Staples Offer Free E-Recycling

April 12, 2012April 12, 2012 by Leon Walker

Hewlett-Packard and office products retailer Staples have teamed up to offer free electronics recycling for all brands of office technology at Staples stores nationwide. Small businesses and consumers can drop off used computers, cell phones, MP3 players, fax machines and similar items at any Staples store, regardless of where they ... Read more »

Shell Oil Explores Hybrid Cloud IT Infrastructure to Lower Power Costs for Big Data

April 6, 2012April 6, 2012 by Leon Walker

When Shell Oil’s power requirements grew 3.6 MW in a nine-month period at its three global data centers and 400 regional sites, the company’s IT subsidiary started investigating cloud-based capacity to lower energy costs, Computer World reported. Part of the challenge for Shell Oil IT has been the upcoming deployment ... Read more »

HP Lightweight Paper Targets 22% Raw Material Reduction

March 22, 2012March 23, 2012 by Leon Walker

Hewlett-Packard is introducing a lightweight paper designed to reduce the environmental impact of printing and paper storage by up to 22 percent. HP Paper Thin will weigh 60 grams per square meter, 15 grams lighter than everyday paper, Business Green reports, resulting in a 22 percent reduction in raw material ... Read more »

Fujitsu Launches ‘World’s Most Energy-Efficient’ Single-Node Server

March 19, 2012March 21, 2012 by Leon Walker

Fujitsu has launched Primergy RX300 S7, a product that the company calls the world’s most energy-efficient single-node server. The server has a 51 percent energy-efficiency advantage over its nearest benchmarked competitor, Hewlett-Packard’s ProLiant DL360 G7, according to Fujistsu. This, the company says, means that customers can now run two-thirds more workloads ... Read more »

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