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Intel: Data Center Infrastructure Management Key to Energy, Other Savings

October 30, 2015 by Carl Weinschenk

An Intel white paper maintains that data center infrastructure management (DCIM) can provide valuable information, identify problems and help create a deeper understanding of (and find solutions for) outages and other problems. The paper, which was conducted for Intel by Redshift Research, is based on a survey of 200 data center ... Read more »

Major Firms Call for Climate Agreement in Paris

October 16, 2015November 12, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Fourteen major companies based or with large-scale operations in the US have voiced strong support for a new global climate agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year. In a statement organized by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), the companies — Alcoa, Alstom, ... Read more »

The Best CSR Reputations in the World Ranked

September 21, 2015September 18, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Google has the best corporate social responsibility reputation, topping the Reputation Institute’s annual Global CSR RepTrak 100 ranking for the second year in a row. BMW took the no. 2 spot, with the Walt Disney Company coming in third, Microsoft ranking fourth and Daimler in fifth. Rounding out the top ... Read more »

PEBs Cost More But Save Over Time

September 15, 2015 by Carl Weinschenk

Positive Energy Buildings (PEBs) – buildings that generate more energy than they use — is the pinnacle of green building design, according to Andrew Solberg, Coy Miller, and Keith Kibbee, authors of an article at Consulting-Specifying Engineer. The idea is to create buildings designing these buildings is to design buildings that ... Read more »

Small Gaming PC Changes Could Lead to Huge Energy Savings

September 9, 2015 by Carl Weinschenk

Computer manufacturers could save enormous amounts of power by redesigning gaming computers, according to research released last week by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The lab found that gaming computers represent 2.5 percent of the global base of PCs, but consumer 20 percent of the energy. The typical gaming device, ... Read more »

Low Cost IoT Solutions, Data Driven Analytics to Propel Energy Mgmt Market

August 31, 2015 by Carl Weinschenk

Smart building solutions are a growing focus for companies as technology innovations create significant changes across the energy management industry landscape, according to a report from Research and Markets. Modular, low-cost IoT solutions will win in the short- to medium-term, while data-driven analytics will continue to propel the energy management ... Read more »

Micro Wind Turbines Top Intel Headquarters

May 26, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

Intel has installed a rooftop array of micro wind turbines on the roof of its worldwide headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Intel’s micro-turbines are a proof-of-concept project in which the company will collect data about on-site green power. Intel has installed 58 micro-turbines on the roof, each measuring between 6 ... Read more »

Intel, Denso Invest in Automated Truck Driving Technology

April 29, 2015November 13, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Peloton Technology, a developer of automated truck driving technology that the company says delivers advanced safety, fuel savings and analytics to trucking fleets, has closed a $16 million Series A investment round led by Denso International America, an automotive supplier of advanced technology, and Intel Capital, the global investment arm ... Read more »

Companies with the Best CSR Reputations Named

December 18, 2014December 18, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Google has the best corporate social responsibility reputation, beating out Microsoft who held the top spot in 2012 and 2013, according to Reputation Institute’s annual CSR RepTrak. Microsoft, Walt Disney and BMW are the no. 2, 3 and 4 companies, respectively, with the best CSR reputations globally. Apple, Lego, Volkswagen, ... Read more »

EPA Names 2014 Green Power Leaders

November 20, 2014 by Karen Henry

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its annual Green Power Leadership Awards, recognizing 19 Green Power Partners and four suppliers across the country for achievements in advancing the nation’s renewable energy market and reducing greenhouse gas emissions . The award winners use a combined total of more than 7.6 billion kWh of green power annually, according the EPA. The ... Read more »

DOE Awards $425M for Supercomputing Technologies

November 17, 2014 by Karen Henry

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced two new high performance computing awards. DOE’s Oak Ridge and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories will receive $325 million to build two state-of-the-art supercomputers. The joint collaboration of Oak Ridge, Argonne, and Lawrence Livermore (CORAL) was established in early 2014 to leverage supercomputing investments, ... Read more »

Unilever Tops Tomorrow’s Value Rating 2014

September 24, 2014September 23, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Unilever is the top sustainability leader in the Tomorrow’s Value Rating 2014, published by DNV GL, for the second consecutive year. Holcim, Intel and Nestle follow tied for second position, with Diageo ranking third. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World 2014 published last week also ranked Unilever the most sustainable ... Read more »

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