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In the dog days of summer you might, like me, find yourself with a bit more time on your hands than usual. Given the standard of the average British summer, spending all of it frolicking in the great outdoors isn’t always an option. Sitting down to watch a few sci-fi classics is one alternative – albeit a geeky one. But beware, rather than escapism, some of these films have a way of focusing the mind on real-world issues in an unexpected way.
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Posted on August 12, 2010 · in Europe
| Sourced From | Chinese mobile device manufacturer Huawei has taken the unusual step of thoroughly auditing where the worst polluting happens for its products, and concluded that it’s mostly your–the end-user consumer’s–fault. Continue
Posted on August 11, 2010 · in Global
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A study by Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI), a global consortium dedicated to reducing the energy consumption of end-to-end computing, showed what CompTIA, a non-profit trade association for the IT industry, called a “sizeable reduction” in the annual CO2 emissions associated with information technology (IT) equipment. The study released by the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) shows that the IT sector has reduced CO2 emission associated with IT equipment by more than 32 million metric tons worldwide since 2007.
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Posted on August 3, 2010 · in USA
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The global software industry could reduce its carbon emissions by up to 80 per cent if businesses ‘ditched’ using hard copies in favour of downloaded products.
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Posted on June 14, 2010 · in Global
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May 26 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the most popular Internet search engine, will buy carbon credits from a South Carolina landfill, Blue Source LLC, the developer of the pollution-cutting project, said today.
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Posted on June 1, 2010 · in USA
Good evening. I am delighted to join you this evening to honour the winners of the inaugural Outstanding Sustainability Awards and Green IT Awards.
Increasingly, governments and businesses are paying more attention to issues such as climate change and sustainable development. The confluence of energy prices, technology solutions and consumer awareness has led many companies to put sustainability at the core of their business. For many, it now makes good business sense to do so. Resource efficiency can help manage cost in an increasingly competitive environment. More discerning consumers and investors are now also demanding sustainable business practices.
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Posted on May 10, 2010 · in Asia
Cupping their hands near holes drilled for cable routing, workers at the Boeing Company’s data processing site near Seattle noticed this year that air used to keep the computers cool was seeping through floor openings.
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Posted on January 13, 2010 · in USA
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Scientists recently warned us about how much our computer use is costing the planet, so it was inevitable that attention would turn to ways of making these machines a little bit more green. A Dutch student who helped pioneer the world’s first carbon-neutral computer room told Radio Netherlands Worldwide much of the project was simply based on common sense.
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Posted on November 8, 2009 · in Europe
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Japanese technology company Fujitsu and its partner Fuji Electric Systems unveiled on Tuesday a package of solutions they said would reduce data center-caused carbon dioxide emissions by about 40 percent. The new solutions are a facility management system that visualizes data center energy use, a spot air conditioning system, noise-baffle-borne solar cells.
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Posted on October 7, 2009 · in Global
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The service will help government organisations and enterprises calculate energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions emanating from IT assets.
Thursday, June 04, 2009: EDS, an HP Company, has come up with its Carbon Emissions Management Service (CEMS) for the Indian market. EDS CEMS is a comprehensive suite of services developed in Australia to help organisations drive IT asset efficiency and create greener technology environments.
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Posted on June 5, 2009 · in India