Feb 1 2008 4:31PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
predictions,
Green computing
Those organizations with strong brands are helping to forge the first wave of green sourcing policies and initiatives. These policies go well beyond minimizing direct carbon emissions or requiring suppliers to comply with local environmental regulations. For example, Timberland has launched a “Green Index” environmental rating for its shoes and boots. Home Depot is working on evaluation and audit criteria for assessing supplier submissions for its new EcoOptions product line.
Gartner Highlights Key Predictions for IT Organisations and Users in 2008 and Beyond
Feb 1 2008 4:18PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Green computing,
predictions
Initially, the motivation will come from the wish to contain costs. Enterprise data centres are struggling to keep pace with the increasing power requirements of their infrastructures. And there is substantial potential to improve the environmental footprint, throughout the life cycle, of all IT products and services without any significant trade-offs in price or performance. In future, IT organisations will shift their focus from the power efficiency of products to asking service providers about their measures to improve energy efficiency.
Gartner Highlights Key Predictions for IT Organisations and Users in 2008 and Beyond
Feb 1 2008 2:33PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology,
Green computing
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And though U.S. states increasingly require that electronics be sent to collection and recycling centers, even from those centers, American firms can send the e-waste abroad legally because Congress hasn’t ratified the Basel Convention.
The results are visible on the streets of Guiyu, where the e-waste industry employs an estimated 150,000 people. Shipping containers of computer parts, old video games, computer screens, cell phones and electronics of all kinds, from ancient to nearly new, are dumped onto the streets and sorted for dismantling and melting.
Christopher Bodeen, China: E-Waste and Environmental Disaster |
Michael Zhao provides a glimpse of Guiyu in this YouTube video. You can view his excellent 20-min documentary about life in Guiyu at his Web site.
Oct 26 2007 1:03PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology,
Green computing
Bovine energy is a hot topic in biofuel research. Don’t laugh. There are 1.5 billion cows on planet earth and each of them manufactures an average of 100 pounds of manure a day. That’s a lot of methane gas.
Before I read about bovine energy, I pictured it pretty much the way the folks at the One Laptop Per Child initiative are using it. (see photo below) Not very efficient.
But as I read more, I began to understand how serious a source of energy cows could be. With a methane digester, even a small farm can recycle the gas cows produce in their manure to produce some serious electricity. The farm in the video (middle) brings in an extra $30k a month from selling their cow-generated electricity.
Instead of asking “got milk” maybe we should be asking “got fuel?”
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Cows being used to power a generator for the OneLaptopPerChild initiative.Sumner Lemon |
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Using the cow’s digestive system to power energy cells.
Hannah Velten |
Oct 25 2007 11:42AM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology,
Green computing,
Data Center
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“Get a copy of your company’s electric bill. Determine how much you actually spend per month in energy for your data center. This is considered your “pre-green” bill.”
Jimmy Ray Purser 5 Easy, Cheap Ways to Green Your Data Center |
How do you actually do that?
Oct 13 2007 3:12PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology,
tin whiskers,
Green computing
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“To prevent lead from being incinerated or accumulating in landfills after electronic devices have been disposed of, the health and safety zealots have not so much thrown — as hurled — the baby out with the bathwater.”
Dr. Richard North, Whiskers! |
Agree or disagree? We should allow lead to be used in electronic devices.