Can the cloud help businesses green their IT? Yes, says Microsoft. A study commissioned by the software giant, and conducted by Accenture and WSP Environment and Energy, finds that cloud computing can cut emissions and reduce power consumption by up to 30 percent. The reductions are more pronounced for small businesses, which lack the expertise […]
Gov’t data center consolidation’s hot, PUE’s not
For shame! According to CDW’s 2010 Energy Efficient IT Report, just 17 percent of the government IT managers surveyed (federal, state and local) currently track PUE (power usage effectiveness). A pity, but at least the vast majority, 79 percent in fact, are planning or are already in the midst of data center consolidation projects. Washington […]
Philips: LED lighting market to reach 5 percent in 2010
Sure, five percent of the global lighting market might not seem like a lot, but when you consider that LEDs only snagged just 2 percent of the market in 2009, it’s a sign of healthy growth. And it’s only going to grow bigger from there. According to this DigiTimes report, Philips expects LED lighting to […]
Gartner: Most big, new data centers to adopt PUE
By 2015, according to Gartner, 80 percent of new large data centers will be the using the power usage effectiveness (PUE) measurement devised by The Grid Grid to report on the efficiency of their operations. PUE is not perfect, and there are efforts underway to support and develop measurements that provide insight into the useful […]
Go paperless: Blood costs less than printer ink
Want another reason to go paperless? How about this interesting stat from an Investopedia article on outrageously overpriced products over at Yahoo Finance: Over the life of your printer, you’ll probably pay more than 500% of the total price of the printer itself on ink refill cartridges. At $30, a 42ml cartridge of black printer […]
What if solar enjoyed Facebook-like adoption…
Infographic: One Block off the Grid (1BOG) has just posted a neat infographic that envisions what it would be like if solar panel installs followed the same trajectory as Facebook’s rate of adoption. Did you know that if that were the case, the U.S. could be completely powered by solar in just three and a […]
Green data centers: $41B market by 2015
There are big bucks to be made in the green data center space in the coming years, according to a forecast from Pike Research. Over the next half decade, energy efficient IT and supporting systems — particularly power and cooling — will grow yearly, green data center revenues from $7.5 billion today to $41.4 billion […]
Best Buy: Attention Green Shoppers
I’m not one to usually pore over CSR reports but this new one from Best Buy has some geeky appeal. Why? Because no matter how much of an Amazon ninja you think you are, chances are that Best Buy has…
