tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2008-03-12:/green/blog/30 2010-03-17T12:26:09Z Eco-news and commentary on sustainable data centers, green gadgets and clean-tech innovations. Movable Type Enterprise 4.25 tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59643 2010-03-17T12:11:00Z 2010-03-17T12:26:09Z

With Washington absorbed with this week's health care showdown, there's little attention being paid to the progress of climate change legislation. As I've blogged about here before, however, it would be a mistake to assume that just because attention has...

T. Lau With Washington absorbed with this week's health care showdown, there's little attention being paid to the progress of climate change legislation. As I've blogged about here before, however, it would be a mistake to assume that just because attention has... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59636 2010-03-15T12:18:18Z 2010-03-15T12:29:29Z

Monday News Roundup, March 15, 2010 Data center operator Equinix has been granted LEED certification for its 2009 retrofit of its SV2 International Business Exchange facility in Silicon Valley. Binghamton University professors believe that just-in-time provisioning of IT resources and...

T. Lau Monday News Roundup, March 15, 2010 Data center operator Equinix has been granted LEED certification for its 2009 retrofit of its SV2 International Business Exchange facility in Silicon Valley. Binghamton University professors believe that just-in-time provisioning of IT resources and... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59635 2010-03-15T11:54:21Z 2010-03-15T12:16:55Z

In spite of being the world's largest greenhouse polluter in absolute terms, China likes to point out that given its massive population, its greenhouse gas emissions aren't anywhere near the U.S. when broken down on a per person basis. That's...

T. Lau In spite of being the world's largest greenhouse polluter in absolute terms, China likes to point out that given its massive population, its greenhouse gas emissions aren't anywhere near the U.S. when broken down on a per person basis. That's... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59628 2010-03-11T14:27:30Z 2010-03-11T14:37:53Z

For reasons not officially announced, the U.N. official in charge of last year's Copenhagen climate change summit, Yvo de Boer, has quit to pursue a more lucrative career in academe and business consulting. The speculation surrounding his resignation is that...

T. Lau For reasons not officially announced, the U.N. official in charge of last year's Copenhagen climate change summit, Yvo de Boer, has quit to pursue a more lucrative career in academe and business consulting. The speculation surrounding his resignation is that... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59623 2010-03-09T15:15:59Z 2010-03-09T15:33:39Z

I've previously blogged about Facebook's new data center in Oregon and the subsequent backlash from Greenpeace about Facebook's decision to purchase electricity from a utility that largely relies on coal for its electricity generation. This morning, the esteemed Wall Street...

T. Lau I've previously blogged about Facebook's new data center in Oregon and the subsequent backlash from Greenpeace about Facebook's decision to purchase electricity from a utility that largely relies on coal for its electricity generation. This morning, the esteemed Wall Street... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59614 2010-03-07T08:56:05Z 2010-03-07T09:00:58Z

Monday News Roundup, March 8 2010 Organizers and researchers of the Sixth Data Centers Europe 2010 conference announce that APC by Schneider Electric will be demonstrating how to provide energy while addressing energy efficiency legislation. Altruent Systems, a systems integration...

T. Lau Monday News Roundup, March 8 2010 Organizers and researchers of the Sixth Data Centers Europe 2010 conference announce that APC by Schneider Electric will be demonstrating how to provide energy while addressing energy efficiency legislation. Altruent Systems, a systems integration... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59613 2010-03-07T08:40:36Z 2010-03-07T08:54:02Z

While traveling through Asia this week, I noticed an interesting TV commercial in my hotel room by NEC. The commercial features a boardroom scene with the CEO-type fretting about high IT energy costs, and one of his employees suggesting a...

T. Lau While traveling through Asia this week, I noticed an interesting TV commercial in my hotel room by NEC. The commercial features a boardroom scene with the CEO-type fretting about high IT energy costs, and one of his employees suggesting a... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59608 2010-03-04T00:48:19Z 2010-03-04T01:01:16Z

Up until now, it's been quite a challenge to determine the veracity of claims by various companies about how green their data centers are. The recent Facebook flap, for example, where Facebook claimed it was building the world's greenest data...

T. Lau Up until now, it's been quite a challenge to determine the veracity of claims by various companies about how green their data centers are. The recent Facebook flap, for example, where Facebook claimed it was building the world's greenest data... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59591 2010-03-01T11:00:00Z 2010-02-27T20:23:57Z

Monday News Roundup, March 1, 2010 A myriad of federal and state tax credits are available for Green IT projects related to data centers, and they don't all have to be new constructions to qualify. The EPA is finalizing its...

T. Lau Monday News Roundup, March 1, 2010 A myriad of federal and state tax credits are available for Green IT projects related to data centers, and they don't all have to be new constructions to qualify. The EPA is finalizing its... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59592 2010-03-01T10:55:00Z 2010-02-28T10:23:40Z

Over the weekend, while the Nobel prize-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change appointed an independent committee to determine whether it needs to change its procedures to ensure scientific rigor and integrity, news broke that key Senators are considering a...

T. Lau Over the weekend, while the Nobel prize-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change appointed an independent committee to determine whether it needs to change its procedures to ensure scientific rigor and integrity, news broke that key Senators are considering a... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59587 2010-02-25T17:19:08Z 2010-02-25T17:51:49Z

When I was a kid, I enjoyed watching Marty McFly traverse time in his DeLorean, powered by a flux capacitor. The flux capacitor was a magical device, the size of a coffee can, that generated the huge amount of power...

T. Lau When I was a kid, I enjoyed watching Marty McFly traverse time in his DeLorean, powered by a flux capacitor. The flux capacitor was a magical device, the size of a coffee can, that generated the huge amount of power... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59574 2010-02-24T14:05:03Z 2010-02-24T14:21:53Z

The administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, has an unenviable job. She's under orders from the U.S. Supreme Court to treat carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act, but she's...

T. Lau The administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, has an unenviable job. She's under orders from the U.S. Supreme Court to treat carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act, but she's... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59569 2010-02-22T18:44:15Z 2010-02-23T15:00:22Z

Yesterday morning I blogged about Facebook's announcement that it was opening its first wholly-owned data center in Oregon. Facebook claims that the data center will be one of the most energy efficient in the world and will be LEED-certified. Besides...

T. Lau Yesterday morning I blogged about Facebook's announcement that it was opening its first wholly-owned data center in Oregon. Facebook claims that the data center will be one of the most energy efficient in the world and will be LEED-certified. Besides... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59564 2010-02-22T14:14:11Z 2010-02-22T14:20:31Z

Monday News Roundup, Feb. 22, 2010 Viridity Software and the Global Green Consulting Group announce a strategic partnership to leverage Viridity's software solution during customer engagements in order to provide them with a deeper understanding of their data center power...

T. Lau Monday News Roundup, Feb. 22, 2010 Viridity Software and the Global Green Consulting Group announce a strategic partnership to leverage Viridity's software solution during customer engagements in order to provide them with a deeper understanding of their data center power... tag:blog.enterpriseitplanet.com,2010:/green/blog//30.59562 2010-02-19T15:18:19Z 2010-02-19T15:40:14Z

The next time you place an order for a piece of IT tech or gear, you may want to consider slower shipping methods, especially if you are placing a large order from Asia. According to the NYT, by halving its...

T. Lau The next time you place an order for a piece of IT tech or gear, you may want to consider slower shipping methods, especially if you are placing a large order from Asia. According to the NYT, by halving its...