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A few months ago, WWF published a HP-supported white paper called ‘From Green IT to Greening with IT’. The paper is directed mainly at policy makers and aims to explore the role of IT in business and government strategies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It particularly looks...
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Here are some more analytics and data visualizations, this time on using outside air to cool a data center. When using this type of strategy, the hourly outside temperature and humidity conditions will drive the overall strategy and control of the HVAC systems. This is why it is critical to develop a...
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WilliamKosik
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10-30-2009
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Filed under: energy, environment, data center, Green, Life Cycle Analysis, energy efficiency, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Data Centers Strategy, Alternative Energy, Data centers, facilities, data visualiztion, energy efficiency analytics
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The FEDERAL LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY,AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE presidential order went into effect on October 5, 2009. The main goal of the order is to "to establish an integrated strategy towards sustainability in the Federal Government and to make reduction of greenhouse gas emissions...
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WilliamKosik
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10-30-2009
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Filed under: energy, environment, data center, Life Cycle Analysis, energy efficiency, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Data Centers Strategy, Alternative Energy, Data centers, facilities, data visualiztion, energy efficiency analytics
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Around this time of the year, many companies are looking for the by now famous CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) report. And the 2009 report is on-line. But that's not the only information available. For the first time CDP has also issued their first Supply Chain Report with as subtitle: "Managing...
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christianverstraete
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10-20-2009
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Filed under: Carbon Footprint, Sustainability, BOM, BOP, BOC, SCOR, Environment, Cloud, Carbon neutral, Manufacturing, Community
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For the third consecutive year, our blog is participating in the Blog Action Day . The idea of the Blog Action Day is to encourage bloggers all over the world to post an entry on the same topic on the same day to raise awareness. The motto is: One day. One issue. Thousands of voices. After last year’s...
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Building greener products requires putting the environment right in the middle of the product design process. Indeed, that's where 80+% of the impact of the product on the environment are defined. Many companies seem to forget this. Design for the Environment looks at all aspects of the product that...
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I came back from my holidays last week. Normally your first day back after a two weeks away is a little bit ‘tough’, but this time it was brightened up by this HP announcement: HP sets new energy reduction goals . Having achieved our goal of reducing combined energy consumption and associated...
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On Monday, Newsweek released their inaugural Green Rankings , and interestingly, HP finished at the top. In an article, titled " The Greenest Big Companies in America " they explain they decided to publicize this list to recognize the efforts of companies, and how they ranked companies in industries...
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christianverstraete
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09-25-2009
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Filed under: Experience, Green, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Sustainability, CO2, DFE, Environment, Innovation, Carbon offsets, Award
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On September 22, 2009, the EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson signed the rule on a new greenhouse gas emission reporting program which is a pre-cursor to potential carbon taxing policy. The reporting is for the top carbon emitters in the U.S, primarily from the manufacturing sector where carbon emissions...
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WilliamKosik
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09-24-2009
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Filed under: energy, environment, data center, Green, Life Cycle Analysis, energy efficiency, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Data Centers Strategy, Alternative Energy, Data centers, facilities, data visualiztion
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Newsweek have just published their new Green Ranking list of the biggest companies in the U.S. I was very pleased to see that HP ranked #1 . As Daniel McGinn points out in his article, such rankings can be quite controversial. Not all companies report on their environmental performance. Either that or...
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If you follow news related to the development of renewable energy technology, you’ll know that the United States is not keeping pace with other countries in research and development. And it is not just European countries but India and China as well. I don’t want to stray into the political...
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For some weird reason, I have always been intrigued with charts, maps, graphs, etc. Anything that tells a story or conveys information without using a lot of words and numbers attracts my attention. I guess it is the geeky engineer in me. So I have turned this interest into something that actually is...
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I am an avid F1 fan. For those of you who aren’t familiar with F1, it is THE most widely watched international sport and is a multi-billion dollar industry. The cars are the pinnacle of engineering technology and cost upwards of US$20MM. The cars measure fuel efficiency by how many laps they can...
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I just came across a video by WWF called 'Let the clean economy begin'. It talks about the business opportunities that arise for companies that strive to be leaders in a low carbon economy. They also highlight the companies that have joined ‘Climate Savers’ , a programme by WWF that...
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We have just released an updated version of our ‘Global Citizenship in EMEA’ video and I would like to invite you to watch it and leave your comments. In the video, HP managers in charge of environmental responsibility, social investment, supply chain responsibility and privacy describe what...