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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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10-30-2009
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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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10-30-2009
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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 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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09-24-2009
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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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For those of you interested in HP’s power to change campaign , here is a video that illustrates the main essence of our Power to Change campaign. Thought you might enjoy this. We definitely need more ‘Dougs’ in the office! Ulrike Haug, CSR Stakeholder Programmes, HP EMEA
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(Bill Kosik is the Green Business Technology Principal for HP's Critical Facilities Services Group. In addition to project assignments, he is responsible for research and analysis on new techniques to optimize power use in data centers. He is a licensed professional mechanical engineer, a Certified...
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06-24-2009
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Following HP’s recent environmental announcement Jim Campbell will share some details on HP’s latest Thin Clients which were highlighted in the announcement. Enjoy reading, Ulrike HP’s Thin Clients are the first in the industry to achieve ENERGY STAR 5.0 compliance! HP is now the first...
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HP has just launched a campaign called Power To Change which encourages users to turn off computers when they’re not in use. Not a big deal, you think? I was surprised to read that, in the US alone, only 36 per cent of business computers are turned off at the end of the day.* So, even if you already...
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I just briefly wanted to highlight an announcement that HP released today. It provides news from across the company, highlighting new environmental goals as well as new products and services in the HP Eco Solutions programme. The announcement includes a real wealth of information from different HP businesses...
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Being green has been top of the agenda for some time now and it is here to stay. Computerworld magazine recently published its annual list of Top Green IT Organisations . The article honours Top Green IT Users as well as Top Green IT vendors. Citing many examples, Ellen Fanning, author, shows how it...
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I frequently get asked questions on what the future holds for government regulation of data center energy use. Although there are not completed plans in place, there are many programs early in the development stage. Here are some things going on: EPA is still working on their data center Energy Star...
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05-08-2009
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