Apple and environmental watchdog group Greenpeace waged a public battle over how "green" Apple's products were over several years while Jobs was CEO. Environmental groups continue to pressure Apple to improve on some issues, but Apple's products today do not have the toxic chemicals that were there before regulations and environmental groups prodded the electronics industry to change.


http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20116690-54/how-apple-and-greenpeace-made-peace/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech

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Alternative energy was mentioned during Paul Otellini’s (Intel CEO) presentation (webcast link - http://intelstudios.edgesuite.net/idf/2011/sf/keynote/110913_pso/index.htm ). The CEO said the company has created a chip that can power a computer processor on a solar cell the size of a postage stamp.Otellini said the solar power CPU could draw sufficient power to run animation and other Windows applications from two small overhead reading lamps. Other parts of the computer were powered through a traditional power supply.
Why do I have a feeling that we are soon going to see significant amount of interactions between IT and cleantech, and not just in smart…

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The world's first solar-powered netbook, Samsung Electronics’ NC215S laptop, is the ideal product for a continent where electricity access can be limited, but sunlight is never in short supply.

The solar-charging capability means that it is also the first genuine environment-friendly product of its kind, with a lower carbon footprint than any other laptop on the market.

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Before making deliveries in the past,
highly trained experts had to perform
manual compliance checks on all products,
even those that are not hazardous.
This checking took place at shipping time,
risking delivery delays, and was an allconsuming
task for these experts who
had much to contribute on higher levels.
Therefore, Dow Corning made dangerous
goods management its next priority.
Using integration to materials data, it
used rules to segregate nonhazardous
from hazardous products. Now the 70%
of products that are nonhazardous are
checked automatically on receipt of order,
and the experts spend time only on the
30% that are hazardous – for big savings.

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Once you settle on your finalist list using some great ZDNet reviews, take a peek at the EPEAT ratings to see which systems do best for energy efficiency, toxic materials and recycling credentials.

Realistically, unless the college or university that you or your college-age child attends (or will attend) starts REALLY late, you probably have already made whatever notebook computer purchase you were going to make this fall.

But if you procrastinate or you are already thinking about Christmas presents, the team behind the EPEAT rating system has come up with some suggestions for things to consider that will help you find the greenest notebook possible.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/green/5-criteria-to-guide-your-green-notebook-purchase/18646

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Edinburgh University researcher has proposed 'Li-Fi' to transmit data using light from car headlights or anyline source.

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/business-brains/wireless-data-can-be-delivered-by-led-lights-anywhere-call-it-8216li-fi/18180?tag=nl.e660

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Cloud Computing and Sustainability: The Environmental Benefits of Moving to the Cloud - an excellent white paper from Accenture - http://www.accenture.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF/Accenture_Sustainability_Cloud_Computing_TheEnvironmentalBenefitsofMovingtotheCloud.pdf

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Green IT - Let there by Light

Future web surfers won't download music files and YouTube clips via cables or radio waves if Harald Haas has his way. The Edinburgh University academic has a safer, more energy-efficient way to send data: light.

http://knowledge.allianz.com/?uNewsID=1587

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Green Computing - New Horizon of Energy Efficiency and E-Waste Minimization - World Perspective vis-à-vis Indian Scenario - http://www.csi-sigegov.org/emerging_pdf/8_64-69.pdf

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The Green Cloud: How Cloud Computing Can Reduce Datacenter Power Consumption - http://www.usenix.org/event/sustainit10/tech/slides/holler.pdf

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6 Things to Do Before Getting Your Energy Management Software

First define what your Software is required to do for you, and then figure out the number of required dashboards or user interfaces. Next identify the integration or external interfaces required, estimate the costs and identify the required performance of the software. Finally identify testing, acceptance and handoff process
To read more :http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2011/07/21/6-rules-follow-when-shopping-energy-management-software?page=0%2C2&ms=36097

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BCS: IT Workers Need More Green IT Skills

The British Computer Society is offering new certifications to provide training in green IT skills

IT workers need to learn new skills in order to adapt their organisations to the needs of green computing, partly due to the requirements of upcoming legislation, according to the British Computer Society (BCS).

Legislation such as the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) will oblige organisations to report their energy consumption, creating a new demand for workers trained to understand and manage energy usage, the BCS argued.
New demands

The organisation has launched a new intermediate certificate in Energy and Cost Management for Data Centres to provide training in these areas.

http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/bcs-it-workers-need-more-green-it-skills-31116

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GridPoint buys V2Green to charge electric cars - Smart-grid outfit GridPoint, flush with an additional $120 million in equity funding, said it has acquired V2Green, a start-up with software to charge electric cars en masse. The company makes software for utilities to better integrate distributed generation units, such as solar panels, and home devices, such as Internet-connected thermostats, into the power grid. It also makes a home energy storage unit and software for consumers to track their energy usage - http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10049104-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech

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Green IT Is Cheaper, European Businesses Catching on to Savings - Run by IDC, the survey found that nearly half of European companies have already awoken to how much better it is overall to run data centers and operations efficiently, and are incorporating efficient practices. A full 34% have plans already in place, and 15% more have plans going up that will be acted upon within two years. - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/green-it-is-cheap-european-businesses-catching-on.php

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GridPoint - load management tech for smart grids - The company Gridpoint hopes to sell load management tech for smart grids - http://www.gridpoint.com/

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Lenovo Aims to Improve Carbon Efficiency by 10% - Lenovo set a voluntary target of improving its carbon efficiency(1) by 10 percent between 2007 and 2012. To help reach that goal, Lenovo is developing energy efficient solutions in its products, is implementing energy conservation measures at existing sites, and is building new manufacturing facilities using greener materials and technology. - http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2008/09/15/businesswire20080915006510r1.html

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Smart grid industry worth 65 billion by 2013 - The move to a smart grid is inevitable and experts estimate that the current $42 billion market for smart grid technologies, from software to hardware, from energy generation to energy storage, will grow to $65 billion by 2013. (208 data) - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/smart-meter-industry-worth-65-billion-soon.php

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Climate Savers Computing Group - Ah, here's a group that in the intersection of alt energy / environment and computing - http://www.climatesaverscomputing.org/

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UK to have 3000 smart fridges - The UK is about to test drive 3,000 smart refrigerators that will know when to adjust their power use to match the needs of the grid. The fridges could mean both a massive cost savings and a boost to alternative energy use. The fridges, supplied by RLtec, are going to be given away by the UK government next year for a trial run...(www.rltec.com )...Dynamic demand technology could help the grid ease off fossil fuels and onto renewable energy sources that typically are not as reliable... - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/3000-smart-fridges-hitting-uk-homes.php

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Eco Friendly IT Initiatives - Technology will be a key enabler of green initiatives?the network can become a platform to transform how global environmental challenges are managed. Concepts such as alternate and renewable sources of energy, re-cycling, e-waste management, green architecture, eco-friendly computing, green data centers, virtualization, power management and reducing the corporate carbon footprint will gain priority on corporate agendas. - http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20090119/greenit05.shtml

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