Apple’s data centers to go 100% renewables
After Microsoft’s pledge to go carbon neutral earlier this month, it was logical to see other IT giants follow suit. The first to clean up and go low carbon is Apple. As Robert McMillan reports in...
Tagged: Green IT
Microsoft to become carbon neutral
Little by little, Big Business understands that climate change has to be addressed. The last example is Microsoft as it is willing to become carbon neutral as early as July 1st, 2012. As Kevin...
Heating buildings with data centers
The idea might seem a bit far-fetched but recovering the heat produced by data centers could heat buildings. However we have seen similar ideas are extremely cost efficient and environmentally friendly. To ExtremeTech :...
Great technologies for our computers
To Clean Technica : ” Samsung has developed a new computer that is solar-powered! The Samsung NC215S netbook it will be the first computer of its kind. The power will come from a solar panel...
How green is the iPhone ?
This is the question one might ask as there are so many of them nowadays. Geekaphone answers this with a brilliant infographic by having a close look at its fabrication and lifecycle. Did you...
Graphene can be produced by sugar
I once wrote that aerogel – a great insulating material, 37 times more insulating that fiberglass – can be made of rice husks, a common byproduct of the most eaten cereal in the world....
Cow manure could help power the internet
One of my previous posts was useful as an answer to a discussion on CleanTechies, so I decided to repost it there : ” It has been previously stated here in an article by...
Green IT, the other cleantech
To Ashok Kamal in CleanTechies : ” In many academic, policy and business circles, the term “clean tech” is synonymous with renewable energy.” However under this term we can put among others electric cars...
The huge potential savings of small changes
This week I read an article from GreenTech Media titled When sleep saves. This shows that a single company is due to save $400,000 (290,000 euros) this year just by putting all its computers...
The energy cost of our electronic devices
The International Energy Agency issued a study – Gadgets and Gigawatts – on the energy consumption of the numerous mobile phones, mp3 players and other electronic devices. By 2030, they are due to consume...
Shuting down PCs at night could save billions
An article on TreeHugger caught my attention as it explained that half US employees – and similar figures in other countries – don’t turn off their computers at the end of their work day....
Decreasing the energy use of the IT sector
By reading the UNEP feeds, I came across an interesting report on the huge possible energy and money savings in the information and communication sector. According to a new report by the Climate Group...