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The project aims to help businesses and homeowners reduce their energy consumption and costs through smart metering programs that let them monitor their power use and adjust their behavior accordingly
Creativity is vital to the green economy but some critics claim Europe needs to do more to encourage it
The recession is encouraging interest in ‘green' IT, virtual servers and desktops, the growth of cloud computing and the rise of the netbook.
There's a big buzz around the "new economy" of sustainable development. But is anyone actually sure that that means, asks Peter Judge: Growth, or no growth?
Government targets for sustainable development may need more effort - and IT has a part to play, according to debate in Westminster
Educating the companies on what they can do to save money, and giving them the tools to do so, would go a long way in driving the adoption of energy-efficient products and methods
All it takes to get an efficient data centre is to apply well known technologies better, says Mike West - the man behind Europe's most efficient data centre
Oil explorers PGS get an efficient data centre. Is that so they burn less of the fuel they find?
More efficient data centres promised with APC products brought in line with the French giant's other offerings
Ports power off when idle, and reduce power on short cable lengths
The IT provider claims companies want to do more with less while Dell has announced its support for a rainforest charity on World Environment Day
We can't have Green Grids till we've cleared up the MPs' expenses scandal, says Lord Mandelson, the King of Spin
HP is taking advantage of World Environment Day to make its argument that it is more cost-effective and environmentally responsible to move off the massive mainframe systems and onto HP's Itanium-based and x86 server platforms
Use green IT, virtualisation and the cloud to prepare for future growth, says analyst firm
Businesses need better data about corporate social responsibility, says an IBM study
But some analysts claim that high-end video-conferencing systems can be extremely expensive and resource hungry
Power To Change initiative aims to encourage users to turn off PCs at night
Green consumers may want to know - but Sony Ericsson isn't planning to market the Satio as a green phone
Most of the carbon reduction comes from not shipping phones with a manual
You can improve the manufacture of phones - and then there's the problems of chargers and recycling
The manufacturer has made progress on green power, but the green movement may hurt it in in future - as users hang onto kit for longer
AMD's Istanbul gets encouraging nods from all the right people
NetApp was ready to pay dearly for Data Domain - but EMC just pushed the price up
CIOs may be more keen to save money than save the planet, but after this year's Copenhagen Forum the pressure to go green will get more serious, says Michael Vizard
Despite action to improve its sustainability, the company says green house gas emissions are still rising
Environmental responsibility is driving growing green IT spending, not cost savings, a survey says.
Server virtualisation promises to save space, costs and energy, but two UK local authorities have discovered there's more to achieving these benefits than the technology alone.
It's no good wringing our hands over eWaste. The answer is simple if we have the political will to outlaw all dumping of electronic waste, says Tony Roberts of Computer Aid International
Including a carbon meter and a lower power eco-mode could help raise awareness of power usage in the office
Contracts are drafted to exclude any alternatives and hand the money over to Redmond, say local activists