efficiency and consumption
Dell hits carbon neutral target
News Dell has invested $3bn annually into green energy and its consumption of green energy has increased almost tenfold to 116 million kWh in four years. The target was met through improved energy efficiency at Dell's own facilities combined with green... [06 Aug 2008]
Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News The Cabinet Office's Greening Government ICT report states energy consumption on the government estate has not been falling as much as expected, and IT is identified as a "certain contributor" - being responsible for around a fifth (20 per cent... [17 Jul 2008]
Time to green-light sustainable IT
Comment The current penchant for invoking green IT whenever data centre power consumption is mentioned may suit the goals of IT vendors with new power efficient kit to sell; but it does little to help address the bigger picture. [17 Jul 2008]
Super scanners at UK airports
News It will look to use green technology in lighting efficiency and water consumption in new buildings, building on measures such as using rain and grey water recycling at Terminal 5. The airport operator is investing about £5m in energy efficiency... [09 Jul 2008]
N-Channel / P-Channel Logic Level Drive 60V Power MOSFET
White Paper The revolution in portable equipment has heightened the requirements for improved power management and lower power consumption in an effort to contribute to reduced size and increased efficiency. [03 Jul 2008]
High Efficiency Unitary Air Conditioner Technology Procurement
White Paper The objective of the High-Efficiency Unitary Air Conditioner Technology Procurement is to help increase market penetration of a new generation of air conditioning equipment to provide customers with energy and peak power savings through higher... [03 Jul 2008]
Enterprise Energy Management Solution
White Paper Itron Enterprise Energy Management (EEM) solutions are management and decision support systems designed to manage the real-world business processes of understanding and analyzing energy consumption, pricing and risk, as well as achieving overall... [03 Jul 2008]
Credit Union Optimizes Infrastructure to Gain Efficiency, Attain Carbon-Neutral Status
White Paper For instance, the credit union uses Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to share electronic documents, reducing paper consumption and making it easy for employees to quickly find the information that they need to serve members. [03 Jul 2008]
SF-DeviL: An Algorithm for Energy-Efficient Bluetooth Scatternet Formation and Maintenance
White Paper Bluetooth is a short-range ad hoc networking technology, which enables formation of inexpensive personal area networks with low power consumption. As the Bluetooth topology grows from isolated piconets to a scatternet, energy-efficiency becomes a... [03 Jul 2008]
A Quantitative Comparison of High Efficiency AC vs. DC Power Distribution for Data Centers
White Paper This paper presents a detailed quantitative efficiency comparison between the most efficient DC and AC power distribution methods, including an analysis of the effects of power distribution efficiency on the cooling power requirement and on total... [30 Jun 2008]
Electrical Efficiency Measurement for Data Centers
White Paper In addition to reducing electrical consumption, efficiency improvements can gain users higher IT power densities and the ability to install more IT equipment in a given installation. Today it is both possible and prudent to plan, measure, and... [30 Jun 2008]
Google: Server efficiency needs different approach
News Chipmakers have been applying lessons learned in mobile computing to servers in an effort to increase efficiency by lowering power consumption. Luis Barroso, a Google engineer who closely studies the company's power consumption, speaking at the O... [25 Jun 2008]
Automotive Giant Boosts Efficiency
White Paper The company needed to streamline its procurement processes and consolidate its server infrastructure to help increase productivity, optimize business processes, and avoid wasted hardware resources and unnecessary energy consumption. [18 Jun 2008]
Photos: The solar powered speedster
Photo The CUER team, seen here, has been monitoring and analysing the solar power consumption and mechanical performance of Affinity using mobile workstations, handhelds and business notebooks provided by HP, which is sponsoring the team. [16 Jun 2008]
Ethernet Power Study of Cisco and Competitive Products
White Paper Heat dissipation is calculated in British thermal units (Btus)2 and is calculated as 3.41 Btus per W of power consumption. An efficient cooling system would consume approximately 0.33 Btus for every Btu cooled, leading to a power consumption of... [13 Jun 2008]
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