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The Path to a Green Data Center

whitepaper As IT organizations worldwide move through the millennium, they face the combined challenge of exponential data growth, dwindling energy resources, rising energy costs, and increased pressure to operate in an environmentally sound manner.

Tags: data center

[15 May 2008]

Data Centers Are Adopting Green Initiatives But Are Wary of Vendors' Marketing Messages

whitepaper Organizations have to be seen to be environmentally aware, but how much of it is PR bluster, and how much of it is backed up by action? While the newspaper headlines target the growth of cheap flights as a leading cause of global warming, some...

Tags: data center

[15 May 2008]

The Eco-Friendly Data Center

whitepaper The pressure is on businesses all around the world to be more environmentally conscious and reduce their carbon footprints. Regardless of the phase in the information lifecycle, corporations and organizations of all sizes and types are increasingly...

Tags: data center

[15 May 2008]

Vodafone flaunts green credentials

News Vodafone is making significant inroads into becoming a more green and environmentally responsible company, according to its latest corporate responsibility report. The company said limiting contribution to climate change is a priority due to recent...

Tags: recycling, energy, green, weee

[29 Jun 2007]

States back European tech institute

News It will help us boost jobs and growth in a lasting and environmentally sustainable way. The dream of a European rival to the US' Massachusetts Institute of Technology has inched closer after EU member states agreed on its structure.

Tags: eit

[27 Jun 2007]

IBM pledges $1bn to slash data-centre energy use

News Daniels said: "Not only is there a good financial incentive here but something we can be proud of environmentally as well. IBM attributes the rapid growth in data centres and energy consumption to the rise in internet computing, with six times the...

Tags: investment, energy, green, environment

[10 May 2007]

City of Burlington Manages Growth With Activity-Based Costing

whitepaper Located west of Toronto, the city of Burlington is a growing municipality with a long-term vision to manage growth and development in a way that maintains a strong network of residential neighborhoods, a diverse economic base, a sound...

Tags: strategic planning, community, municipality, economic

[10 Aug 2006]

Ricoh throws down the green gauntlet

News Printer giant Ricoh is the latest company to go to pains to outline the work it is doing to make its business environmentally friendly, admitting that for a company in the 'dead tree business' that message is even more vital than for other tech...

Tags: ricoh, weee directive, weee

[01 Feb 2006]

Google's first profits-miss hits shares

News Over the next three years, Google expects to invest $175m in for-profit companies that are progressive environmentally, socially or economically, Reyes said. Despite the fact the company missed analyst estimates on profits, executives said they...

Tags: google

[01 Feb 2006]

Encouraging Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Canada

whitepaper This paper analyses aspects of natural resource policy and environmental policy in Canada. In the taxation of resource-based activities, the management of water supply and the Atlantic fisheries management, the paper finds that there are incentives...

Tags: economic modeling, resource, policy, economic

[24 Feb 2004]

Encouraging Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Sweden

whitepaper This paper analyses Sweden’s policies for addressing a range of key environmental challenges. Although Sweden has a deliberately comprehensive approach to establishing its environmental objectives and policies, some issues have received particular...

Tags: economic modeling, economic, policies, objectives

[24 Feb 2004]

Encouraging Environmentally Sustainable Growth in the United States

whitepaper This paper analyses aspects of US environmental policy, including, among others, policy on air and water quality, water supply in certain areas, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. Particular attention is paid to certain policies in...

Tags: economic modeling, cost effective, benefit, policies

[24 Feb 2004]

Encouraging Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Denmark

whitepaper This paper analyses aspects of environmental policy in Denmark, including, among others, policy on surface water quality, clean air and support for renewable energy, waste disposal and transport policy.

Tags: economic modeling, policies, policy, energy

[24 Feb 2004]

Making Growth More Environmentally Sustainable in Germany

whitepaper This document analyses German environmental policies, including, among others, discussion of air and water quality policy, use of the waste management hierarchy approach and of voluntary agreements. The German public has been highly sensitive to...

Tags: economic modeling, policy, regulation, taxation

[24 Feb 2004]

US state bans monitor landfilling

News Cook said that with three to four million PCs expected to go into landfill during 1999, a similar approach by the UK government could help clear up problems such as the shortage of IT professionals and the lack of computers in schools, while...

[06 Jan 1999]

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