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'Greedy' appliances to power one million homes
News The government also announced an initiative with retailers to take inefficient light bulbs off the shelves by 2011, claiming energy saving light bulbs can reduce lighting costs by up to £100 over the lifetime of the bulb. [14 Jul 2008]
UK worst in Europe for green IT
News Despite this only 37 per cent of the UK IT directors and board-level managers questioned said they were personally concerned about their company's energy usage and carbon footprint, and just 16 per cent said they sought out green technology. [08 Jul 2008]
Working from home way to green dream?
News Speaking at the Workwise UK Conference in London last week, Dr Richard Betts, head of climate impacts at the Met Office, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that home working could also allow businesses to operate from smaller premises... [27 May 2008]
Gov't department readies for Vista rollout
News The Vista upgrade is part of a regular technical refresh of Defra systems and was chosen over XP to avoid another near term upgrade, saving time and resources. In a parliament written answer earlier this month, Jonathan Shaw MP, Parliamentary Under... [15 May 2008]
IBM tools to curb data centres' power-hungry appetite?
News IBM has launched tools to reduce computer energy consumption as the company hopes to boost its business of selling power-saving technologies. The products, announced at an IBM business-partner conference in Los Angeles, are designed to measure... [01 May 2008]
Ballmer: Microsoft says the future's green
News Yello Strom's managing director Martin Vesper demonstrated a "Yello-saving counter" - a Vista widget that lets consumers monitor their home power via a PC. He said: "The lowering of energy consumption is as important for us as new uses of software... [06 Mar 2008]
Windows Server 2008: Microsoft has listened to users
News That would be a very substantial time saving and effort saving. A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for FreecycleG is for GovernmentH is for HomeworkingI is for Ice capsJ is for... [26 Feb 2008]
Web services slash CO2 emissions
News Online services increasingly being rolled out by local government are saving thousands of tonnes in CO2 emissions, it has been claimed. A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for... [18 Jan 2008]
The A to Z of green IT
News A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for FreecycleG is for GovernmentH is for HomeworkingI is for Ice capsJ is for Jobs (Steve)K is for KilowattsL is for LandfillM is for MercuryN... [21 Nov 2007]
Virtualisation 'could save companies millions'
News The Butler Group also estimates a power saving of the order of £78,000 for every 1,000 PCs per year can be made by businesses moving from a full desktop PC infrastructure to a server-hosted desktop virtualisation set-up. [25 Sep 2007]
Buy one $100 laptop, give one 'free'
News The screen, which OLPC claims is bright enough to read in sunlight, stays on while the rest of the motherboard turns off, saving energy. The laptops have been designed to withstand extremes of heat and moisture, and to be energy efficient in harsh... [25 Sep 2007]
British Energy trials 'email-free' Fridays
News It's a huge productivity saving. British Energy is running small trials of an 'email-free' Friday policy to help combat the danger of email overload and encourage employees to talk to each other. In an interview with silicon.com, British Energy... [13 Aug 2007]
Peterborough Council makes PCs greener
News The saving means that the investment is set to be recouped in less than three months. According to research released in October of last year from the National Energy Foundation and 1E, employees who don't turn off their PCs at the end of the day... [08 Aug 2007]
Smart metering to shrink carbon footprints
News The consultation is seeking expert views on energy-saving proposals set out in the White Paper and how they can best be implemented, including plans for all but the smallest businesses to have smart meters installed over the next five years. [06 Aug 2007]
London 2012 embraces web 2.0 and green IT
News The London 2012 Olympic Games organisers are exploring energy-saving green IT initiatives and embracing web 2.0 technologies such as social networking for the event. Data centres are huge users of energy - it's a big opportunity to embrace the... [01 Aug 2007]
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