efficiency consumption
Consumption Taxes and Economic Efficiency in a Stochastic OLG Economy
White Paper A progressive income tax is replaced with a flat consumption tax (for example, a value-added tax or a national retail sales tax). Following Auerbach and Kotlikoff (1987), a lump-sum redistribution authority is used to... [29 Jun 2005]
Managing Data Center Power and Cooling
White Paper Optimizing the overall power efficiency of the data center requires a comprehensive approach that focuses on technologies and strategies to minimize power consumption and maximize power... [08 Feb 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... [25 Jun 2008]
Championing Energy Efficiency in the Data Center: An IBM Server Consolidation Analysis
White Paper This utility company, teaming with IBM, is currently undertaking a server consolidation of their data center with the explicit goal of greatly reducing power consumption and increasing their own energy... [30 Apr 2008]
Virtualisation cuts carbon and servers
Comment That just leaves the problem of calculating power consumption, as Stewart Baines reports. For example, outsourcing consultancy Atos Origin built a power consumption and carbon production model for a... [21 Dec 2007]
IBM turning green over data centres
News The computing giant has detailed a programme - starting in the US - that will let companies earn energy-efficient certificates, which are awarded after a company undertakes a project to lower its data centre power... [02 Nov 2007]
Power-hungry data centres prey on CIOs' minds
News David Douglas, Sun's vice president of eco-responsibility, said: "There are people out there running out of power in their data centres and thinking about energy but [who] have not yet moved to the next stage - managing power... [11 Oct 2006]
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... [13 Jun 2008]
Intel unveils 'lean, mean, AMD-busting' Xeon
News It found it could provide the same level of computing power to its developers in one-third of the space needed to house the older servers, and with half as much power consumption, Brandeau said. Power... [27 Jun 2006]
EC backs tech for green future
News The Commission feels three areas should be focused on in this work: energy generation and distribution; monitoring of energy consumption in buildings; and moving to more energy efficient 'intelligent' lighting. [15 May 2008]
Dell touts energy-efficient servers
News HP and IBM have programs to reduce data centre power consumption, and the US Congress has urged customers to buy efficient servers. Sun Microsystems, meanwhile, touts the low power consumption of its... [05 Dec 2006]
Green IT - how CIOs can help
Comment Meanwhile both the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and the IEA (International Energy Agency) say efficiency improvements will help reduce the emissions associated with energy production and... [04 Sep 2008]
CIOs are driving the green agenda
News Fahy said the drive for efficiency at Lehman Brothers has meant the company has shifted to charging for internal services based on consumption - by calculating how much resource is required to run... [01 May 2008]
Green IT - do companies really care?
News A further nine per cent don't know, and of those that do monitor it a quarter have seen their energy consumption increase over the past two years. But the research warned that rising energy costs and power hungry... [27 Sep 2007]
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. Data center... [30 Jun 2008]
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