Viridity Software is a company to watch in 2010. The company recently revealed its roadmap to deliver the industry’s first application driven approach for data center energy management and asset optimization. Its unique methodology will be focused around tracing energy consumption through the application and IT equipment layer, performing a thorough analysis of the findings, [...]
Listed by BusinessWeek as #1 out of the top 20 most important technologies of the next 10 years, it looks like ocean tidal power is finally becoming a reality
With all the progress solar panels and wind turbines have made to date, tidal-generated energy sources, arguably the world’s most dependable, predictable and largest untapped renewable [...]
IBM has created the new Aquasar supercomputer which uses water to siphon off waste heat, and then uses the excess energy to warm up a building. Developed jointly by IBM and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, the Aquasar’s microchips avoid cooling with energy-intensive air conditioning by using water to transfer heat away from the chips. A network of water-carrying [...]
Having worked with a client leading the way in high-brightness, high-performance LEDs, we know a little about the challenges of these breakthrough solid-state light sources. Namely, heat! For all the environmental benefits that accompany innovations in LED lighting, one challenge remains – keeping the applications cool and performance hot.
Today, start-up Progressive Cooling Solutions [...]
New Acquisition Brings Broadband to Smart Grid Communications
This week, Trilliant (Redwood, CA based smart meter solution provider) announced its purchase of SkyPilot which develops long-range, broadband wireless mesh technology based on a longer-range application of WiFi (up to ten miles).
According to the company’s release “SkyPilot has redefined broadband wireless through a patented system that achieves [...]
“Greening” the data center has become a hot topic over the past few years, as computing power grows and servers proliferate. Power efficiency is more important than ever to bottom-line concerns, since the typical data center’s costs come from not only the computers themselves, but also the infrastructure to support them (air conditioning units, power conditioning [...]
As the importance of delivering eco-friendly networks is on the rise, Light Reading will be hosting the “Green Telecom East 2009: Transitioning to Environmentally Responsible Networks” event on June 17th in New York City. The one-day conference aims to provide attendees with an overview of the developments in telecommunications infrastructure that will facilitate a global [...]
The EPA released its list of the top 50 purchasers of green power today, naming Intel as number 1 due to its purchase of 1,301,200,000 kWh of wind power a year in order to run 46% of its total operation. This is Intel’s second year in the number one spot. Other tech bellwethers on the [...]
As expected, the celebration of Earth Day brought with it oodles of green news articles, broadcasts and discussions. But among all the chatter about the numerous issues plaguing Mother Earth, I got a chuckle thanks to an article by Jim Rapoza of eWeek.
Addressing the green technology dilemma facing geeks worldwide, Rapoza took a look at [...]
No doubt in recognition of Earth Day, InfoWorld today released its annual Green 15 list, which recognizes sustainable IT efforts from organizations in every industry that reduce costs and help improve the bottom line. There are big and small names on the list, which runs the gamut from Aramark, GlaxoSmithKline and Intel, to Niagara Catholic [...]