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Subscribe to the RSS feed Obama Appointment Offers Another Green Signal By Kevin Ferguson | 08:47 AM ET, Nov 24, 2008 Where is President-elect Barack Obama headed with environmental protection and renewable energy? The answer lies not so much in the encouraging but ultimately self-serving video posted on the transition team's Web site on Friday, but rather on links elsewhere on the page. In particular, look at the appointment of senior transition official Rose McKinney-James as FERC Review Team Lead. Continue reading "Obama Appointment Offers Another Green Signal..." Comment on this blog entry IBM Demos Reuse Of Data Center Waste Heat By Roger Smith | 06:32 PM ET, Nov 21, 2008 The energy consumption of data centers is enormous. According to a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report to Congress, the peak load on the power grid from data centers and servers is currently estimated to be approximately 7 gigawatts, equivalent to the output of about 15 typical power plants of 1,000 megawatts each. Continue reading "IBM Demos Reuse Of Data Center Waste Heat ..." Comment on this blog entry Finally, My Home-Grown Kilowatts By Kevin Ferguson | 05:00 PM ET, Nov 21, 2008 There have been a few sparks generated in this space recently. But what excites me more are the sparks being generated in my basement. That's right, I'm finally generating my own electricity. Continue reading "Finally, My Home-Grown Kilowatts..." Comment on this blog entry Guitar Hero, Environmental Villain By Andrew Conry-Murray | 01:18 PM ET, Nov 20, 2008 Video games get blamed for a lot of stuff, including violence, ADD, and obesity. Now you can add environmental degradation to the charges. Continue reading "Guitar Hero, Environmental Villain..." Comments(8) EC Data Center 'Code' Offers Mix Of Common Sense, Impracticality By Kevin Ferguson | 10:15 AM ET, Nov 20, 2008 The Green Grid has thrown its support behind the new European Commission's Code of Conduct on Data Center Energy Efficiency. While critics regularly assail the EC's voluntary Codes of Conduct as toothless, the latest code offers much-needed guidance for data center operators. Continue reading "EC Data Center 'Code' Offers Mix Of Common Sense, Impracticality..." Comment on this blog entry New 'MPG' Metric For Data Centers By Roger Smith | 12:35 PM ET, Nov 19, 2008 While data centers consume massive amounts of energy, most data centers have become massively more efficient over the past several years. Continue reading "New 'MPG' Metric For Data Centers..." Comment on this blog entry Climate Group Urges Smart Technologies By Kevin Ferguson | 01:24 PM ET, Nov 18, 2008 The Climate Group, a global coalition of governments and businesses, today is expected to announce specific policy recommendations for the U.S. federal and state governments to use so-called "smart" monitoring and metering technology to reduce environmental damage. Continue reading "Climate Group Urges Smart Technologies..." Comment on this blog entry Dell Crunches Fuzzy Green Numbers By Kevin Ferguson | 02:27 PM ET, Nov 17, 2008 It's quite tempting to dismiss Dell's claim today that since 2005 it has saved consumers $3 billion in energy costs and spared the environment 29 million tons of CO2. The savings, says Dell, came through power management and energy efficiency features found on the OptiPlex desktop, Latitude laptop, and Precision workstation. Continue reading "Dell Crunches Fuzzy Green Numbers..." Comment on this blog entry