Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down
From the monthly archives:
I found this story Interesting.
Apparently after the first “green” CebIT Greenpeace accused games console vendors of ignoring environmental concerns. some of the language and framing in the story is pretty darned strident.
Worldwide computer use requires 14 power stations for the necessary electricity, producing more harmful carbon dioxide emissions than the entire airline industry – [...]
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Is a hosted app more Green than hosting your own? Is Software as a Service (SaaS) more environmentally than the more traditional models?
I contacted a number of SaaS vendors (who, admittedly, may have a vested interest in this!) but the answers were a resounding yes.
Chris Yeh, for example, from PBWiki did some quick back of [...]
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photo credit: Lori Greig
I wrote a post a couple of weeks back saying that the sooner oil reaches $200 per barrel, the better. Unsurprisingly, it generated a bit of comment!
So I was mighty chuffed to read Thomas Friedman’s superb Op-Ed in the New York Times yesterday where he made a very similar argument.
Thomas said:
there [...]
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I see the LA Times is reporting that the San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s board of directors voted overwhelmingly (15-1) in favour of levying a carbon tax on businesses.
The tax will be 4.4 cents per tonne of CO2 emitted which, in reality is paltry:
More than 2,500 businesses will be required to pay [...]
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Energy Demand Management is a topic we have covered a few times on this blog already because we believe it will be a vital component in helping us better manage our energy resources in the future.
It is great then when you start to see utilities running successful trials of early EDM [...]
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I was on the jury of the Startup 2.0 event in Barcelona this week. I travelled with Aer Lingus as there was a direct Cork Barcelona flight.
When I went to check-in on my way back, I mentioned that I only had one bag and it was hand luggage. For the first [...]
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I have been biting my tongue for a couple of days since Tom Raftery agreed to join RedMonk as an industry analyst covering Greentech, cleantech, Energy Demand Management and sustainability. Tom has a brilliant reputation, his own brand, brings a community with him, and real passion for the subject. Frankly we’re lucky to have him. [...]
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In his wrap up to EnergyCamp last month, David Berlind said something which struck me strongly enough I am still thinking about it.
“The main thing I have learned today is that the wrong people are paying the bill.”
David made the statement in the context that he figures we’re due a 15 year shakeout before we really get a handle [...]
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SAP is doing some interesting work around environmental sustainability, working on issues such as carbon accounting and environmental monitoring and compliance. For now SAP is working with partners such as OSIsoft and Technidata to help flesh out its offerings.
But in keynote land environmental sustainability doesn’t seem to have become a top bullet point item [...]
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