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Green Shoots at Microsoft: Public Sector Engagement: EU, UK

by monkchips on May 15, 2008 · 1 comment

in Europe, carbon, energy

As I have written previously, Microsoft is finally beginning to pull together a coherent green story under new sustainability supremo Rob Bernard. The company is also missing a bunch of tricks, but more on that later. But back to the good. Yesterday came news that Microsoft is signing a non-exclusive five year deal [...]

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Data Center Energy Efficiency: money in the bank

by monkchips on March 27, 2008 · 0 comments

in Europe, IT, UK, carbon, datacenter, energy, footprint

Barclays Bank and technology provider HP have just signed a deal to roll out new cooling technology at Barclays’ new Gloucester data center. According to the press release
HP’s Dynamic Smart Cooling (DSC) solution contributes significantly to a package of energy saving measures which will allow Barclays to save up to 13.4% of total energy [...]

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Green is a form of Lean

by monkchips on January 28, 2008 · 7 comments

in Europe, Microsoft, SAP, Uncategorized, carbon, footprint, global warming, supplychain, waste

Many of us are thinking through the implications of greener supply chains.
Al has been giving it some lately, for example, with his thoughts on the Carbon Added Tax. Over at SAP Research Andreas Vogel is leading the charge. IBM is doing some solid work here, as is BT. But we’re beginning to see a [...]

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Shai Agassi To Forge Israeli Electric Car Network

by mark@movementdesign.org on January 23, 2008 · 2 comments

in Europe, IT, SAP, Uncategorized, automotive, electrics, energy, sustainability, transportation

So ex-SAP executive Shai Agassi’s Project Better Place has managed to pull it off. Former product chief Shai catapulted coolly into DLD in Munich yesterday straight from Jerusalem, where he had launched one of the most curious deals the auto industry has ever seen. He drove out that afternoon. To Davos.
Alongside Israeli Prime Minister [...]

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On CES, Greening, and Gizmodo as Eco-Pranksters

by monkchips on January 21, 2008 · 0 comments

in Europe, IT, PCs, carbon, datacenter, energy, footprint, global warming, hardware

Its a laudable goal CeBIT would begin the long road to greening by fully supporting the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. But I should point out the power used at trade shows is just absurd – all those banks of screens talking to nobody in particular.
Should we should reconsider the Gizmodo guys as eco-pranksters (have you [...]

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On Small Changes, Small Cars, Tax and Pollution

by joe@movementdesign.org on December 14, 2007 · 2 comments

in Europe, UK, automotive, carbon, footprint, global warming, sustainability, transportation, travel

It’s fair to say that encouraging people to change their behaviour in small ways can have a big impact – cumulatively – on reducing carbon footprints and environmental impact in the long-term.
But how Governments and authorities manage and cajole the public to change personal behaviour can be a problematic process – and something that’s difficult [...]

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The end of America’s CO2 affair?

by mark@movementdesign.org on June 8, 2007 · 0 comments

in Europe, North America, ecology, energy, global warming, transportation

Getting any kind of G8 deal on climate change has been quite an achievement, based on conversations with people on the ground in Germany. And having the United States make the right noises is a true development. Fiona Harvey, in her new FT blog that will examine energy and environmental issues, sensed a shift yesterday.
“We [...]

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