Comments on: On HP Labs, Sustainability, Energy Demand Management and Bit Miles http://greenmonk.net/on-hp-labs-halo-sustainability-energy-demand-management-and-bit-miles/ Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:16:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Living In De-material World: On Microsoft and Bit Miles http://greenmonk.net/on-hp-labs-halo-sustainability-energy-demand-management-and-bit-miles/#comment-4009 Living In De-material World: On Microsoft and Bit Miles Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:03:45 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=183#comment-4009 [...] written a fair bit here about Bit Miles (the moral imperative to digitise) and business process dematerialisation, so I was particularly interested in a recent trip to Microsoft’s gaming and world simulation [...] [...] written a fair bit here about Bit Miles (the moral imperative to digitise) and business process dematerialisation, so I was particularly interested in a recent trip to Microsoft’s gaming and world simulation [...]

]]> By: ICT could deliver approximately 7.8 GtCO2e of emissions savings in 2020 at Greenmonk: the blog http://greenmonk.net/on-hp-labs-halo-sustainability-energy-demand-management-and-bit-miles/#comment-3569 ICT could deliver approximately 7.8 GtCO2e of emissions savings in 2020 at Greenmonk: the blog Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:56:53 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=183#comment-3569 [...] has, in previous posts referred to the fact that IT is responsible for 2% of the world’s CO2 emissions but that it [...] [...] has, in previous posts referred to the fact that IT is responsible for 2% of the world’s CO2 emissions but that it [...]

]]> By: Tim Walker http://greenmonk.net/on-hp-labs-halo-sustainability-energy-demand-management-and-bit-miles/#comment-3449 Tim Walker Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:26:42 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=183#comment-3449 Very good take, James. Favorite line: "Don’t make things manifest unless you actually need to." This grows out of the fundamental difference between industrial reality today and industrial reality throughout the 20th century -- i.e. that energy is now expensive instead of cheap. We've had more than 100 years of being able to think, "Ah, let 'er rip -- we can afford it." And so that's what we've done. But now we're constrained, so it's going to take the kind of thinking that HP is doing and that Greenmonk is doing to navigate that change. It's like the difference between designing a luxury house and designing a luxury yacht: the *fundamental* considerations for the yacht are "How much space will it take?" and "How much will it weigh?" -- concerns that are trivial for an architect designing a mansion. Very good take, James. Favorite line: “Don’t make things manifest unless you actually need to.” This grows out of the fundamental difference between industrial reality today and industrial reality throughout the 20th century — i.e. that energy is now expensive instead of cheap.

We’ve had more than 100 years of being able to think, “Ah, let ‘er rip — we can afford it.” And so that’s what we’ve done. But now we’re constrained, so it’s going to take the kind of thinking that HP is doing and that Greenmonk is doing to navigate that change. It’s like the difference between designing a luxury house and designing a luxury yacht: the *fundamental* considerations for the yacht are “How much space will it take?” and “How much will it weigh?” — concerns that are trivial for an architect designing a mansion.

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