IBM Eco Jam – 1 day in!

January 28, 2010 IBM

Well, the IBM Global Eco Jam has been underway nearly 24 hours at this point – how is it going?
It has been incredibly active, I have to say. You can see from the screenshot I took earlier this morning that the number of posts was 987 at that point – I just checked now and [...]

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IBM Eco Jam kicks off later today with an impressive line-up

January 27, 2010 IBM

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The IBM Global Eco Efficiency Jam kicks off this afternoon (January 27th) at 9am EST (14:00 GMT, 15:00 here in CEST) and continues right on through until Friday afternoon.
According to the IBM site the Jam is
a web-based event which will provide an unrivalled opportunity for thousands of public and private sector sustainability [...]

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US and UK governments prioritising Green technologies in patent applications

January 26, 2010 Green technologies

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I was talking to Paul Craane of Chicago law firm Marshall, Gerstein & Borun today. Paul is a patent attorney an interest in Green technologies.
Paul got in touch because he wanted to highlight the fact that the US Green Technology Pilot Program, a special program announced by the US Patent and Trademark [...]

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GreenMonk Energy and Sustainability show for Monday January 25th

January 25, 2010 GreenMonkTV

We had a great show today – almost all positive stories and lots of interaction – see below for the transcript:
Tom Raftery :
Hey all – Monday Jan 25th, show kicking off in 10 mins
Alice :
yes
Fabian :
yes
Tom Raftery :
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60I16A20100119
http://en.rian.ru/infographics/20100122/157651199.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100121/wl_africa_afp/kenyaethiopiaenergyelectricitysocietyenvironment
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/01/20/senator-murkowski-aims-to-shut-down-ghg-reg/
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_14219650
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/21/ozone-united-states-asian-pollution
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60O0UC20100125?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/24/beijing-cycling-capital-plans
http://ecogeek.org/computing-and-gadgets/3047-greenpeace-releases-2010-green-electronics-ranking?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EcoGeek+%28EcoGeek%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
monkchips :
hello mate. we really need to establish better reminder mechanisms than twitter.
i missed your [...]

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Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 01/22/2010

January 22, 2010 GreenNumbers

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Here is this week’s Friday Green numbers round-up:

Vice President Biden Kicks Off $7.2 Billion Recovery Act Broadband Program | BriefingRoom on Connected Planet Online
Vice President Biden today kicked off $7.2 billion in Recovery Act broadband grant and loan programs, of which $2 billion will be made available on a rolling basis over [...]

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The day that we see all devices which consume water having networked flow meters is still a ways off

January 21, 2010 water

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I wrote a post a couple of days ago asking the question How long until all devices which consume water have networked flow meters? after talking to Oracle VP Industry Strategy, Guerry Waters about Oracle’s recently released “Testing the Water: Smart Metering for Water Utilities” study.
Having put the question [...]

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How long until all devices which consume water have networked flow meters?

January 20, 2010 water

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Oracle published the results of a very interesting study recently called Testing the Water: Smart Metering for Water Utilities.
Now, we have all heard about the compelling case for Smart Meters for electrical consumption (I have written and spoken about it extensively) but in this study Oracle asked utilities and their customers about [...]

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IBM’s Ken Bisconti discusses Paper Reduction strategies and the new Smart Archive initiative

January 19, 2010 paper reduction

I had a chat recently with IBM’s Vice President, Product and Strategy for the Enterprise Content Management, Ken Bisconti. We had a great discussion around enterprise paper reduction strategies and IBM’s recently announced Smart Archive initiative.
Here is a transcription of our conversation:
Tom Raftery:
Hi everyone, and welcome to GreenMonk TV. My guest in the show today [...]

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GreenMonk Energy and Sustainability show for Monday 18th Jan

January 18, 2010 GreenMonkTV

Watch live streaming video from greenmonktv at livestream.com
We had a rocky start on today’s Energy & Sustainability show when the video didn’t work initially but a quick re-start of Livestream (the video platform I use) for the show got us back on track (if a few minutes late).
Here is the chatstream from today’s show:
Tom Raftery [...]

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