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Datacentre energy use: there's good news and bad

Datacentres are powering down. This may sound a bit odd given that world + dog seem to be opening new facilities every... Read more

14 September, 2011
A New Network Paradigm: Cutting Cost, Space and <endeca_term>Energy Use</endeca_term>

A New Network Paradigm: Cutting Cost, Space and Energy Use

Military agencies, like their civilian counterparts, juggle a number of requirements when deploying Local Area Networks... Read more

28 February, 2011
Upgrading/Consolidating Your Z Server(s): <endeca_term>Energy Use</endeca_term> & Efficiency Estimate

Upgrading/Consolidating Your Z Server(s): Energy Use & Efficiency Estimate

Rising prices and environmental concerns are creating pressure to curb energy consumption in the data center. Newer... Read more

2 August, 2010
Examining <endeca_term>Energy Use</endeca_term> in Heterogeneous Archival Storage Systems

Examining Energy Use in Heterogeneous Archival Storage Systems

Controlling energy usage in data centers, and storage in particular, continues to rise in importance. Many systems and... Read more

10 June, 2010
Measuring Building Occupancy Using Existing Network Infrastructure

Measuring Building Occupancy Using Existing Network Infrastructure

The primary focus of Green IT has been on reducing energy use of the IT infrastructure itself. Additional significant energy savings can be... Read more

8 June, 2011
An Initial Evaluation of Energy Efficient Ethernet

An Initial Evaluation of Energy Efficient Ethernet

The primary focus of Green IT has been on reducing energy use of the IT infrastructure itself. Additional significant energy savings can be... Read more

8 June, 2011
Occupancy-Driven Energy Management for Smart Building Automation

Occupancy-Driven Energy Management for Smart Building Automation

...largest consumers of electricity in the US. A significant portion of this energy use in buildings can be attributed to HVAC systems used to maintain... Read more

2 November, 2010

Answering the critics â?? energy efficient clouds

...power savings. However, it must be pointed out that opportunities to reduce energy use through power capping alone are limited. The bigger picture needs to... Read more

24 October, 2011
Carbon Footprint Calculator 2.1.1

Carbon Footprint Calculator 2.1.1

...which you enter into the program. One area you fill out is energy use including fuel oil, natural gas, and electric usage. You also fill... Read more

24 August, 2011

eBay taps updated Nimbus flash storage

...machines, according to Nimbus. It said that eBay was able to cut energy use by 78 percent and rack space by 50 percent, compared with... Read more

3 August, 2011 by Jack Clark

Datacentres curb their appetite for power

...by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report [PDF] anticipated that datacentre energy use across the USA would increase by 100 percent from 2007 to... Read more

2 August, 2011

Microsoft refocuses Hohm energy-efficiency web app

...almost two years ago as a free application for consumers to monitor energy use and get tips on how to improve efficiency. It has signed... Read more

6 April, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

Who tops the Greenpeace Cool IT leaderboard?

...data center: it plans to double its size! That means twice the energy use, twice the coal, and twice the global warming pollution." Obviously Greenpeace... Read more

2 September, 2010
E.ON Smart Monitor and Control 1.25

E.ON Smart Monitor and Control 1.25

...ACTIVE SUBSCRIPTION FOR THIS APP TO FUNCTION.Monitor and control your home energy use from anywhere using E.ONs innovative energy management solution for your... Read more

22 May, 2012
GreenWave Reality 1.24

GreenWave Reality 1.24

Monitor and control your home energy use from anywhere using GreenWave Reality's innovative energy management solution for... Read more

22 May, 2012

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