More energy must go into making devices efficient
Comment The technology exists to make devices far more efficient, but a number of factors are standing in the way, says Wayne Lyons [19 Jun 2009]
Samsung exec: Enterprise ripe for green disruption
News The enterprise is ready for a 'disruptive' approach to innovation when it comes to adopting green technology, according to Samsung Semiconductor's Jim Elliott [19 Jun 2009]
Legislation sets out battery-recycling rules
News The new legislation describes how battery producers must aid the collection and recycling of waste batteries [15 Apr 2009]
Fujitsu Siemens explains its 'zero-watt' PC tech 
Video A year after it introduced its 'zero-watt' monitor, Fujitsu Siemens made the same claim about its new PC. ZDNet UK spoke to the company to find out what it means [10 Mar 2009]
'Napping' datacentres could save 75pc of energy
News Researchers at the University of Michigan are using an energy-conservation method called PowerNap to put idle servers to sleep when they are not in use [06 Mar 2009]
London 2012 targets green-tech to cut costs
News The Olympic Games in 2012 will rely on green technology to control costs and waste amid the financial downturn [05 Mar 2009]
HP and the African e-waste problem: Round 2
Blog I have been tracking the issue of illegal dumping of old tech in Africa for a while now and reported HP's first efforts to investigate this issue last year: ... [17 Feb 2009]
Apple selling used products online in China
News The company has launched an online store in China selling refurbished products in an aim to boost its business there [20 Jan 2009]
Google emits rebuttal to carbon claims
Blog Reacting swiftly to a Harvard academic's claims that two Google searches produce as much greenhouse gas as boiling a kettle, the company has posted a blog on the subject. "We thought it would be... [12 Jan 2009]
Carbon footprint of a Google search revealed
News A Harvard University physicist says a typical search on a desktop computer generates about seven grams of carbon dioxide [12 Jan 2009]
HP offers cash in exchange for old tech
News The company has expanded its recycling program in the US from a trade-in credit system to no-strings cheques, though consumers must pay for shipments [07 Jan 2009]
Toshiba moves into solar-power business
News The company has created a unit dedicated to building large-scale power plants using solar-photovoltaic panels [06 Jan 2009]
Conservatives promise help for green tech start-ups
News David Cameron has revealed a set of measures that could see green technology companies get a helping hand from any future Tory government [06 Jan 2009]
EC intelligent transport system to help cut car fumes
News The European Commission aims to introduce intelligent transport systems into vehicles that will let road users avoid traffic-clogged routes [18 Dec 2008]
Former CEO urges Intel to build car batteries
News The former Intel CEO — now a plug-in vehicle advocate — says the chip giant should make electric car batteries to diversify and jump-start the alternative-energy field [15 Dec 2008]
Linux holds key to future of climate change
News A scientific project that will help govern how the EC tackles climate change is relying on Linux and the Géant academic grid to complete its work [09 Dec 2008]
IBM, Harvard tap grid computing for solar-cell study
News A grid-computing project led by Harvard University seeks to identify which organic materials would perform best as electricity-generating solar cells [08 Dec 2008]
'Green' mobile phones a long way off, says report
News Mobile phones with eco-friendly features are rare, although vendors are making progress to improve designs and reduce waste, an ABI Research report states [04 Dec 2008]
Greenpeace: IT firms not tackling climate change
News In its quarterly report on green IT, Greenpeace has criticised Dell, Microsoft, Apple and others for failing to cut emissions [24 Nov 2008]
Mobile chargers get energy-use rating system
News A group of mobile-hardware heavyweights have joined forces to help cut the carbon footprint of mobile use [20 Nov 2008]
Free Cisco tool shows companies' carbon footprint
Video At the Green Legal Strategy panel in San Francisco, Cisco shows off its Environmental Data Tool, available for free on the company's website [31 Oct 2008]
Are LCDs really greener than CRTs?
Blog New research this week from the US has shown that levels of a greenhouse gas emitted during the production of LCDs and flat-screen TVs - is actually four times higher than previously thought. ... [24 Oct 2008]
Apple edges closer to green goals
News The company says its new notebooks are among the greenest in the industry, but environmental experts still have questions about recyclability and greenhouse-gas emissions [15 Oct 2008]
Apple carves out a new case for manuacturing
Blog A wonderful rumour is circulating in the Applesphere, regarding a brick. The Apple Brick. The phrase itself has been around for a while, although nobody outside the company had any idea what it... [05 Oct 2008]
Out of the cardboard box thinking on green data centres
Blog A lot of companies out there would like us to believe that data centres can somehow be green. But as one data centre builder admitted to me this week, "Anyone who claims they have a green data... [24 Sep 2008]
Confessions of an IT Eco-Sinner
Blog Just working my way through an excellent book called Confessions of an Eco Sinner by Fred Pearce. The gist of the book is that rather than just come all preachy about the state of the planet -... [17 Sep 2008]
Back to The Thirties
Blog Saturday 2:28 AM Xwindowsjunkie Power & Light is running. Standard AC power went down at about 2AM. Reliant Energy wasn't so we've dropped back to the 1930's. That's when a lot of farms in the... [13 Sep 2008]
Running a WEEE recycling plant
Blog IT-Green is currently undergoing some major changes and I guess it's fair to say that being one of 2 directors, I'm in the driving seat (not to blow my own trumpet or anything) . Lets get one... [05 Sep 2008]
Come talk to us about datacentre efficiency
Blog I read every post made on ZDNet UK by our members, and every day it's brought home to me what a wealth of expertise there is out there among our users. Of course, it's the cornerstone of the... [29 Aug 2008]
Is the WEEE directive in trouble?
Blog The directive was introduced to little fanfare in the UK about this time last year. A large number of reprocessors jumped on the WEEE bandwaggon, hoping to make quick and "profitable" exercise out... [21 Aug 2008]
