Information Communication Technologies

How green is Apple?
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19 Nov. 2012 — added by Lucinda Broad, 2degrees
This 18th edition of Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics evaluates leading consumer electronics companies based on their commitment and progress in three environmental …
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New Study: Cloud Computing Can Dramatically Reduce Energy Costs and Carbon Emissions
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20 July 2011 — added by Will Bittinger, 2degrees
By 2020, large U.S. companies that use cloud computing can achieve annual energy savings of $12.3 billion and annual carbon reductions equivalent to 200 million barrels of …
How to make your data center more energy efficient
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15 Aug. 2012 — added by Lucinda Broad, 2degrees
In today’s world, it is almost impossible to discuss any business operation without considering efficiency. In the data center realm, maximizing the energy efficiency without …
Five Immediate Energy Efficieny Opportunities for your Comms Room or Server Room
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30 Nov. 2011 — added by Bose Falk, University of New Mexico
This short guide provides five low-cost tips for improving energy efficiency of your ICT equipment, and how this can help with your CRC commitments and reduce energy costs.
How Clean is Your Cloud?
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18 April 2012 — added by Vanessa Delgado, 2degrees
"How much energy is required to power the ever-expanding online world? What percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions is attributable to the IT sector? This report takes …
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The Cool IT Leaderboard
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8 Feb. 2012 — added by Vanessa Delgado, 2degrees
The Cool IT Leaderboard by Greenpeace featuring many companies such as Cisco, IBM, Ericsson and Fujitsu. This report gives an overall ranking as well as breakdowns in areas …
How can ICT enable a sustainable society?
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24 Aug. 2012 — added by Lucinda Broad, 2degrees
How can ICT enable a sustainable society? Research thinking to date naturally tends to look at how ICT can help people do existing things more efficiently, especially in …
Microsoft’s top 10 business practices for environmentally sustainable data centers
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10 Aug. 2012 — added by Lucinda Broad, 2degrees
Being “lean and green” is good for both the business and the environment, and organizations that focus their attentions accordingly will see clear benefits. Reducing energy …
How dirty is your data? A Look at the Energy Choices That Power Cloud Computing
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27 July 2011 — added by Bose Falk, University of New Mexico
A Greenpeace reports on the carbon cost of data centres powering cloud computing.
Slides from The Cloud's Green Advantage
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6 July 2011 — added by Stephen Nemeth, Reindeer
Learn about how the ICT Industry is using cloud computing to reduce its footprint. Topics will cover how the industry is moving towards a common set of metrics for measuring …