Policies: Feature
Virtual Fireside Chat with the Green Grid Executives
It is the mission of The Green Grid Association, a non-profit, open industry consortium, to become the leading authority on resource efficiency in IT and datacenters. The Green Grid's John Tuccillo and Mark Schiller open up about the consortium's activities and the benefits of membership.Read more...
Green IT: Barriers Versus Benefits
A holistic and objective assessment reveals that it is better to adopt green IT in the interest of several opportunities and benefits it offers to businesses, the society and our planet even if it is a burden. Smart companies are now implementing their green strategies to innovate, create value and build a competitive advantage. This is the second part of a two-part series.Read more...
Meeting the Green Challenge Google-Style
With energy prices going up and datacenters getting bigger, green computing is essential. Google takes its 100% renewable commitment seriously with multiple clean energy investments.Read more...
Green IT: Burden or Opportunity?
A holistic and objective assessment reveals that it is better to adopt green IT in the interest of several opportunities and benefits it offers to businesses, the society and our planet even if it is a burden. Smart companies are now implementing their green strategies to innovate, create value and build a competitive advantage. Read more...
Policies: News in Brief
The State of E-Waste Exports
A new report from the United States International Trade Commission concludes most e-waste stays state-side.Read more...
Google Asks 'How Green Is the Internet?'
With nearly 2 billion people connected to the Internet these days, there are those who question the effects that this usage has on the environment. Read more...
Greenpeace Names Cisco, Google 'Cool IT' Leaders
The sixth Cool IT Leaderboard ranked 21 technology leaders based on their efforts to drive transformative change in the way that energy is produced and consumed. Read more...
Apple Hires Former EPA Chief Lisa Jackson
Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson is joining Apple as vice president for environmental initiatives. Read more...
Policies: Off the Wire
The Cap-and-Trade Program & Datacenters: Encouraging Efficiency or Suffocating Investment?
Now in its 8th year, DatacenterDynamics Converged San Francisco has become the largest event for the datacenter industry on the West Coast. Speakers will include David Gauthier from Microsoft, Thomas Furlong from Facebookand Jonathon G. Koomey, Ph.D., Stanford University.Read more...
The Green Grid Takes Giant StEP Towards E-Waste Leadership
The Green Grid announced a new alliance with international think tank Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) that will advance the "e-waste" discussion and foster solutions that help organizations understand and responsibly dispose of electronic equipment at the end of its useful life.Read more...
