Archive for the 'green tech' Category

May 04 2010

Utilities, operators collaborate on electric grid efficiency project

Published by Heather Clancy under Smart Grid, energy, green tech

A group of utilities and transmission systems operators affiliated with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) are getting together to share information about “transmission efficiency.” The goal of the collaborative is to analyze performance data from different grid projects in order to come up with a common framework around costs, benefits and technical needs associated with [...]

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May 04 2010

And you thought pouring a foundation was painful. Try putting in solar.

Published by Heather Clancy under green tech, renewable energy, solar

The Web site Greener Ideal has published a story about the potential pitfalls of installing a fairly large-ish solar installation. The piece is basically a cautionary tale on the things that could go wrong on a community solar project (this one is a commercial one), from the pain of getting the right permits, to the [...]

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May 03 2010

Eaton’s power manager now integrates with VMware virtualization platform

Published by Heather Clancy under green tech

Call it a virtual get-together. Power technology guru Eaton has worked with VMware to integrate its Intelligent Power Manager software modules into the VMware vCenter server virtualization platform. Here’s how it works: Eaton’s power management fits into the vCenter server console, allowing data center managers to monitor or tweak power devices that are on the virtual [...]

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May 03 2010

Colorado school offers degree in eco-tech

Published by Heather Clancy under green tech, local government, renewable energy

Shortly after Independence Day 2010, Education Corp. of America will open its first in a series of what the company hopes will become a series of campuses focused on offering degrees in renewable energy technology and sustainable design principles. The first Ecotech Institute will be established in Denver, a location chosen because of the state’s plentiful [...]

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Apr 30 2010

For Greenpeace, ‘Cool IT’ means sensitivity to climate change, and Cisco is now tops

Published by Heather Clancy under conservation, energy, green tech

I know some of my colleagues have an issue with Greenpeace’s scare tactics on the environment, but you’ve got to admit that they are also really effective at getting big companies to pay attention to certain issues — such as the potential of technology to counteract climate change or reshape energy use. One of the ways [...]

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Apr 30 2010

Cisco’s Chambers talks up smart grid opportunity

Published by Heather Clancy under Smart Grid, green tech

Standards, security play to networking giant's core strengths.

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Apr 29 2010

New IBM survey suggest workers eager for smarter workplace tech

Published by Heather Clancy under building, green tech

The smarter-everything people at IBM have released a new survey this morning suggesting that even though technologies are getting “smarter” in your house, office buildings are failing to take advantage of similar innovation. The Smarter Buildings Survey covers canvassed close to 6,500 U.S. office workers in 16 different major cities. Only a third of those surveyed [...]

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Apr 29 2010

Another option for getting a mobile charge on the run

Published by Heather Clancy under green tech, solar

It’s only when I’m at trade shows that I really notice how quickly my iPhone runs out of power, so I’m constantly on the lookout for chargers that can help out during the middle of a long conference day — particularly charging options that don’t necessarily require a power outlet. Enter, another solar powered option that [...]

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Apr 28 2010

HP or Cisco: Which data center approach is more sustainable?

Published by Heather Clancy under conservation, data center, energy, green tech

I’m hunkered down in San Francisco this week, where I am attending the annual conference that Cisco holds for the thousands of its channel partners (resellers, network integrators, VARs, service providers, etc.) that it counts on to customize, deploy and support its technology. There is plenty of news for the tech-geek, but one of the more [...]

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Apr 27 2010

EcoDog wants to be homeowner’s best friend in energy efficiency monitoring

Published by Heather Clancy under conservation, energy, green tech

A module for monitoring solar technology generation is one of the new features in the latest edition of the FIDO Home Energy Watchdog system. Actually, the module can accommodate information from several different types of alternative energy sources, including solar, wind or emergency generators. FIDO Home Energy Monitoring System is an integrated hardware and software solution [...]

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