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This headline sort of smacked me across the face this morning, because the question seemed so counter-intuitive. After all I’ve been writing about this topic for something like three years now (yes, this blog will be three years old in July): “Does your CEO care about Green IT?
That’s the query poised by Forrester analyst Doug [...]

Facility installs 116-kilowatt photovoltaic rooftop capable of producing 147,846 kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.

Facility installs 116-kilowatt photovoltaic rooftop capable of producing 147,846 kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.

Tech giant IBM has issued its 20th (yes, 20th!) report on sustainability, which includes many illustrations of how the company is eating its own dogfood to cut electricity costs. I’ve written up some of that data over at my SmartPlanet blog but here’s a highlevel view:

Since 1990, IBM has saved 5.1 billion kilowatt-hours of energy [...]

Just in case there was any doubt: Cisco absolutely wants to be a household name in energy management, an aspiration supported by the latest additions to its Connected Grid and Smart Connected Buildings technology portfolio. This could be a huge disruptor for some in the home automation technology space. That’s for two reasons: One, because [...]

Solar installation and financing company, Sungevity, has created a social media petition to encourage the installation of solar panels on the most prominent residence in the United States, the White House.
The SolarontheWhiteHouse.com petition aims to encourage President Obama to return solar panels to the White House. President Jimmy Carter actually installed solar technology during his [...]

Share-leader HP slightly ahead of mobile PC rivals, but no vendor really leads in green-tech policies

The highest court in the land has moved to uphold a circuit court ruling that rejected two inventors seeking a patent on an intangible business idea. (Specifically, a method for account for weather risk in commodities trading calculations.)
The case, Bilski v. Kappos, could have broad implications for those seeking patents on clean-tech and green-tech innovations. [...]

The latest version of Faronics Power Save, release 4.2, includes several features focused on simplifying the creation of power management plans. They include:

A new Power Plan Assistant for setting up automating power savings plans that take action when certain conditions are met (this eliminates a more manual process)
The addition of Lotus Notes support as part [...]