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I’ve gotten to explore all sorts of concepts in my role here at GreenTech Pastures, including one of my favorites from high-school biology, osmosis. For those of you without school-age kids, this is the process by which water moves through membranes or flows from cell to cell. Confession: I had to look the word up [...]

When you think about surveys touting the benefits of cars, or lack thereof, the researcher that probably jumps to your mind first is the venerable J.D. Power and Associates. So it was with great interest that I read an item about the firm’s new report about hybrid electric and battery electric vehicles.
The J.D. Power take [...]

If Streetline Networks CEO Zia Yusuf has his way, guided parking apps will become as prevalent as traffic lights.

Proponents of the idea that safe direct current (DC) power should be more widely used in data centers have formed a new technical committee to encourage the development of standards for data and telecommunications centers. The group is called the EMerge Alliance, and at least one of the newest members of this group will be [...]

Before you buy a new piece of computing or electronics equipment during the upcoming holiday or year-end IT budget blowout, you might want to consider what it will take to get rid of what you are buying three to five years down the road. Yep, Greenpeace is at it again, with the release of its [...]

Just how much power are businesses and the federal government wasting by failing to manage whether or not their PCs are on or off at night or, if you prefer to think in convenience, when they’re not needed? A new study says that desktops and laptops are left on approximately 94 percent of the time. [...]

In case you’re wondering the nearest recycling location to your home or business OR are interested in receiving regular bimonthly updates about environmental events in your area AND you happen to be an AT&T wireless customer, the company has launched a free Eco App focused on building environmental awareness.
Interestingly, the carrier says the application is [...]

Some good news and bad news today about an oft-disrespected and overused piece of technology, printers.
Because one should always leave on a high-note, I’ll start with the not-so-go-great info, which is this: The Electronics TakeBack Coalition has issued a report covering the recycling and product takeback efforts of many information technology and consumer electronics companies [...]

So, one common refrain you hear from people charged with managing electricity consumption in their data center is that there is a sometimes a disconnect between the facilities and IT teams. Actually, make that often, not sometimes. Not that both aren’t interested in conserving power, but these teams don’t often work together or have access [...]