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You wear different sunblock depending on the intensity of the climate, so why shouldn’t the sort of solar technology vary depending on the part of the country where you live. That is exactly what is happening, of course, which is why you will start hearing more about the adoption of concentrating photovoltaic technology in the [...]

Telecommunication and wireless carrier Sprint Nextel has already been very active when it comes to setting green technology policies for itself. Now, the company has adopted what it calls an Electronics Stewardship Policy that it will use to guide design, components procurement and end-of-life disposal programs. It says it is the first telecommunications to do [...]

The latest high-tech giant to report on its corporate sustainability initiatives is Intel, and its 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report offers more evidence that the road toward environmental best practices is full of many pot holes. On the face of it, there are many great things for the company to report — notably its use of [...]

OK, so the first question I had when reading the new Low-Carbon ICT Leadership Benchmark from the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) was this: “Uh, where is the United States?”
The benchmark focuses on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) by federal governments as part of their efforts to support agendas related to climate change. [...]

Talk about situational awareness. Two years ago, Google bought an old paper mill in Finland, which it has converted into one of its state-of-the-art data centers. Along the way, the company decided to take advantage of a seawater-tunnel that was already leading to the facility as part of the cooling system. The tunnel runs seawater [...]

You knew there MUST be an ulterior motive to the GE ecoimagination contest: The giant technology and services company has decided to acquire one of the winners of the “2010 ecoimagination Challenge: Powering the Grid” competition, FMC-Tech. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but the transaction should be finalized by July.
FMC-Tech, based in Shannon, Ireland, [...]

Lot of intelligent and energy efficient technology news out of Philadelphia last week, the location for the annual LIGHTFAIR International show. Since this continues to be one of the least intrusive ways that many companies — consumers — are reducing their energy consumption, here are a few quick highlights of new technologies that got some [...]

One of the smart grid technology players that you may have heard less about is smart meter maker Landis+Gyr. Which is surprising, because this is a big smart meter company — with more than 8,000 utility customers — and is apparently the North American leader in smart meter shipments (according to IDC Energy Insights).
That’s about [...]

I’ve written often about the energy and carbon management software marketplace, and the potential for consolidation that exists as more businesses start including this in their operations mix. One big player, TRIRIGA, has already been snapped up by IBM, a deal that recently closed. Now, another big player, Hara, this week has scored another $25 [...]