Vanuatu and Sri Lanka might not be the biggest mobile phone markets in the world, but they could soon be the greenest.
First presented at the Google Efficient Data Centers Summit, hosted at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA on April 1, 2009, this video walks through the details of how Google looks at every angle to squeeze efficiency out of the system.
Copenhagen Summit Slammed For Ignoring IT - ICT is the best way to manage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, say IT champions - who want it included in the UN's forthcoming COP15 summit.
IT is responsible for two percent of the world's total emission of CO2. At the same time, IT contains the key to reducing the remaining 98 percent of CO2 emissions. In other words, IT is not only a part of the problem, but also very much a part of the solution to the climate challenge. Therefore, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation has drawn up an Action Plan for Green IT. ........
NGGN - Next Generation Green Networks! Green ICT is all about business sense and common sense.
Telecommunication standards organizations are moving beyond "inter-connectivity" scopes, exploring how they can design "power efficiency" into any new specifications.
20 of the the world's largest cities are responsible for 75% of the world's energy consumption. ICT is a key tool to urban planners as they drive to transform how municipalities are build to sustainably live, work, and play.
Travel is a huge corporate expense while contributing to a large carbon impact. Telepresence and on-collaboration tools are proving to be key tool to reduce the need to travel.
Power is wasted because we cannot see in detail how we use consume nor can we effectively move power to where it needs to go. "Smartgrid" is the answer.
ICT innovation one of the most critical tools to save our planet.
Greening to feel good is temporal. There is real and concrete business reasons why greening ICT reduces OPEX. New standards provides companies a guide on how use sustainable business practices to achieve green.
2/3 of power of a appliance which is plugged into grid is wasted while in "standby" ......
Proper recycling of E-waste is critical, essential, and a quick gain in our struggle for sustainability ....
And powering reduction to the process of OPEX savings .....
Following best practices in the data center offers big payoffs.
Laina Raveendran Greene, Lead Consultant, GetIT US, talks to Martyn Warwick about her Forum session on new business approach and explains what she thinks is key to ICT development in Africa.
Bangladesh sets the example for the rest of the world-going green for telecoms