‘Energy Efficiency’
News on companies, technologies, research, government programs to use energy more efficiently in all sectors, including IT, smarter grids, batteries.
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Natural Selection, Inc. and Empowered Energy Solutions, Inc. Partner for Optimized Renewable Energy Products
.!.Natural Selection, Inc. and Empowered Energy Solutions, Inc. partner to develop software tools that will automate optimal energy efficiency analysis for buildings. Solar power and other renewable energy technologies will finally make financial sense for the majority of residences and businesses thanks to this revolutionary new approach that [...]
GreenerComputing News: How to Jump Into Green IT 2.0, UC's Green Tech Incubator, and More…
The Green IT Perspective By Preston Gralla Given that you're reading this newsletter, you have a serious interest in Green IT. The great odds are that you've already embarked on at least one Green IT project, and possibly more than one. You may, in fact, already be something of a green guru. (more...)
Vehicle Scrappage Program Needs Repair
Contacts: Therese Langer, 202.503.4013 Ed Osann, 202.503.4032 Vehicle Scrappage Program Needs Repair Washington, D.C. (May 6, 2009): House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats have announced agreement on a vehicle scrappage program that would offer vouchers of $3,500 or $4,500 for consumers to retire their vehicles and purchase new ones. [...]
Better houses rather than more power plants
.!.Investing in housing energy efficiency is more effective than building new power plants, concluded the first UNECE Workshop on Energy Efficiency in Housing held on 21 and 22 April 2009 in Sofia. According to EU data, for instance, for every euro invested in the sustainable refurbishment of housing, 2 euros that would have been needed for the [...]
ToYou from NewEnergyNews: April 25, 2009
SATURDAY VIDEOS: Solar – A Mini-Doc About A Shining Power Cynical Woman Meets Honest Man Fist Of The Warrior aka Lesser of Three Evils download Heima film Thick as Thieves psp Cube Zero full The Sicilian film Climate Crock Of The Week Abandoned divx Vampires the movie FRIDAY’S HEADLINES: DOING THE RIGHT THING THE RIGHT WAY, [...]
Building momentum – European Parliament adopts strengthened EPBD proposal
ECEEE PRESS RELEASE BUILDING MOMENTUM – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS STRENGTHENED EPBD PROPOSAL 24 Apr 09 – eceee congratulates the European Parliament on yesterday's vote for a set of amendments to strengthen the recast proposal for the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. This sends a strong signal to the energy and climate change [...]
GreenerComputing News :: How Green is Linux? What Does Obama's CTO Mean for Green IT?
The Green IT Perspective By Preston Gralla The operating system wars have been conducted for as long as there have been operating systems, and in recent years the arguments among fans of Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux have become particularly vehement. But in all the arguments, rarely has there been a discussion of which operating system is the [...]
Sending signals: Opportunity for European Parliament to show leadership
April 22, 2009 ECEEE PRESS RELEASE SENDING SIGNALS: OPPORTUNITY FOR EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO SHOW LEADERSHIP Today, eceee President, Mr. Peter Bach, wrote to Members of the European Parliament asking them to vote for one of the most important pieces of legislation related to energy and climate change that will be put before legislators this [...]
Proposed House Legislation Would Reduce Nationwide Energy Use 8%, Doubles Savings from 2007 Act
Washington, D.C. (April 21, 2009): Pending federal energy efficiency provisions could reduce U.S. energy use by 10.6 quadrillion Btu's, about 10% of projected U.S. energy use in 2020, according to a new analysis released today by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). (more...)
GreenerComputing News :: The Whys and Hows of Measuring Energy Use, Smart Grid Hack a Hoax? and More…
April 15, 2009 The Green IT Perspective By Preston Gralla I've written frequently about the dangers that the Smart Grid and Green IT in general pose for enterprise security. Now those warnings have hit the headlines everywhere, with claims by the U.S. intelligence community last week that Chinese and Russian hackers have attacked our power [...]
