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Bill McChesney and 3 other people answered this question

Is cloud computing more energy efficient than traditional computing?

I’m not sure I buy into cloud being more energy efficient or green. Cloud is “where” the machinery is (i.e. it’s not in your data center per se) while virtualization allows me to carve up a big server into individual virtual machines. So virtualization, on ... more

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May 10, 2012

Glenn Keyes and 10 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Energy Policy in 2011: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly [6/8 @ 11 am]

Will Obama's renewable energy initiatives create a significant number of net new jobs in the US?

Energy policy is an interesting dichotomy; fuel prices need to be high in order to make the electric and hybrid vehicles viable and to help develop the technology and buy ins needed to get us off of the fossil fuel merry-go-round. People complain and the ... more

April 13, 2012

Stephney McMohan and 1 other person answered this question

What are the business benefits of cloud computing? How is cloud computing "Green IT"?

A cloud data center usually deploys many blade servers, densely packed to maximize the space utilization. Running services in consolidated servers in data centers provides customers an alternative to running their software or operating their computer services in house. The major benefits of cloud data ... more

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March 16, 2012

Mitesh Hood answered this question

Would you say that we are simply moving the E burden from corporations to individuals?

Hi,
E-waste has gradually climbed to the the top of the priority list for the waste management think-tanks around the world. With our affinity to the gadgets increasing by the day, the volume of electronic waste occupying our offices and residence have also been spiraling. ... more

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Dec. 31, 2011

greg schulz and 1 other person answered this question

What are some examples of sustainable data centers?

That depends as reducing carbon footprint is often mistaken as the primary objective for sustainability thus missing more opportunities.
For some environments, reducing the CO2 footprint can be an objective of requirement.
However, for other environments the near term objective can and should be to ... more

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Dec. 31, 2011

greg schulz and 6 other people answered this question

Does anyone know of a greener storage solution than Xiotech?

Terell let’s take a step back for a moment.
What is the greenest storage solution is going to depend on what you will be using it primarily for.
The previous mentioned among many others that have different attributes of being green. For example if you ... more

Dec. 20, 2011

Catherine Goldberg asked a question

What is one trend in the sustainable tech industry to look out for this year?

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Oct. 27, 2011

Bill McChesney answered this question

What role, if any, does energy efficiency play in your decision to move to the cloud?

I understand the question and it is my perception that “green” and cloud computing might be over-hyped a bit. First, if going “green” doubled your cost would you do it? Would the federal government do it? My guess is that you wouldn’t and they wouldn’t. ... more

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Oct. 19, 2011

Caty Kobe and 1 other person answered this question

Is the solar energy market still a good place to invest?

Thanks for your thoughts!

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Sept. 25, 2011

Valerie Pesce and 12 other people answered this question

Green Technology Best Practices: What are your 3 tips for reducing your carbon footprint?

Great question! A good place to start is computer shut down during nights/weekends & holiday's. Many companies do not shut their computers down which results in uncessary energy consumption, added costs and carbon emissions into the environment. It is a simple effective response to an ... more

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Sept. 13, 2011

Brian Koles answered this question

For an organization looking to start a sustainability program, where should they start?

I'll provide some basics, but here are two longer articles on this topic that may be more helpful: http://tech.li/2011/09/top-five-reasons-not-to-hire-a-green-business-consultant/ and http://www.greentechbuyer.org/blog/commercial-energy-efficiency-programs.html
First off, you need two internal champions. One is a top executive committed to devoting resources to sustainability, and the other is an eager do-gooder ... more

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