Qualcomm says its Mirasol displays, which use reflective technology to display the spectrum of colours instead of active lights, can reduce the carbon emissions from gadgets over their life time of use. The Mirasol display technology works by mimicking the wings of a butterfly, which basically have no colour on their own, but reflect specific [...]

PRESS RELEASE: RICHARDSON, TX – Aug. 16, 2010 – Eltek Valere today announced the Trilogy DC power system, a 40A-600A, 48V high-efficiency (HE) power system with 15” shelf depth and special cable management to fit into short-depth outside plant and central office applications. Although not exclusive to solar applications, the Trilogy DC power plant does [...]

PRESS RELEASE: HONG KONG, August 16, 2010 — APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, announced the formation of a new specialized data center software business to focus and drive a leadership position across all aspects of the data center environment . The Data Center Software business will [...]

The Australian government has released an overarching plan to transform its ICT operations with sustainability practices. The Australian Government ICT Sustainability Plan 2010-2015 outlines strategies and actions for its agencies to lower their emissions and is consistent with the current administration’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the country by 60% of 2000 levels [...]

By Mark Madden Regional vice president, Energy Markets, Alcatel-Lucent Today’s power industry is under pressure to meet increasing demands for energy while minimizing the need to build fossil-fueled fired power plants in order to reduce environmental impact. Just last week a large portion of the U.S., in particular the heavily populated Northeast, was hit by [...]

It’s not very often that I visit an office with a fully fitted hotel room in the back, but that’s the case when I venture to speak to Schneider Electric. Inside the company’s Hong Kong office, is a completely furnished hotel room, complete with TV, bed, window curtains, radio, even a back-lit scene of the [...]

The recent heatwave that hit New York City was mitigated by some smart technologies from the utility company, Con Edison. According to various reports, such as this one, the utility was able to avoid a potential brown or black out because it was able to control the consumption of electricity from some 20,000 homes and [...]

Etix DataCenter, a new facility outside Paris, now promises to deliver the lowest PUE (power usage effectiveness) rating in France by introducing a number of green design and technologies. According to the company, the new facility will be designed to deliver a PUE rating of no more than 1.5, which means that at least two [...]

Following Verizon’s announcement of its green initiatives in 2010, the operator and its vendor, Motorola, have issued an official press release of one of those initiatives – a trial of energy efficient set top boxes for its FiOS TV service. The new set top boxes are up to 30% more energy efficient than current models, [...]

The Japanese government’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has announced a massive US$1.1 billion smart grid trial in four cities and towns, according to Nikkei and other online reports. The reports say that the city of Yokohama, Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, and Kansai Science City – including parts of [...]