I found a good article in the form of a recommendation to President Obama, called “Change you must” on the OilDrum, a good source as always.
The article stresses the imbalance between US consumption of fossil fuels and US production of tthe same. This imbalance has been escalating continuously over the last 40 years, and it [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Change you must
January 19, 2009 – 10:41 am
Green IT Innovation – Data Center Efficiencies to Reduce Carbon Footprint – Part 3 of 3
January 16, 2009 – 8:12 pm
Greening Up your Data Center from the Inside Out.
Every DC is different, so we’ll focus on general things that should work no matter how your DC is configured. One of the best places to start is getting a LEED assessment of your building(s). The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating SystemTM [...]
Green innovation gone wild
January 15, 2009 – 9:57 pm
It is indeed great fun to work with innovation. We come across a lot of interesting innovators and innovations, and mostly it is very inspiring. Once and a while though, you run into stuff that is a little bit too crazy. But quite often, those really crazy ideas open up your thinking to other new [...]
Underestimated potential for renewable growth by IEA
January 11, 2009 – 10:39 am
As we all know, there are strong industrial interests who wants to see growth in the renewables sector. But unfortunately, the industrial interests that are more interested in seeing growth in conventional energy are even bigger. A recent article shows how IEA, the International Energy Agency systematically underestimated the growth in renewables very significantly. What’s [...]
Green IT Innovation: Data Center Efficiencies to Reduce Carbon Footprint – Part 2
January 9, 2009 – 11:40 am
Electricity is the most important energy resource your Data Center will need for operations. Renewably-generated hydroelectricity is one of the world’s best current options for our growing energy needs. This articles explores why access to green electricity should be high on your criteria list.
Adaptation interest speeding up
January 8, 2009 – 12:56 pm
In the media debate over the last years there has been a strong focus on mitigation efforts regarding climate change. We have been discussing more about how to avoid it than about how to manage the changes that are already happening. This is about to change, but the characteristics of mitigation and adaptation are different.
Mitigation, [...]
Workshop – The Europe INNOVA Innovation Platforms
January 7, 2009 – 5:03 pm
Again in 2009, DG Enterprise and Industry is organising a Europe INNOVA Workshop: New forms of support for eco-innovation: the Europe INNOVA Innovation Platforms, during the EU Sustainable Energy Week.
The workshop will take place on Wednesday, 11 February, 09.30 – 12.45, in the Charlemagne building.
The workshop will present the new Europe INNOVA Eco-innovation platform and [...]
