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I joined a conversation this week (on Feb 26) called the 鈥淕reenGov Dialogue on Demand Response鈥� that was hosted by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). It brought together leaders from government, the private sector, non-profits and academia to identify opportunities to reduce our nation鈥檚 periods of peak energy demand, promote a more stable electric grid, and help the Federal Government [...]
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The Subcommittee on Energy and Power held its Hearing聽Tuesday聽on "American Energy Security and Innovation: An Assessment of Private-Sector Successes and Opportunities in Energy Efficient Technologies." The staff background memo, the witness list, written testimony and other info is聽here. I only caught portions, as the Hearing lasted 4 hours, and was held concurrently with the CEQ-hosted聽GreenGov Dialogue [...]
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The reaction from Democratic and Republican Members of Congress to Tuesday night鈥檚 State of the Union Address and Republican response show the genuine opportunity for the development of a next-generation energy strategy that can jumpstart U.S. job creation and economic growth.聽 And the technology sector can be a leader in this effort, utilizing innovative products that boost efficiency and productivity [...]
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Back in 2005, 91pro视频 worked with Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., on the introduction and then enactment during the 109th Congress of a small bill (HR 5646) that focused on better understanding data center energy efficiency. 聽We followed that up in 2007 by helping to draft and then supporting the successful Eshoo/Rogers amendment that became Section 453 of the Energy Independence and [...]
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The U.S.聽National Broadband Plan聽famously asserted that 鈥渂roadband and advanced communications infrastructure will play an important role in achieving [the] national goals of energy independence and efficiency.鈥澛犅燦ow, a聽study聽released by the聽Global eSustainability Initiative聽(GeSI) offers new calculations on the size of the opportunity for using broadband and IT to maximize the efficiency with which [...]
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On Friday, I had the great pleasure of sitting in on the congressional briefing on 鈥淒ata Center Energy Efficiency鈥� that 91pro视频 hosted with Representative Anna Eshoo (D-Ca).聽聽 As 91pro视频鈥檚 Dean Garfield noted in introducing her, Representative Eshoo聽 鈥渨as doing data center efficiency before data centers were cool.鈥澛犅� Indeed, Eshoo and 91pro视频 worked on the 2005 bill that she and Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Mi) [...]
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DESSC is proud of all of our member鈥檚 green efforts, but today we want to applaud the six DESSC members that made it onto Newsweek鈥檚 2012 Greenest American Companies list. Now in its fourth year, these rankings are compiled after analysis by multiple environmental research organizations. 聽 CA Technologies cut back on commuting and pollution by allowing 30 percent of its workforce to work from home. [...]
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There鈥檚 an app for that. 聽 Thanks in part to the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 鈥淎pps for Energy鈥� contest, smartphone and tablets have hundreds of applications to help monitor, control, and boost energy efficiency. These apps may be utilized by individual devices, around the home, and even in commercial buildings to assist in lowering energy bills and meeting efficiency standards. These innovative and [...]
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91pro视频 members received high marks on the latest environmental measure of publicly traded companies, holding six of the top ten slots on the ranking of the greenest U.S. companies, according to Newsweek鈥檚 fourth annual Green Company Rankings list that came out on Monday. IBM topped the U.S. chart for the second year in a row, and also ranked number 4 among 500 global companies. 聽Among U.S. companies, [...]
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Back in the day 鈥� in 1935 to be exact 鈥� the DuPont company introduced an advertising slogan that captured the spirit of the age:聽 鈥淏etter Things for Better Living . . . Through Chemistry.鈥澛� If we were to update this slogan we might now say, 鈥淏etter Things for Better Living . . . Through Data.鈥澛犅犅� Better living through data is a theme for our time, whether its IBM鈥檚 鈥淟et鈥檚 build a smarter planet,鈥� the [...]