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Mapping a Course to Data Center Efficiency
March 20, 2013
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Data center energy efficiency has been an increasing focus since the issue emerged in 2007. We believe dramatic energy savings can be realized without heroic measures that compromise availability. The key is to focus on the core IT systems, rather than ...Data Center Knowledge
News for: March 20, 2013
Patch: How to Save Electricity at Home
March 20, 2013
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Staying ahead of the clean technology curve
March 20, 2013
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The cleantech sector could experience one of the highest growth rates of any industry worldwide in the coming decades. The Swiss have for some time been among the world’s leaders in cleantech, but development has been slowing down in business sectors.
“A building can be compared with the human body," according to Felix Gassmann, chief executive of Basel-based energy management company Sauter.
"It has sensors that pick up signals, circuits which transmit impulses and first and foremost a brain that organises the information. With this brain - or mini-computer - temperature, humidity, lighting and electricity can be controlled at all times."
More efficient lighting in govt offices to save P3.9-B
March 20, 2013
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MANILA, Philippines – Installing efficient lighting systems in 150 government buildings across the Philippines will save the government P3.9 billion, said Jesus Anunciacion, assistant director at the Department of Energy (DOE).
The DOE aims to retrofit select government buildings with efficient lighting systems as part of its Philippine Energy Efficiency Project (PEEP).
The list includes the Department of Finance (DOF) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Anunciacion said in his speech at the Conference of Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Investments and Cost Savings on Wednesday, March 20.
NXP Unveils GreenChip for Compact, Energy-Efficient Mobile Charging
March 20, 2013
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While the line between “smartphones” and “tablets” becomes increasingly blurry, it’s clear that the charger for either device needs to be as small, lightweight and efficient as possible. At APEC 2013 today, NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) introduced its new GreenChip™ solution designed to make smartphone and tablet chargers more compact, energy-efficient and cost-effective – without sacrificing reliability. Used together, the GreenChip TEA1720A and TEA1705 are high-performance, low-power controllers for mobile device chargers up to 10W. The new ICs are the latest additions to the energy-saving GreenChip power IC portfolio, which as of this month has shipped its one-billionth device worldwide.
Household bottled water use down, energy efficiency up: StatsCan
March 20, 2013
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Canadians used less bottled water at home and more households installed energy-efficient fixtures in 2011, Statistics Canada reports.
The 2011 Households and the Environment Survey found that 22% of households reported drinking primarily bottled water at home, down from 24% in 2009 and 30% in 2007. And the use of tap water is on the rise: 68% of households reported primarily drinking tap water, up from 66% in 2009.
Mapping a Course to Data Center Efficiency
March 20, 2013
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Data center energy efficiency has been an increasing focus since the issue emerged in 2007. We believe dramatic energy savings can be realized without heroic measures that compromise availability. The key is to focus on the core IT systems, rather than just support systems. This is based on the cascade effect, which shows that focusing first on saving energy at the server-component level will drive energy savings throughout the data center.
In 2007, Emerson Network Power introduced a free, vendor-neutral roadmap to saving 50 percent of your data center energy use. While many of the roadmap’s core principals –- such as the cascade effect –- still hold true, the industry has evolved at rapid rate over the past five years. The need to maintain or to build highly available data centers remains the same, but IT and critical infrastructure technologies have changed, creating new opportunities to optimize efficiency and capacity strategies.
YSU's Williamson Hall leader in energy efficiency, environmental design
March 20, 2013
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Youngstown State University’s Williamson Hall, featuring cutting-edge, energy-efficient design and systems, has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – is the nation’s pre-eminent program for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. Williamson Hall, home to the YSU Williamson College of Business Administration, is the first building on the YSU campus to earn the gold standard.
Energy-Efficient Homes Less Likely to Default, Study Says
March 20, 2013
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The study, "Home Energy Efficiency and Mortgage Risks," is the first to try to quantify the connection between a home's energy efficiency and its default risk, and was reported by The Atlantic Cities. The study looked at a national sample of about 71 ...
Policy changes could free $1 trillion in energy savings
March 20, 2013
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Providing consumers with more information about the energy efficiency of appliances and other products is especially important, the Washington D.C.-based think tank concluded. Currently available energy efficient technologies could lower projected U.S. ...FuelFix (blog)
