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Video: Adura commercial lighting technology saves on power costs

This video over on ZDNet’s Smart Planet sister blog network covers lighting technology from Adura Technologies that can be controlled via a wireless mesh network. This makes for more customized control over personal workspaces as well as the ...

From HEATHER CLANCY, ZDNet,  23 Nov 2009

Holiday LED redux: E-store will accept Home Depot coupon

Are you holding an expired Home Depot LED holiday light exchange coupon? (The promotion ended Nov. 15.) Or were you unable to use it because your local Home Depot store ran out of LED lights by the time you brought your old incandescent sets in for ...

From HEATHER CLANCY, ZDNet,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Home Depot, Inc.

Spice up your power management

Intel and Spiceworks have teamed up to develop a plug-in that is intended to help IT managers connect some of their routine network and systems management tasks to better power regulation and management capabilities. Spiceworks claims something close ...

From HEATHER CLANCY, ZDNet,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Intel

Peoplesoft founder pops up at eMeter

Craig Conway, who guaranteed his name in the software industry history books with PeopleSoft and who also sits on the board of Salesforce.com, has just joined the board of smart grid player, eMeter. eMeter sells smart grid management software — think ...

From HEATHER CLANCY, ZDNet,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Salesforce.com Inc,  Accenture Ltd.,  IBM

No shocker: IBM tops list of the greenest biggest computers

The latest Green500 list of the world’s most energy-efficient supercomputers is out and guess which company is on top again? No, I didn’t think you would be, since the company has handily dominated this list for several editions running. In fact, IBM ...

From HEATHER CLANCY, ZDNet,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: IBM

Two more utilities join IBM-backed smart grid coalition

The collective mission statement of the Global IUN is to use “digital intelligence” to help reduce outages and faults, manage demand and integrate new sources of energy such as wind into the power grid. The group was responsible for developing the ...

From HEATHER CLANCY, ZDNet,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: IBM

UPS technology leader adds more power monitoring intelligence to latest line upgrade

APC by Schneider Electric has updated its server-class Smart-UPS line to include additional power-monitoring and energy-efficiency features. Quick highlights include: Potential efficiency performance of more than 97 percent, even at lighter loads The ...

From HEATHER CLANCY, ZDNet,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Schneider Electric

Dell shuns paper for bamboo in some packaging

So, if you decide to invest in a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 or a Mini 10v netbook, you’ll get to check out its latest nod toward more environmentally friendly packaging: the company is using bamboo as the inner product cushion in the boxes. The outer box ...

From HEATHER CLANCY, ZDNet,  18 Nov 2009

Cloud platform player Voxel pledges unparalled transparency about power consumption

Transparency. Not just about pricing and stuff like that, but also about your energy usage. That’s one of the benefits being touted by green cloud computing company Voxel dot Net — green in the start-up-ish sense AND green in the environmental ...

From HEATHER CLANCY, ZDNet,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Gartner, Inc.,  Intel,  eBay Inc.,  Hasbro, Inc.,  Porsche

Your tech cast-offs could benefit new project in Tanzania

This is the time of year when most of us start grasping around for tax-break ideas, such as capital investments or donations to non-profit organizations. Plus, it’s almost Thanksgiving here in the United States, when it is even more insanely cool than ...

From HEATHER CLANCY, ZDNet,  17 Nov 2009

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