The longest-running feud in green IT has come to an end as the social network embraces renewable energy for its data centers, coming to terms with the environmental group’s demands.
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Facebook Ends Greenpeace Campaign with Major Green Commitments
The Tracer XT is designed to help data center operators knock down costs for their biggest spend: energy.
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GE, Trane Team Up to Manage Data Center Energy Use
The $226 million joint ventures will accelerate offshore wind farm development for China, already the world’s leading wind energy producer
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Siemens, Shanghai Electric Form China Wind Energy Alliance
The US Green Building Council has just awarded the first group of organizations that have gone above and beyond in creating green learning environments — and pushing the market for green buildings into new frontiers.
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Honoring the People Pushing Green Schools to the Head of the Class
DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory documents the country’s first set of test procedures to optimize how electric vehicles connect to the smart grid.
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Nat’l Renewable Energy Lab Moves Ahead on Connecting EVs to the Grid
The cleaning products that we use to wipe down our countertops, wash our dishes and clothes and scent our air contain potentially toxic chemicals, and they’re getting into our bodies.
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The Dirty Secrets About Toxic Chemicals Lurking in Common Cleaners
New research shows just how much energy companies can save from a migration, even while the same research shows even wider business benefits from cloud computing.
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Companies Shifting to Cloud Computing Save Energy & Cut Waste
Given reports of battery-related fires in Chevy Volts, is there now a worry about the safety of mass-produced plug-in cars? Not really.
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Why the Volt Battery ‘Crisis’ Is More Heat than Light
3M, Best Buy, GE, Walgreens, and Alcoa join President Obama’s "Better Building Challenge" in $4 billion commitment for energy efficiency improvements to federal and private sector buildings.
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Schneider, 3M, GE Among Dozens to Join Obama’s Energy Efficiency Push
At Big Blue’s annual ‘Connect’ analyst event, the company gave a glimpse at how its Smarter Planet initiative is driving business opportunities, and mapped the next hurdles it will need to overcome.
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What’s on the Horizon of IBM’s ‘Smarter Planet’