Technology
Kaiser Moves Closer to Small, Smart Hospital Design of the Future
A team of healthcare architects and computer chip engineers, a San Francisco engineering company, and a multidisciplinary design and consulting firm are vying to create the ideal plan for a smaller, smarter, more sustainable hospital for Kaiser Permanente. Read More
How Climate Change is Already Affecting the World's Major Cities
More heat waves and stronger storms are among the climate change risks being experienced by city governments across the world. Read More
Google Uses Sea Water to Cool Finland Data Center
Cool water from the Gulf of Finland will take the heat off of Google's servers. Read More
The Water Industry: A Massive Market Bubbles to the Surface
At the H2O Global Water Summit in Toronto last week, world-leading companies and authorities on the coming water crisis assessed the state of the market for water technology. Here are five reasons why you should be watching your water. Read More
Schneider Electric Rolls Out Data Center Power & Cooling in a Box
The company has created a new type of modular structure designed to cut the costs and deployment times of powering corporate data centers, designed to take up just four parking spots' worth of space. Read More
How Many Patents Does It Take to Reinvent the Automobile?
Why did General Motors file more clean energy patents last year than any other company? The answer offers a window into the future of vehicles. Read More
Best Practices Guide for Energy-Efficient Data Center Design
This guide from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory aims to make it easier for data center owners and operators to get the most compute power per watt. Read More
How Dirty is Your Data?
Cloud computing is touted as the green future of computing, but its energy footprint is much bigger than you'd expect. Read More
The Emergence of VERGE
This week, GreenBiz Group is unveiling a new initiative called VERGE, focusing on the convergence of four technology sectors: energy, information, buildings and vehicles. It represents an exciting new dimension for us, and I’m pleased to share the vision and the plan. Read More
How the Kyoto Cooling Fan Revolutionizes Data Center HVAC
Dr. Bob Sullivan, the pioneer of hot-aisle and cold-aisle data center cooling, talks about how a simple invention for using outside air in HVAC systems can turn conventional cooling on its ear. Read More