Technology
Alabama Power Finds a New Benefit for Smart Meters: Disaster Recovery
The utility's comprehensive smart meter project made it easier for its repair crews to get power back to customers in the wake of the devastating tornado swarm this past spring. Read More
A Moore's Law for Renewable Energy
Increasing capacity per dollar in computer technology has driven exponential growth for 50 years. With a similar organizing principle, the same could happen in the energy industry. Read More
Google’s Green Data Center Case Study
How Google retrofits its data centers to improve energy efficiency by a third or more. Read More
Commutes Get Easier Around the World, but IBM Finds Plenty of Pain
The annual Commuter Pain study from IBM, which looks at commutes in 20 cities across the globe, finds that public transit use is up and traffic is somewhat down, but commuters are still highly stressed out about their daily grinds. Read More
Dell Backs Away from Carbon Neutrality, Focuses on Efficiency & E-Waste
The company's latest CSR report downplays its green power purchases and highlights Dell's growing e-waste hauls and improved energy efficiency and performance-per-watt metrics. Read More
5 Rules to Make Sense of Using Cloud Computing in Your Business
Traditional business IT is often highly inefficient, but moving to the cloud is fraught with unknowns and concerns. Here's how to best balance the business and sustainability benefits of cloud computing against the associated risks. Read More
Green Scissors 2011
Cutting $380 billion in wasteful government spending can also cut our dependence on fossil fuels. Read More
GE Achieves Rare LEED-Platinum Rating for New Data Center
GE unveils a new $48-million data center that serves its global appliances and lighting business. Read More
Making the Case for EVs' Job-Creation and Economic Benefits
The electric vehicle manufacturing capacity springing up across the United States are serving as a multipler for creating new jobs -- but public perception hasn't caught up to reality. Here's how to make the sale on EVs' benefits. Read More
The US Smart Grid Revolution: Smart Grid Workforce Trends 2011
What worker-related issues are utilities facing as they transition to smart grid technologies? Read More
