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Carbon Disclosure Project’s emissions reduction claims for cloud computing are flawed

Carbon Disclosure Project’s emissions reduction claims for cloud computing are flawed

By Tom Raftery on July 21, 2011

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is a not-for-profit organisation which takes in greenhouse gas emissions, water use and climate change strategy data from thousands of organisations globally. This data is voluntarily disclosed by these organisations and is CDP’s lifeblood. Yesterday the CDP launched a new study Cloud Computing – The IT Solution for the 21st […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Carbon Disclosure Project, Carbon emissions, Cloud Computing, data center, data center carbon emissions, emissions reduction, Energy, energy efficiency, epa, greenhouse gas emissions, Uncategorized

Lockheed Martin Going Green!

Lockheed Martin Going Green!

By Tom Raftery on January 12, 2011

When you hear the name Lockheed Martin – you don’t immediately think “Ah, now there’s a Green company” – they are after all, among the very largest defence contractors in the world. In 2008 70% of Lockheed Martin’s revenues came from military sales. However, after a recent discussion with Dr David Constable, Lockheed Martin’s VP […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Carbon Disclosure Project, Carbon emissions, dr david constable, leed certification, lockheed martin, Sustainability, US Army Environmental Command, waste to landfill, water footprint

Friday Green Numbers round-up 07/30/2010

Friday Green Numbers round-up 07/30/2010

By Tom Raftery on July 30, 2010

Photo credit Lauren Manning And here are this week’s Green Numbers: GE: Good citizen, but where’s the payoff? Inside GE, Ecomagination is deemed a success, so much so that it has spawned a sister initiative (if you can spawn a sister) called Healthymagination, focused on profitably creating better health for more people. GE says that […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged aerogenerator, Carbon emissions, climate change, CSR, GE, Green Investment Bank, GreenNumbers, phytoplankton, rbs, Royal Bank of Scotland, subsidies, synapsense, tpc-energy, Wind turbine

Friday Green Numbers round-up 04/23/2010

Friday Green Numbers round-up 04/23/2010

By Tom Raftery on April 23, 2010

And here is this week’s Green numbers: Like Sept.11, volcano plane ban may hold climate clue | Reuters Plane-free skies over Europe during Iceland’s volcanic eruption may yield rare clues about how flights stoke climate change, adding to evidence from a closure of U.S. airspace after September 11, 2001, experts say tags: airplane, aviation, iceland, […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged ashtag, Carbon emissions, climate change, CSR, eirgrid, Greenhouse gas, GreenNumbers, Iceland, sustainability reporting, taiwan, transmission network, volcano

How not to implement a carbon tax

How not to implement a carbon tax

By Tom Raftery on April 8, 2010

The decision by the French government to back down on plans to enact a carbon tax is very disappointing, and not a little puzzling. President Sarkozy initially said plans to introduce a carbon tax were a monumental act of the French Republic — a measure so important President Nicolas Sarkozy ranked it beside “decolonization, election […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Carbon emissions, carbon tax, corporate tax, France, government, nicholas sarkozy

NightWatchman saving energy

NightWatchman saving energy

By Tom Raftery on February 2, 2010

Following on from my earlier post about the importance of turning things off, we had a briefing the other day from a company called 1E. 1E entered the power management space about 10 years ago when they wrote NightWatchman. NightWatchman is a PC power management application which aims to reduce the energy wasted by computers […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged 1e, AT&T, Carbon emissions, data center, Dell, efficiency, Energy, Energy conservation, energy efficiency, nightwatchman, nightwatchman server, pc power management, Personal computer | 1 Response

Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 01/29/2010

Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 01/29/2010

By Tom Raftery on January 29, 2010

U.S. pledges 17 percent emissions reduction by 2020 – washingtonpost.com
The United States pledged Thursday to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels under an international climate agreement, though it made its commitment contingent on passing legislation at home. […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Carbon emissions, covalence, doe, eels, electric vehicle, energy storage, ethics, EU, green mcafee CSR sustainability, greenhouse gas emissions, GreenNumbers, monsanto, obama, think city

What If We Create a Better World For Nothing?

What If We Create a Better World For Nothing?

By Tom Raftery on January 7, 2010

One of my goals in 2010 is to help move the sustainability debate beyond Global Warming. Global Warming or Climate Change is still arguable – while other environmental impacts and issues are not. Its surely time for sustainability advocates to reframe our narrative – and get beyond the Global Warming debate. We […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Carbon emissions, deforestation, desert, ecology

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