Stories about: Environmental Protection Agency

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    SPEC tool to improve server-efficiency ratings 29/09/2011 06:26:00

    SPEC, the standards body for performance benchmarks, has developed a tool-kit to help more accurately measure the energy efficiency of servers.
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    US gov't to push e-recycling, energy-efficient electronics 21/07/2011 04:07:20

    The U.S. government will push its electronics suppliers to provide energy-efficient and easily recycled products under a new policy released Wednesday.
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    Energy hogs: Servers vs. desktops vs. set-top boxes 07/07/2011 05:26:00

    Set-top boxes supplied by cable companies are likely using more power than desktop and laptop computers, and about 25 per cent of the power used by a two-socket server.
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    New bill would ban some US e-waste exports 24/06/2011 05:43:31

    New legislation in the U.S. Congress would prohibit U.S. companies from exporting hazardous electronic waste to developing nations where some computers, monitors and electronic devices are recycled in primitive conditions.
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    Data centers experiment with new power sources 10/05/2011 01:58:00

    Data center power usage is soaring -- the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that data center energy requirements will double in the next five years. To address that surge in energy use, some companies are turning to alternative sources of energy, including solar arrays, natural gas turbines, wind power, fuel cells and hydro power. But one big question is whether these power sources will deliver a return on investment in the near future.
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    Green memories accelerate ROI for data centers 16/02/2011 10:44:00

    This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.
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    IT networking gear goes green 07/12/2010 05:07:00

    Servers get most of the glory when it comes to energy management, but networking gear is about to catch up.
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    SAP moves an OnDemand service to Amazon 22/09/2010 03:59:00

    SAP has migrated its online service for reporting carbon emissions over to an Amazon cloud platform, the company announced Monday.
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    Standard proposed for measuring data center efficiency 16/07/2010 09:33:00

    A group of organizations led by The Green Grid has recommended a standard way for data centers to measure their Power Usage Effectiveness, aiming to bring consistency to the metric and make it easier for different facilities to compare their results.
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    Energy Efficient Ethernet being put to the test 13/07/2010 01:40:00

    The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL)  has begun testing Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) products to make sure they work together.
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    HP breaks in new TPC power usage benchmark 08/07/2010 03:45:00

    The Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) has added a power efficiency metric, TPC-Energy, to its ongoing roundups of speedy transactional processing systems. Hewlett-Packard is the first participant to use the new TPC-Energy specification, submitting benchmark results of four of its systems.
 
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