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Photo credit svale What we have got here is a failure to communicate The famous line from legendary movie Cool Hand Luke is the first thing that comes to mind when one hears about the fiasco which PG&E’s smart meter…
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IBM’s John Soyring talks about IBM’s Smart Planet initiatives around water
I posted my video interview with IBM’s John Soyring previously as part of a round-up of my impressions of the IBM Connect09 event. I have since had the interview transcribed so I thought I’d post it once more as a…
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SAP’s Sustainability Performance Management software launched
I wrote a piece on SAP’s new Sustainability Performance Management (SPM) tool a few weeks back. At time of writing it was very much in the realms of speculation as the product was, as yet, unreleased. Last Thursday, Dec 10th,…
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UK’s Carbon reduction commitment legislation – the shape of things to come globally!
Screenshot credit Tom Raftery – data from NASA The world is getting warmer. 2008 was the 9th warmest year on record. 2009, barring a sudden, severe, global cold snap, will end up being the 4th or 5th warmest year on…
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New version of Eye on Earth site – more data, less visible!
Photo credit Tom Raftery We last wrote about the Eye on Earth site in July 2008. If you can’t remember that far back, a quick recap – Microsoft and the European Environmental Agency (EEA) signed a non-exclusive five year deal…
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IBM’s Software Analyst Connect event, Smarter Planet and sustainability
I attended IBM’s eighth annual Software Analyst Connect (#Connect09) last week in Connecticut. The theme of the event was “IBM Software for a Smarter Planet”. You have to admire IBM for coming up with the Smart Planet branding strategy. Now…
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How to Reduce Energy Consumption in Retail: Change The Font On Your Cash Register
Yesterday I got an update from an ERP company called Epicor that primarily serves the mid-market. While I am not an ERP specialist its always interesting, as a middleware guy, to get a view from the app side. Greenmonk for…
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Spain gets 53% of its energy from wind!
Ok, not all the time, but last weekend at 5:50am on Sunday morning (8th Nov) Spain set a new record, hitting 53.7% of its energy requirements being supplied by wind energy. As you can see from the graph above, the…
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