Category: Trends & Concepts
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IBM Eco Jam – 1 day in!
Well, the IBM Global Eco Jam has been underway nearly 24 hours at this point – how is it going? It has been incredibly active, I have to say. You can see from the screenshot I took earlier this morning that the number of posts was 987 at that point – I just checked now…
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IBM Eco Jam kicks off later today with an impressive line-up
Photo credit justmakeit The IBM Global Eco Efficiency Jam kicks off this afternoon (January 27th) at 9am EST (14:00 GMT, 15:00 here in CEST) and continues right on through until Friday afternoon. According to the IBM site the Jam is a web-based event which will provide an unrivalled opportunity for thousands of public and private…
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US and UK governments prioritising Green technologies in patent applications
I was talking to Paul Craane of Chicago law firm Marshall, Gerstein & Borun today. Paul is a patent attorney an interest in Green technologies. Paul got in touch because he wanted to highlight the fact that the US Green Technology Pilot Program, a special program announced by the US Patent and Trademark office at…
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The day that we see all devices which consume water having networked flow meters is still a ways off
I wrote a post a couple of days ago asking the question How long until all devices which consume water have networked flow meters? after talking to Oracle VP Industry Strategy, Guerry Waters about Oracle’s recently released “Testing the Water: Smart Metering for Water Utilities” study. Having put the question out there, I’m now going…
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Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 01/22/2010
Here is this week’s Friday Green numbers round-up: Vice President Biden Kicks Off $7.2 Billion Recovery Act Broadband Program | BriefingRoom on Connected Planet Online Vice President Biden today kicked off $7.2 billion in Recovery Act broadband grant and loan programs, of which $2 billion will be made available on a rolling basis over the…
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How long until all devices which consume water have networked flow meters?
Photo credit bmitchellw Oracle published the results of a very interesting study recently called Testing the Water: Smart Metering for Water Utilities. Now, we have all heard about the compelling case for Smart Meters for electrical consumption (I have written and spoken about it extensively) but in this study Oracle asked utilities and their customers…
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Friday’s Green Numbers round-up 01/15/2010
Photo credit arekiiu Here is today’s Friday Green numbers round-up: TVA purchasing up to 815MW wind power from Kansas and Illinois TVA has inked four deals to purchase wind power generated in Illinois and Kansas. The federal utility said today that the contracts will allow it to purchase up to 815 megawatts of renewable wind…
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Costs of running communication networks about to tumble?
Photo credit IronRodArt I saw a report on the Green Data Center Blog today that a new industry group called GreenTouch has been formed with the express aim of reducing the amount of energy communications networks (including the Internet) use. In fact their Global Mission is to, by 2015: deliver the architecture, specifications and roadmap…