Category: Trends & Concepts
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The kind of commitment to sustainability which Xerox demonstrates is very rare. It should be the norm.
I had a phone call recently with Patty Calkins. Patty is Vice President of Environmental Health & Safety for Xerox Corp. I knew Xerox had a good environmental record but until talking to Patty, I had no idea just how good! To put this in context, let’s take a quick look at how long they…
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Lockheed Martin Going Green!
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…
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The smart building space just got smarter
I attended an IBM Analysts day last week in London where IBM briefed us on a number of announcements in the Smart buildings space. Why do we need smart buildings in the first place? What problem are they solving? Well, according to IBM, worldwide, buildings consume 42% of all electricity generated and by 2025 they…
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Friday Green Numbers round-up 10/08/2010
And here are this week’s Green Numbers: Timberland Commits Five Million Trees in Five Years to Help Solve Critical Issues in High-Risk Environments “The Timberland Company (NYSE: TBL) believes it can help alleviate hunger, create jobs, protect wildlife and preserve the environment…all through the simple act of planting a tree. Make that five million trees…
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Symantec need to stop hiding their Green light under a bushel
I attended Symantec’s Vision 2010 event in Barcelona yesterday and I found it to be hugely frustrating! Symantec are one of the world’s largest computer security companies with 31,000 customers, 18,400 employees (PDF), and revenue in 2009 of $6.2 billion. At yesterday’s Vision event however, they missed lots of great opportunities to talk up their…
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IBM Start – positive outcomes from the fabulous Sustainable Energy day
I have already written about how well the IBM Start event started out – well I wanted to dive a little deeper into one of the days in particular – the Smarter Energy for a Sustainable future day. Why? For me, it was by far the best day of the event. IBM Start – Building…
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Friday Green Numbers round-up 09/03/2010
And here is this week’s Green numbers: 1.25 Gigawatts of Solar Thermal Power Approved in California in Past Two Days Will Double US Capacity “There’ve been multiple gigawatts of solar thermal power plants planned for various places in the California desert for some time, but finally some more of them are getting the approvals need…
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Digital Lumens intelligent LEDs cut Maines energy for lighting by 87%
Photo of before and after installation of Digital Lumens lighting system in Maines Paper & Food Service courtesy of Digital Lumens. Digital Lumens reduced the cost of lighting for their first customer by 87%. Digital Lumens specialise in high-bay lighting for warehouses, cold storage facilities, and manufacturing plants. This is a mostly invisible but very…