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Consider this… According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the electricity usage of data centers, those burning rooms where stacks of computers are stored, will double to 120 billion kilowatt-hours by 2011. That would make the data center industry the single largest user of energy in the US.

You have heard of your ancestors using wood to burn, cook or to light camp fires to keep themselves warm during cold days. You would have done it at one point of the other. Maybe you did not know, but you have been using one of the grandest and oldest forms of biomass for your [...]

Solar energy is the radiant light and heat from the Sun that has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar radiation along with secondary solar resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass account for most of the available renewable energy on Earth. Only a minuscule [...]

Vauban is a new neighborhood of 5000 inhabitants and 600 jobs, 4km to the south of the town center in Freiburg, Germany. It was built as “a sustainable model district” on the site of a former French military base.Construction was begun in the mid-1990s, and by the beginning of 2001, 2000 people had moved in. Vauban [...]

Last April, I blog about The First-ever NBA GREEN WEEK 2009. And now without further ado I’m giving you the follow up of the ever-great Green initiatives of NBA Teams in overhauling the Planet. Below is the list of things teams of the NBA are doing to “Go Green” . 1. Several teams are providing incentives for [...]

Save Energy. If you work on an office with a computer as the central tool, it is being green to optimize its energy settings. Set your computer to energy-saving setting mode and be sure to shut it off when you leave the office. Avoid setting it in “standby mode” because in this setting it will [...]

Asian country like Philippines is never too late when speaking of initiatives in Green Technology. Recently one of the biggest contact center in the country announces a huge project that concerns overhauling the Planet. Here’s what the news all about,  Convergys Corporation, a global leader in relationship management, announces the simultaneous grand dedication of three new [...]

I have been visiting different green blogsites for the past few weeks. I found out that there are really great blogs discussing the different perspectives of Green. Around hundreds of high-quality and well-written green blogs, some focus on environment advocacy, some on alternative and renewable energy. And some discuss saving the earth in their own-little ways. And to give [...]

How does the process of converting a normal car to electric work? Many car owners are keen to find out how they can reduce their gasoline expense bill by converting their vehicle to use electric energy. Ever since the prices of fuel shot through the roof, running a car on fossil fuel has become a [...]

March is Women’s Month. The Driving force behind our homes may very well serve as warriors against pollutants that harm our planet. The national non-profit group Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE) recently released a report card called “The Dirt on Cleaning Product Companies” that grades five leading cleaning product manufacturers on toxic chemical [...]