Organizations are exploring a growing raft of power efficient technologies and innovative designs to control costs and meet Carbon Reduction Commitment targets. But virtualization and...

At Intel, we launched to great fanfare the newest Xeon E5-2600 series of server microprocessors this spring. Of course, the performance of this series of...

As IT evolves, data center environmental standards must also change. When mainframes ruled IT, the conventional wisdom was to keep them as cold as possible....

HP today unveiled research from HP Labs , the company’s central research arm, that illustrates the architecture for a data center that requires no net...

Switzerland's aptly named Green Data Center officially opened a its latest facility in Zurich saying it uses the world's most powerful application of 380V DC...

Swiss power company ABB and IT firm Green recently unveiled a data center expansion in Zurich that uses direct current technology, not the more common...

Nearly half of the world’s largest corporations plan to moderately or significantly increase investment in renewable energy over the next five years, according to research...

Data center service provider  QTS (Quality Technology Services)  is building new solar power installations at its Richmond and Atlanta Metro Data Centers that will provide...

Apple  is doubling the size of its already-huge solar array at its data center in North Carolina, buying another 100 acres of land to house...

Hydrogen  as an energy-storage medium is a time-tested concept in several applications. Siemens Building Technologies corporate account manager Rajiv Sivaraman explained to us how Siemens...

The clean power economy needs hardware of course — billions of dollars have gone into creating more efficient solar cells, meters with two-way communication features,...

Life cycle assessments are an important tool for firms trying to identify the areas of a product’s life that offer the largest potential opportunities for...

Attention facilities managers: Industrial lighting technology company Digital Lumens has updated the reporting and planning features of its LightRules lighting management dashboard to make you...

Life-cycle assessment (LCA) tools began increasing in popularity a few years ago as sustainability-minded companies sought ways not only to better understand their products and...

SAP Chief Sustainability Office Peter Graf has been working for the company for 16 years, but says that now "is probably the most exciting time"...

The US could reduce its energy use by up to 22 percent by using a systems-based approach to increase efficiency, according to a  report  by...

Computer chip maker Intel and home appliance manufacturer Whirlpool have been named as the major US firms with the strongest environmental governance, policies, and infrastructure...

Companies can measure the value of sustainability and how their environmental efforts directly contribute to profits, using two evaluation methods described in a report by...

Intel has pledged to reduce its direct greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent on a per-chip basis by 2020 compared to 2010 levels, and announced...

Forty-four percent of senior executives say that sustainability is critical to their businesses, according to an Accenture  report , and that figure rises to 64...

As a provider of sustainability engagement programs, one of the most frequent questions we get asked by current and prospective clients is: "How important are...

Maybe you just got to the office, grabbed some coffee and pulled up to your desk to start your day. Your printer sits innocuously next...

Is there anything that meets the classic definition of low-hanging fruit better than PC power management? The act of monitoring energy use from your computer...

One way to dismiss sustainability and any smidgen of corporate social responsibility is to shout the antiquated argument that we only have a choice between...

Programs that drive customers and organizations to save energy through changes in behavior at their homes, businesses and plants can lead to significant energy savings,...

Experts from Ingersoll Rand’s Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability and AltaTerra Research will discuss how sustainable innovation is being systematically envisioned, organized and implemented...

Experts from AltaTerra Research, IKEA, and SoCore Energy will discuss how corporations are moving beyond pilot installations, and making organization-wide commitments to onsite solar power...

PALO ALTO, California, February 28, 2012- On Tuesday, March 20 at 11:00 a.m Pacific / 2:00 p.m. Eastern, George Denise of Cushman & Wakefield at...

On  November 3 rd , AltaTerra Research, corporate sustainability, and utility experts will discuss how leading organizations are developing strategies, programs, and infrastructure to support...

AltaTerra Research and corporate experts to share best practices for implementing IT technology for use in employee engagement in CSR/sustainability on August 18. PALO ALTO,...

Savvy investments in energy efficiency retrofits for buildings could yield more than three times their value, mounting to about $1 trillion in energy savings in...

Nearly half of organizations in the EPA’s Energy Star Leaders program have improved the energy efficiency of their building portfolios by 20 percent or more,...

For most large global companies, carbon tracking and management has become standard practice. Organizations that started working to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions several...

Companies that voluntarily issue press releases disclosing their carbon emission information see their stock prices rise significantly in the following days, according to a University...

Kraft has 36 facilities in 13 countries that send zero waste to landfills, the company has announced, the latest in a string of "zero waste”...