While awareness of green IT and energy used by a company's computing departments are widespread, a new survey sponsored by Fujitsu found that every area...

Through my success working on computer power management at eBay, I found four key takeaways for working on sustainability and energy efficiency: 1. Touch Base...

It's the third annual Power IT Down Day, a global effort to get workers to turn off their computers, monitors, printers and other peripherals before...

From 2010 to 2015, the U.S. green data center market is projected to increase from $3.82 billion to $13.81 billion, according to the latest issue...

Silicon start-up Smooth-Stone has received $48 million from a syndicate of investors including ARM, Texas Instruments, and Highland Capital Ventures. Smooth-Stone's goal is to bring...

The state of California is on its way to requiring utilities to store a portion of the renewable energy they generate for off-peak usage. California...

For decades, designers of solar power systems have faced a knotty set of interlocking challenges. Solar panels produce DC at relatively low voltages, but inverters...

People in the United States consumed more renewable energy last year than 2008, despite cutting overall energy use, according to new research. Analysis  published by...

The energy developer and project owner NextEra Energy Resources got the green light from the California Energy Commission (CEC) this week to build a $1...

In the wake of  out-of-state oil companies spending millions of dollars to oppose California’s AB32 climate law , an alliance of California businesses as well...

In a last-minute race to the finish-line, the CEC has approved a staggering 2,800 MW (or 3 GW) of solar projects this month in California....

The era of the "smart" solar panel is here. As more companies develop new power optimization and data tracking technologies for solar systems, the market...

Solar visionary, Jigar Shah, will join AltaTerra Research and RenewableEnergyWorld.com on September 23 to discuss the current state of the U.S. solar industry and where...

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Due to  high demand for solar PV around the world , silicon prices are again on the rise. After a period of decline, a new...

Will the heat wave and drought that have created so much havoc in Russia cause the leadership in that country to  take climate change more...

More than sixty corporations, which began measuring the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of their products and supply chains in January by testing a new global...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new rules to ensure that factories and power plants will be able to obtain permits to emit greenhouse...

There’s no denying that managing carbon has become table stakes in today’s business world. Organizations of all shapes and sizes need to manage their carbon...

There’s no denying that managing carbon has become table stakes in today’s business world. Organizations of all shapes and sizes need to manage their carbon...

In the context of accounting, an asset is defined as any item of economic value that a corporation owns, especially those that can be converted...

Greenbiz.com's Heather King talks to President & CEO Ed Lonergan about 
the Johnson family legacy of sustainability, innovations that save water, energy and labor, and...

I looked straight ahead at the roughly 80" wide projected television screen in the  News Corporation's  New York  Polycom Telepresence  Suite. As  News Corp's Global...

Method. Whole Foods. Stonyfield Farms. These well-known consumer goods brands roll off the tip of the tongue when you think ‘sustainability.’ However, consumer goods companies aren’t the only...

Plenty of websites exist that list and evaluate "green” products. Now more cities, including Seattle, are building lists of "approved” products and service providers. San...

Blasting off mountaintops to reach  coal  in Appalachia or churning out millions of tons of carbon dioxide to extract  oil  from sand in Alberta are...

Deutsche Bank is taking its green investment dollars to China and Western Europe, citing a lack of regulatory certainty in the U.S. following Congress's failure...

All eyes are on the energy world with the recent catastrophe in the Gulf, a possible Energy bill in waiting and the increasingly global nature...

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL — Private enterprise is investing hundreds of billions every year to grow the green economy, totaling $1,646,719,228,993 in investments since 2007. That...

The smart grid investing gurus at Foundation Capital and the venture firm that helped launch the likes of Cisco, Apple and Google — Sequoia Capital...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is on track to release an updated set of Green Guides that are used by the agency to enforce environmental marketing...

With the plethora of competing green claims it is imperative that we develop industry specific standards. It is becoming increasingly important for consumers and institutional...

You probably would not think of corporate giants Clorox and Colgate-Palmolive as "green" companies. But they own two of top 10 "green" brands, at least...

A global study on consumer perceptions of green brands and corporate environmental behavior reveals global differences about their top environmental concerns. A key finding shows...

Purveyors of green goods and services can expect increased pressure to avoid greenwashing in 2010, following a push by the Federal Trade Commission to retool...