TechRepublic Resources
- Images: A visit to 'negawatt' central
- Take a tour of EnerNoc's operations center, where it uses the Internet to dial down customers' energy usage during peak times.Inside the "Noc" of EnerNoc, one of a handful of new companies in the energy-efficiency business. The network operations center is where employees monitor the power grid and customers'' sites....
- Tags: news, negawatt, Customer, Grid, EnerNoc, Energy Usage, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-08
- Vp. Gore - crediblity shot on global warming?
- It has come out that exVP. Gore ran up over $30,000 in gas and electric bills last year.If he is so worried about global warming, why is he consuming more than 10 average families do? Of course, this is even before you take into consideration all the carbon emissions...
- Tags: carbon credit, energy usage, jdclyde, global warming, Gore, Now IT
- Discussion threads 2007-03-05
Additional Resources
- Energy-Aware User Interfaces and Energy- Adaptive Displays
- Providing mechanisms in hardware and software for the system to gracefully reduce the energy consumed when its full functionality is not used offers the promise of dramatically reducing display power consumption without compromising user acceptance. This paper identifies, quantifies, and analyzes potential mismatch opportunities in workload, user needs, and current...
- Tags: Aware, IEEE, Energy, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2006-03-01
- How much does it take to power a data center? It's none of your business.
- Governments creating or changing laws for the benifit of a corporationis nothing new. They have influence, and probably a lot of friends in the Oklahoma government. The company will bring in taxes and provide jobs. How is it any different from businesses that spew toxins into the air being virtually...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, brian.mills@..., data center
- Discussion threads 2007-05-24
- Energy Lens (6)
- To help businesses to save energy, Energy Lens makes it easy to analyze energy data in Excel. Businesses can save energy by using Energy Lens to identify waste and to monitor energy performance. By taking advantage of the interval energy data that's readily available to most businesses (e.g. half-hourly data,...
- Tags: Data Analysis, Performance, Performance Management, Databases, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2008-01-25
- Ford Cuts Energy Costs Using Real-Time Consumption Data
- Ford Motor Company manufactures and distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. The company wanted to enable automated and manual collection of detailed transactional data from the factory's many energy meters and enable near real-time analysis of energy consumption. It also wanted to enable accurate forecasting of energy use...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Analysis, Ford Motor Co., Sales Force Management, Databases, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Five Strategies for Cutting Data Center Energy Costs Through Enhanced Cooling Efficiency
- As electricity prices and IT power consumption continue to rise, IT-related energy costs are getting increased scrutiny. Cooling accounts for approximately 37 percent of electricity usage within a well-designed data center and, in many cases, represents a significant opportunity to reduce IT energy costs. This paper presents five strategies for...
- Tags: Data Center, Energy Cost, Data Centers, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2007-04-17
- Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America's Energy Challenges
- This paper recommends a revenue-neutral package of measures designed to ensure affordable and reliable supplies of energy for the twenty-first century while responding to growing concern about energy security and the risks of global climate change driven by energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Through these recommendations and associated analysis, the Commission...
- Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Energy
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Create your own killer energy saving and money saving solar power strategy
- Recent government surveys have found that the average Australian household is using 20-30% more energy than necessary.This is like standing at the window at your place and throwing dollar bills into the wind one at a time. Intelligent energy usage and bringing energy saving methods and appliances into your life...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, taniyamartin@..., strategy, solar energy
- Discussion threads 2007-11-17
- Daylight saving shift equals daylight waste (of time)
- Here's some shocking news for you -- the philosophy behind the early daylight saving change was a bunch of poppycock. Check out the news story: "Daylight saving shift fails to curb energy use."According to the article, "The move to turn the clocks forward by an hour on March 11 rather than...
- Tags: Daylight, Government, Sales Strategy, Vertical Industries, Financial Accounting, Benefits, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Human Resources, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- Energy Minimization and Delay Analysis in TDMA-Based Sensor Networks
- This paper considers sensor networks where energy is a limited resource so that energy consumption must be minimized while satisfying given throughput requirements. Moreover, energy consumption must take into account both the transmission energy and the circuit processing energy for short-range communications. In this context, energy-efficient joint routing, scheduling, and...
- Tags: Network, TDMA, Sensor, Analysis, Energy Consumption, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2005-04-27
- Managing Energy Consumption Costs in Desktop PCs and LAN Switches With Proxying, Split TCP Connections, and Scaling of Link Speed
- A growing expense and impact of the Internet is its energy use. Current estimates are that 2% of electricity consumption in the USA goes to powering the Internet. In Germany it is estimated that energy consumption by IT equipment will be between 2% and 5% in 2010. The 2% estimate...
- Tags: Desktop, LAN, PC, Information Technology, TCP, Energy, Desktop Computer, Internet, Tcp/Ip, Strategy, Networking, Management
- White papers 2005-08-25
- Shut2Save (zip)
- Automated Desktop Power Management for multi-user desktops to cut cost on bills. The features works effectively. Automatic shutdown computer if there is no user logon after a period of time. Shutdown computer automatically at the end of the day, Hibernate/standby if the user have left the computer on after a...
- Tags: Computer, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-08-20
- Global Warning: Optimization Strategies to Solve the IT Energy Crisis
- As business demand for server capacity continues to grow, the reality that energy is a finite and costly resource becomes apparent. With spiraling energy costs, energy constraints have become a critical factor in IT profitability and agility. In this webinar, speakers from Forrester Research and BMC® Software explore the scope...
- Tags: Strategy, BMC Software Inc., Data Center, Optimization, Information Technology, Data Centers, It Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, It service Management
- Webcasts 2007-01-11
- IBM extends Autonomic computing features for simpler datacenter management
- IBM announced Systems Director Active Energy Manager (AME) and several self management capabilities to its Tivoli Software Suite. An excerpt from ZDNet: This week IBM introduced a new version of its Systems Director Active Energy Manager (AME), energy management software that tracks power consumption in data...
- Tags: Datacenter Management, Data Center, Autonomic Computing, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-11-10
- SAP Case Study: Suzlon Energy
- Suzlon Energy, is Asia's largest integrated wind energy company and among the world's leading players in the renewable energy industry. Suzlon Energy wanted proper control of operations and activities across locations and integrate business processes across departments. The challenge was better preparedness for future growth. The company also wanted to...
- Tags: SAP AG, Operational Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Tools & Techniques, Telecom & Utilities, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Case studies 2007-05-14
- Infrastructure Optimization Opens New IT and Business Possibilities for EDF Energy
- EDF Energy, one of the largest energy companies in the UK, employs over 13,000 people and supplies energy to approximately 5.5 million customers. After the utilities industry was deregulated and privatized in the UK four years ago, EDF Energy was formed from the acquisition of three separate companies. After these...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Optimization, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Infrastructure Optimization, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2007-09-07
- Dynamic Power Management Using Feedback
- The increasing speed and complexity of the microprocessor has brought about a corresponding increase in power consumption. Coupled with relatively small gains in battery capacity over recent years, the importance of intelligent battery management has become paramount. This paper presents a mechanism that takes advantage of feedback about power consumption...
- Tags: Power Management, Power Consumption, Battery, Engineering
- White papers
- Power becoming a major issue as energy costs rise
- Residents of Maryland were recently challenged by their governor to cut their energy consumption by 15% over the next eight years as he pledged to reduce the use of energy by government offices and to increase the energy efficiency of government buildings. This and other energy conservation projects (a quick Google...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Power Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Power Consumption, Gartner Inc., Energy Consumption, Energy Cost, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2007-07-05
- Energy Service Employees Streamline Audit Process With Mobile Solution
- Energy service company Energywise, based in South Africa, advises customers about how they can reduce their power usage. Its engineers visit companies around the country, auditing energy consumption and recommending energy-efficient alternatives. In the past, engineers used paper-based processes to capture data onsite, but they found the process time-consuming and...
- Tags: Audit, Mobile, Streamline, Auditing, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Case studies
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