Today we often pay huge energy bills without even being aware of how much power our electronics require.
In order to boost clean energy technologies and enable worldwide consumers to pay less for what they use, The Super-efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) Initiative is supporting a global competit... |
7 January 2012
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The annual Times Square Ball is a tradition respected since 1907. The holiday spirit has remained the same, but a company decided to support some improvements making it more eco-friendly, nowadays when energy consumption hits alarming rates.
Since 2008, Philips Electronics has committed to reduce the energy req... |
23 December 2011
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A study conducted by scientists for WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) showed that UK might experience great changes in its environmental conduct. Researchers declared that, by 2030, 90% of the energy demand could be satisfied by alternative, renewable sources of energy.
Power coming from the sun, wind and waves cou... |
25 October 2011
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A study reveled today by E.ON reflects the fact that most of the small business developed in UK lose up to 7.7 bn every year because they fail to monitor their energy consumption. According to the information provided by the company, it seems that only a fifth out of the 1,167 companies that operate on the market are... |
24 October 2011
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A report commissioned by global security vendor McAfee suggests that spam doesn't only cost money, but is also significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. The study reveals that the energy consumed to deal with the huge amount of spam every year could be used to power 2.4 million U.S. homes. Climate... |
17 April 2009
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Microsoft is offering a new solution for customers, especially mid-size businesses, to measure their impact on the environment. Furthermore, the Redmond company is tying the new solution with its enterprise resource planning (ERP) products, as it is offering the Environmental Sustainability Dashboard for Microsoft Dy... |
9 February 2009
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Mobile manufacturers have been researching the amount of energy used for recharging their devices and have made some revolutionary discoveries. Consequently, they have created a rating system for chargers, so that users can choose to buy only the ones that are more environmentally friendly. The companies that have ta... |
21 November 2008
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After the recent ban that the European Union placed on incandescent light bulbs, a statistics report, formulated by the Worldwatch Institute, shows that the electricity consumption could indeed decrease by more than 40 percent Union-wide, if conventional bulbs are eliminated altogether and carbon fluorescent light (C... |
3 November 2008
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Personal computers are now an essential part of people's lives and, as such, some forget the strains such a device poses on the electrical grid, at the very least. That's not to consider the effect it has on the environment when it's time for it to be disposed of. Most of its components have dangerous ... |
6 October 2008
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Since Solid State Drives (SSDs) tend to become the future in mobile computing, their power efficiency is a concerning issue for consumers, as they want their devices to feature extended battery life. SSDs have been said to consume far less energy than their moving-parts-laden cousins, but a recent experiment conducte... |
2 July 2008
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It's time to get the beers out of the fridge (or milk, or soda bottles) and place them on our PlayStation 3, because following some recent studies, Sony's console consumes five times more energy than a medium sized refrigerator (with a height of 60 inches and 12 cu. ft. volume). Which doesn't necessari... |
4 June 2008
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Duke University has shown in a recent experiment that small primates use up roughly the same amount of energy while climbing as they do while walking. The new finding could reveal why the tiny human ancestors chose to live a life in the trees more than 65 million years ago. The study involved five different species o... |
16 May 2008
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