New Smart Windows Reduce Air-Conditioning And Heating Costs
Scientists have recently developed a new "smart" window system that, according to them, is capable of reflecting the sun's rays away during summer time...
Koomey's Law Predicts Computer Energy Efficiency Doubling Every 18 Months
If you remember, in August I published an article about a researcher from Stanford who had discovered that the electricity consumption of datacenters worldwide...
Intel Designs Ultra-Efficient Processor That Runs on Small Solar Cell
Intel researchers have just managed to tweak a Pentium-based processor in such a degree that they made the thing be able to run on...
5.5 Million Free CFL Bulbs Giveaway in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's electricity authority is planning a giveaway of around 5.5 million energy-saving CFLs in order to reduce their own energy consumption.
"We will give the...
Datacenter Electricity Consumption Lower Than Predicted, Despite Growth
Servers in data center have been blamed to consume a lot of electricity, but a recent study performed by researcher Jonathan Koomey shows that, in recent years, data centers did not follow the path some have expected them to.
Clinton Advises Turning Black Rooftops White to Reduce Energy Use and Unemployment
Houses having a white rooftop may seem too mediterranean to some, but I guess the Greeks knew what they were doing when they painted them so. A recently published article in Newsweek shares Bill Clinton's advices on how to reduce unemployment in America. One of them is painting black rooftops in white.
Delft Student Invents Presence-Triggered Street Lighting System, Saves Power
A simple energy saving tip for everyone would be to turn off anything they don't use - the first thing that comes to mind are the lights. A student from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has invented a street presence sensor system that dims street lights down to 20 percent when nobody's around.
Microsoft Hohm and Google PowerMeter Closing Their Power Saving Services
It looks like the world doesn't care much about saving electricity, when gasoline is way more expensive and companies like Google or Microsoft are even thinking of charging their users for saving that power. The conclusion: Microsoft and Google have both decided that it's time to end their Hohm and Power Meter services, reasoning that they didn't have much success on the market, even if offered as free.
Grad Student Finds Better WiFi Management That Could Save Power
Since its appearance on mobile devices, the Wi-Fi technology has been draining the battery of Windows Mobile, iOS and Android phones continuously. The drain is due to the fact that the more wireless devices are within an area, the more they need to be awake to make data transfers, since so-called "collisions" between them appear all the time.
Google Cools New Finland Data Center With Sea Water, No Air Conditioning
Besides investing in the most interesting and promising green technologies, Google is now reaffirming its green commitment by building a data center in Hamina, Finland. Initially built in the 1950s and projected to be a paper mill, the building already had tunnels diving into the sea.
