Corporations now depend on computing resources to handle everything from mission-critical financial transactions to storing vast amounts of patient information. Data center facilities are under pressure to flawlessly add significant, reliable computing power.
While blades have addressed some of these challenges, IT administrators are wondering, “Am I getting enough power to the blades?” “Do I have excess capacity?” and “Am I getting enough cooling to those racks?”
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Everyone loves OLEDs, but no one knows how to make big ones. Kateeva says it can help.
The list ranks who we think will be the most important and influential buyers in greentech. Some will buy for their operations while others will mostly have influence on their own suppliers.
From LED tube lamps that fit in existing fluorescent lamp sockets to finding the best color for growing lamps, here are some flashy stories from Japan.
Fortune Data Centers says it has found energy efficiency gold in using concrete slab floors and industrial water-cooling systems in its newly opened San Jose data center.
Green building already offers paybacks for up to $300 billion per year in the world's major markets, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development reported Monday.
Green building already offers paybacks for up to $300 billion per year in the world's major markets, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development reported Monday.
There is a lot of wasted power at food and beverage production facilities, and sometimes there are even particles in the waste stream that can be made into methane.
Unilever, IBM and other companies said they are constantly investigating green technologies that would help them conserve energy or sell products to customers who embrace efficiencies.
Perkins + Will have created a website that will, ideally, allow architects and builders to bake energy savings goals into construction.
Lights. The old ones are leaving the stage and the new ones are coming in. Luxim’s plasma light wants to replace street and spot lights.
Both the real estate and construction sectors are the problem and the solution to our economic crisis, writes Cascadia Capital's Michael Butler.
Now that drywall is groovy, a number of other companies are jumping into the market to make interior walls.
Air conditioning. You only think it's boring. It's one of the big issues in global warming. Here are some companies and concepts to keep your eye on.
Office buildings are just big water coolers. The idea behind Optimum is to keep them comfortable with less chilling.
Philips subsidiary Ledalite Architectural Products has come out with a light switch that uses kinetic energy to wirelessly turn lights on and off, plus sensors to dim lights in sunlight. No wires, no batteries — welcome to the brave new world of fingertip energy harvesting.
Using the sun's heat to cool a room isn't as much of a contradiction as it sounds. Chromasun, from Ausra's former CEO, says it can run air conditioners on solar power.
The federal energy department is releasing the money in the next few days as part of the $8 billion effort to fund states and local programs for saving consumers energy costs and making government buildings more energy efficient.
Oberon can turn waste into food while LifeCrete has new building blocks. Here are other startup tricks that we found at the Cleantech Forum.
How do you cut down on your air conditioner use? Tint your windows, says Sage Electrochromics, which recently raised $20 million to keep going.
The networking giant is launching EnergyWise – software that will run on top of its network to help businesses cut down on the electricity going to phones, computers, building HVAC and lighting systems and a whole array of devices.
The green building materials maker has bought two window companies this month out of bankruptcy proceedings. Are we going to see more of this?