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 startup plans a Southern California factory that will use its own solar thermal plant – not to make electricity, but to generate heat to bake traditional gypsum-based drywall without burning fossil fuels.
Webcor, California's largest contractor, will work on major construction projects with iCrete, which says it can reduce the amount of cement going into concrete by as much as 40 percent.
Got some old PCs or printers sitting around? HP will give you cash for them. It's the latest step in the growing market for e-waste.
David Gelbaum, the head of the Quercus Trust, is one busy guy. With 47 investments, he's got more than almost anyone in green.
Your roof is an island of heat. Cooling it could reduce billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions. But how do you make these roofs attractive?
Green building has never received the same attention as solar, but the gains that can be made are real and it's not as expensive as some might think. President-elect Obama is a big fan too.
Air conditioners consume an inordinate amount of power in the U.S. and they aren't very efficiently used. To save energy, some say leave them out.
Shangri-La Industries and Thompson National Properties want to spend $100 million on making commercial and industrial buildings probably existing ones more energy efficient and sustainable.
The company can flip your PC off or on remotely. Now it wants to do the same with your lights and it has a new CEO.
The EMerge Alliance says low-voltage direct current built into interior spaces can power LED lights, sensors and other devices more efficiently that the AC wiring in use today.
The San Francisco-based company, which just raised $8 million, wants to use modular construction techniques for commercial buildings.
It's been tough to capture lots of waste heat economically, but better machines and solid state electronics could accomplish the task.
The company, which develops hardware and software for controlling energy consumption in the home, is moving into your living room with a raft of new deals.
Energy efficient building only costs about 2 percent more than traditional building methods and can save a third on energy costs, according to a study funded by investment firm Good Energies.
Siebel Systems founder Tom Siebel who made his money in the '90s software boom is trying to go green.
The credit crunch has pummeled the U.S. construction industry. Should green-building startups look more actively for sales outside of the country?
Bikube is preparing to bring its efficient septic system, the BioKube Venus, to California.
Energy Capital Partners also commits up to $150 million more to help the company develop energy-storage projects for utilities.
CalStar Cement will soon begin to ship a green brick that takes almost no energy to produce.
Senior Analyst Eric Wesoff reports on Building Integrated Photovoltaics from the floor of Solar Power International where the mood is cautiously optimistic.