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Building an Energy-Efficient Data Center Using Virtualization Technology

Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/11/2009

Electrical power usage has always been a large and increasing cost of operating a data center.Over the last decade, as applications have grown more sophisticated and servers more powerful, digital data has grown at an exponential rate and the deployment of storage systems has proliferated. Add to ...

Data Center Energy Efficiency Guest Column Strategy & Leadership Earth Rangers Fadi Albatal FalconStor Software Rob DiStefano server Vice President of Product Marketing

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MIT researchers set to defy Carnot Limit in reusing 90% of waste-energy

Posted by DeshRaj on 18/11/2009

Peter Hagelstein, an associate professor of electrical engineering at MIT, suggests how close realistic technology could achieve the theoretical limits for energy conversion efficiency called the Carnot Limit. Since the surplus energy from gadgets...

Carnot Limit Waste Energy Peter Hagelstein MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Efficiency Yan Kucherov High-throughput power Single quantum-dot device Environment

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The knives are out for Mark Littlewood

Posted by Alex Singleton on 15/11/2009

The backbiting has already started. When Mark Littlewood was named as the new boss of the Institute of Economic Affairs, I was among those who sighed with relief. The IEA had totally lost direction and politicians had stopped listening to it. As a fan of the organisation, I was relieved that such a ...

Politics Institute of Economic Affairs Lord Harris of High Cross Mark Littlewood

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Greenbuild Conference News Roundup: Day 3

Posted by Environmental Leader on 13/11/2009

As the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo wraps up, more than 30,000 attendees are estimated to have attended the job fair or any one of more than 100 educational seminars, 800 exhibitors’ booths or green building tours of Phoenix, reports The Independent. Here are some more highl ...

Construction Construction & Refitting Feature Heating & Cooling Industry Events Lighting Products & Planning Refitting Building Standards Cement Buildings Concrete Homes Green Building for Cool Cities Green Buildings Greenbuild Conference Habitat for Humanity HercuWall HercuWallT International Living Building Institute LEED Certification LEED Prototype Living Building Challenge Marriott Net Zero Energy Sierra Club Sustainability Standards Trane Trane Architect UL Environment USGBC

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Architects propose a solar-powered digital cloud above London skyline

Posted by DeshRaj on 12/11/2009

A massive structure composed of filigree central columns will keep Londoners informed on weather, Olympic race results and spectator numbers at the Olympic Park. The Cloud, devised by by an international team of architects, artists and engineers,...

The Cloud MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology Olympic Park Solar-powered Environment United Kingdom

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