Technology Mashup

IBM Announces IT Carbon Strategy Assessment Service - ARMONK, NY IBM (NYSE: IBM), today announced a new service, the IT Carbon Strategy Study, to help clients starting on their green transformation identify the most rapid areas of reduction in IT carbon emission across the infrastructure.

[IBM Newsroom]

The world seems to be getting weirder...

Rackspace opens wood-powered datacentre -

Rackspace has touted the 'green' credentials of its first European datacentre, fuelled by a wood-burning power station

Epson aims to cut CO2 emissions by 90 percent -

The company has pledged to cut its CO₂ emissions by 90 percent by 2050, through a variety of strategies, including shrinking its printer parts...

[ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

BT launches major drive to cut CO2 emissions -

By 2016, the telecoms giant hopes to reduce its 1996 global CO₂ emission levels by 80 percent...

[ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

NHS faces challenge to cut carbon emissions -

Greater use of IT could help the health service reduce its environmental impact, according to a draft strategy produced by the new NHS Sustainable Development Unit...

[ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

Cross posted from Technology, Engineering and Society...

Progress at UN biodiversity forum - Nearly 200 countries agree on measures to protect the world's most threatened wildlife at a UN conference.

[BBC Science News]

MPs back personal carbon credits - The government should go ahead with a scheme for personal "carbon credits", a committee of MPs says.

[BBC Science News]

Gov't eyes £10m savings from switched-off PCs -

Turning off government PCs during non-work hours could cut CO² emissions by 55,723 tonnes and save £10.2m per year, says the Office of Government Commerce

[ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

IBM Unveils New Carbon Management Analysis Tool to Optimize Supply Chain Efficiencies - IBM today announced the Carbon Tradeoff Modeler, a first-of-a-kind tool that enables organizations to analyze and manage the climate impact of their supply chains. The tool allows organizations to understand the outcome of critical tradeoffs to make smarter energy choices and better economic decisions by optimizing on service levels, quality, cost, and carbon dioxide emissions.

A very positive outlook for the Green Tech 'sector'. The fact that it is so commercially attractive will no doubt drive many interesting developments that will have positive 'environmental' impact. It's hard not to be cynical though as this sector is something of the 'bandwagon' of 2008 and has its fair share of charlatans.

Techies told: Green IT is a goldmine, not a burden -

Government to launch 'Green IT Strategy' -

The national initiative is aimed at reducing IT-related carbon emissions and will focus on examples of best practice

[ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

Biotechs new frontiers - Indias biotech companies have two new opportunitiesto help create a second green revolution and to assist the government in the fight against disease. The mood [Technology Today: Biotechnology]

Fears over Congo elephant killing - The killing of rare elephants in DR Congo may be linked to South Africa lifting its culling ban, a conservationist says. [BBC Science News]

HP announces Sustainable IT Ecosystem Lab - The company's facility will investigate 'green' concepts including swapping out copper for fibre within PCs and making advertising hoardings from electronic paper [ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]