Smart Meters Allow Companies To Monitor Home-Worker Carbon

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Dec 8 2009) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Networking

...er's company where it can be fed into reporting frameworks required by legislation such as the UK's Carbon Reduction Commitment. “With the growing popularity of home-working, the ability to monitor and report on home-workers' c...... as residential Internet networks do not have the bandwidth to cope with a spike in demand, analyst Gartner warned in a report issued this in October. The UK's CRC is a mandatory ... (Read Full Article)

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Green IT Can Save Money, Too

Explore BusinessWeek (Nov 1 2009) Carbon Reduction Commitment , Emissions

...mple, in July 2008, the UK government informed 10,000 businesses that they could be affected by the Carbon Reduction Commitment—a climate change and energy-saving scheme that will take effect in 2010. Green IT Can Save Money,......ple didn't care too much about the efficiency of their datacentres, suddenly everybody cares," said Gartner analyst Simon Mingay. However, while the increase in awareness is an important step, the implem... (Read Full Article)

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UK Companies Offered Carbon Management Widget

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Oct 14 2009) Monitoring , Emissions

...ee energy usage which can be used for audit trails for compliance with legislation such as the UK's Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), Redstone states. The software could help managers and employees cut wasted energy from idl...... which aims at achieving an 80 percent reduction of carbon emissions by 2050. Last month IT analyst Gartner said that the financial downturn is driving the current interest in green IT - but from ... (Read Full Article)

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