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Huge Cost Savings Achieved with LED Lights Using Network Cables

By Tracey de Morsella on March 24, 2010 2 Comments Battery Ventures, CA, CEO, cisco, Consolidated Edison.John Gilbert, Cree, CTO, data, Dave Leonard, efficient building, electrical grid, electrical wiring, Ethernet Switching Business Unit, Fremont, Gary Trott, high-performance networking systems, Jeremy Stieglitz, LED lighting, LED lighting systems, LED manaufacturer, LED Network System Architecture, low voltage, low-voltage direct current power, Mark Covaro, network cables, power consumption, power-over-Ethernet platform, Redwood Systems, return on investment, Rudin Management Company, sensors, smart grid demonstration program, US Venture Partners

Huge Cost Savings Achieved with LED Lights Using Network Cables

Redwood Systems has launched a network-based LED lighting technology for commercial buildings. It optimizes energy-efficiency for commercial lighting and provides comprehensive sensor data for building performance.

ComputerWorld Announces List of Top Green-IT Departments and Green-IT Vendors

By Tracey de Morsella on May 4, 2009 Comments Off on ComputerWorld Announces List of Top Green-IT Departments and Green-IT Vendors absorption chillers, Allstate, Aplicor, Applied Materials, Austin Energy, BT Group, Burt's Bees, capital savings, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, carbon footprints, carbon impact, carbon offset, centralize, Citigroup, Compellent Technologies, compression, ComputerWorld, consolidating, convert, cooling demands, copper consumption, Data Center, data de-duplication, data network, data recovery, DC power, de-duplication, decommission server, e-waste, EAM, eco-friendly, electric grid, electronics recycling, emissions, EMS, energy consumption, energy efficiency, Energy Star, energy use, Entrust, Environmental Management System, EPEAT Gold certified, flat-screen, Fujitsu America, green, Green Computing, Green-e, Green-IT, Green-IT Vendors, greenhouse gases, Hewlett-Packard, hot/cold aisle isolation, IBM, incentives, Infor Enterprise Asset Management, intelligent power management, IT chargeback costs, KPMG, LCD monitors, LEED-certified, Linux-based mainframes, Living Green, MAID storage, Marriot, massive array of idle disks, Mohawk Fine Papers, monitor energy use, multicore, Office Depot, peak energy efficiency, power, power demands, power usage, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Qualcomm, recycle, recycling, renewable energy, sensors, server consolidation, servers, Seventh Generation, socially responsible, State of Indiana, State Street, sustainability, temperature, Terremark, thin clients, thin provisioning, videoconferencing, virtual server, virtualized, virtualizing, VoIP, water use, wind

For the second year in a row, ComputerWorld has showcased the achievements at 12 IT departments that are reducing power demands and using technology to create energy efficiencies. Thirty criteria were used to determine which organizations had the greenest IT departments. The IT departments selected include: Mohawk Fine Papers, State Street, Allstate, Citigroup, PricewaterhouseCoopers, State of Indiana, KPMG, Seventh Generation, Office Depot, Burt’s Bees, Marriot and Austin Energy. Find out why these organizations were selected.