A very formal pose is struck by Kelly Smith, the managing director at Smartbunker – a data centre that claims it uses zero carbon energy. Power used within the 30,000 square feet data centre is free from carbon emissions, being generated entirely from renewable resources. If this is true, Greenbang
It was very cool that the promoters of this film approached us, asking to post a blog about Leo’s new movie. Here you go lads: Leonardo DiCaprio’s “The 11th Hour” is a feature length documentary concerning the environmental crises caused by human actions and their impact on the
CHINA WATCH It is a very “smelly” green energy, and it can only be found in the rural areas in China – methane. The methane pits in the rural China change human and animal poo poo into “treasure”– the gas generated in the pits is piped out for cooking, heating and
Meet Ed Hammer, the GE engineer behind the energy-efficient light bulb that will play a crucial role in improving the power usage of homes, offices and all kinds of buildings. ZDNet has a great article about the man, with some details about how his invention was initially shelved by GE,
The green debate has clearly evolved. It started off with concerned citizens starting to make new choices aimed at cutting their environmental impact, such as cycling instead of driving, buying local goods, or turning off unneeded lights. But now, even the military is getting in on the act (although clearly
Those crafty Swedes have come up with alternative sources for generating biofuels, which now includes the nearly 200,000 gallons of illegal booze they confiscate every year. The stuff — along with “animal remains and human waste” — is all poured into a big machine that magically turns it into biogas, which
AutoblogGreen has the inside-story on Tesco’s new all-electric, zero-emissions delivery vans, the Modec, which were launched earlier this year. Running on batteries, the vans have a range of 100 miles and don’t idle, making them handy for city deliveries–and, of course, they get to miss out on
There’s a lot of discussion about biofuels in the market–and they’ve been hyped by many as a solution to much of the fossil fuel crisis. But issues have cropped up, ranging from their reasonably poor efficiency in engines, to their impact on the price of foods. However,
BBC’s Click programme has a story highlighting the impact that PCs make on the environment, in terms of their growing energy usage. As computers have gotten faster and have started handling increasingly complex applications, their energy consumption has risen in line with this. Read all about it here. “The
The jury’s still out there on the Green Grid and whether it will actually deliver anything. IT companies are fond of setting up an association or two when there’s a bit of noise around it, but you have to wonder why. S’all about brand association. Take the
Ever considered recycling a sex toy? Well these guys are making a living out of it…We like this line in the video: “If you want to recycle a sex toy, first – clean it.” Then you’re supposed to take it to a rubbish dump. Nice. But who gets the
TreeHugger has a great round-up of fuel cell concepts for laptops, which tracks the progression of announcements since an IBM/Sanyo announcement in 2005 about a methanol-based fuel cell. Two years on, we’re still waiting, but the technology seems to be inching ever closer. Go check it out.
