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Environment Agency aims to halve carbon emissions with green IT contract

The Environment Agency has signed an IT contract which aims to halve the department's carbon emissions. The seven-year £336m contract...

Council redirects used PCs from landfill to residents

A council has ended a contract for the disposal of its used computers and plans to make the machines available to local residents, particularly the disadvantaged. Details...

Help stop UK’s illegal computer dumping, government urged

The government has been told it must do more to prevent the UK's electrical waste being illegally dumped.

APC calls for collaboration to promote efficient IT

Datacentre cooling and power specialist APC has declared war on waste power consumption and is calling for electrical contractors to join forces with resellers to promote the take-up of efficient IT.

Gartner reveals seven hyped up technologies going nowhere fast

In terms of hype, Twitter and social networking is heading downhill rapidly, according to Gartner's eponymous hype...

South Korea to become green IT world leader

South Korea is poised to...

Criminal gangs dump toxic IT in developing world

Gangs of criminals, posing as computer recycling firms, are dumping hundreds of containers full of broken computer equipment in the developing world every week.

UK wants technology included in Copenhagen climate talks

Officials campaigning to get IT addressed at the Copenhagen climate talks in December are writing proposals...

Lehman Brothers' charges business units for IT power consumption

The IT department at investment bank Lehman Brothers is charging business departments based on the power consumption of the applications they use.

EDS and Remploy sign IT recycling deal

EDS and Remploy e-cycle have tied up a multi-million pound IT recycling deal.

IBM makes solar power technology breakthrough

IBM has announced a research breakthrough in photovoltaics technology, which could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the sun's power for electricity.

IBM's concentrator photovoltaics more efficient

IBM says it has developed more efficient photovoltaic cells - the technology that converts light directly into electricity - that could reduce the cost of producing solar electric power.

Wood chips and methane power greener data centres

Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk Innovative IT departments are turning to environmentally friendly technology such as wood chips and methane...

Green IT policies delivering scant benefit

Gap between ‘going green’ and demonstrable energy savings raises questions over the current value of supposed ‘green’ activities

Hosted IT cuts World Wildlife Fund's carbon footprint

The World Wildlife Fund is expecting to reduce its energy consumption by 40% and lower the cost of its...

HSBC £300m datacentre to heat swimming pool

HSBC has submitted an application to build a n environmentally friendly £300m, 325,000...

Forestry Commission uses expenses system to measure employees' carbon footprints

The Forestry Commission is using its employee expenses system to help measure its carbon...

Smart energy meters to cost £10bn

All homes in Britain will have smart meters installed by 2020 under plans...

Computers could soon be heating buildings - IBM

Technology is being tested that allows heat generated by computers to warm offices and homes.

IT industry's broken promises on toxic chemicals in products

HP, Dell and Lenovo have been criticised for breaking promises to remove hazardous chemicals from their products.
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