More than 75% of the ink cartridges manufactured by HP are now made with closed-loop recycled plastic, according to a recent press release from the industry-leading information-technologies corporation. In addition to the new ink cartridge milestone, more than 24% of HP’s LaserJet toner cartridges are now manufactured with closed-loop recycled … [continued]
You may remember our report last winter on the development of a Haiti hospital predicted to become the world’s largest solar hospital. The Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais opened last March. So far, it’s living up to — even exceeding — all the predictions. Solar might seem to some of you … [continued]
A joint report published by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) outlines an analysis that could save companies billions as well as help the corporate sector contribute to the goal of avoiding pushing global temperatures over 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The 3% Solution: Driving Profits Through … [continued]
Greenpeace is a true blue — well, a true green — working for the betterment of society since its passionate and humane beginnings. Greenpeace International may be associated with nature, but it also impresses upon us the fact that the same businesses that brought us the cloud, internet-powered smart phones, … [continued]
Nearly a month ago the multinational information technology giant Hewlett-Packard released its latest server system, the HP Moonshot. HP is billing the Moonshot as being “designed for the data center, built for the planet,” and the specs back up the catchy claim; Moonshot uses 89% less energy, 80% less space … [continued]
With bicycling becoming even more popular across the U.S — well, actually, it is starting to skyrocket — people are starting to recognize that biking is the ticket to health, mobility, freedom, and fun. While support for biking is growing throughout communities and universities as an alternative mode of … [continued]
Energy systems integration, renewable energy research, and energy efficiency technologies are being cultivated and progressively developed by HP and Intel, which were selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to provide a new energy-efficient, high-performance computer (HPC) system. With a certain focus on mitigating energy loss, the new center will provide additional computing resources to support the breadth of research at NREL. This will lead to increased efficiency and lower costs for research into clean energy technologies, including solar photovoltaics, wind energy, electric vehicles, buildings technologies, and renewable fuels […]
The City of Palo Alto has written a $495,970 rebate check to Hewlett-Packard (HP) for designing and constructing a new data center that is cooled mostly with fresh air. It is estimated HP will save nearly 5 million kWh per year by using this system, rather than a conventional one … [continued]
OK, full disclosure, I’m a huge Google fan. I love Google+, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Reader,.. and have you ever tried to do a search in something other than Google?! Additionally, it’s a clear clean energy leader. So, I’m both happy and not surprised at all to see that it is topping Greenpeace’s latest Cool IT ranking of IT companies.
Environmental organisation Greenpeace has today released their new and upgraded Guide to Greener Electronics which has placed consumer electronics company HP at the top of its rankings ahead of Dell, Nokia and Apple.
