Delegates from 195 nations gathered in Doha, Qatar earlier this week to kick off the 18 th annual United Nations conference on climate change, also known as COP18 (Conference of the Parties). Held by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

This week, GreenBiz discussed data center efficiency, a hot topic across the tech industry as companies seek to reduce their carbon emissions and environmental impact. A global industry group called Green Grid, which is working to improve resource efficient IT and data centers, compiled a five-step list on energy efficiency best practices. Important best practices including calculating the power usage effectiveness (PUE), which provides information regarding how efficient the data center is at using and sending power to its servers, and using virtualization to make better use of IT resources. Finally, Green Grid recommends companies think ahead and begin measuring water usage effectiveness (WUE) and carbon usage effectiveness (CUE), two more recent measurements that track other key areas of data center environmental impact. Microsoft is an active member in Green Grid and has been key to the development of these three measures.

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After being named a top green power purchaser by the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year , Microsoft has been honored as one of four organizations nationwide to receive the EPA’s Green Power Partner of the Year award. We received the award...

This week, Wired wrote an interesting piece on an innovative technology called Intellistreets, an LED street light system that does much more than simply lighting streets. The lights are a system of connected technologies that provide people with visual...

Earlier this week, Verge @ GreenBuild , a two-day event that brings together business innovators, entrepreneurs, and leading public officials to discuss opportunities in technological advancements in energy, buildings, and transportation, took place in...