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Top 5 Environmental Considerations to make the move to Windows 7

Windows 7 has officially arrived and is available in retail or for download online at the Microsoft Store . We’ve posted earlier about the power management improvements in Windows7, and as we stated energy efficiency was a core principle in the design

Microsoft IT standardizes on Energy Star 5.0 and EPEAT for company purchased PCs.

Microsoft recently updated our computer purchasing standards to make sure that all the PCs we buy for our employees meet the latest energy efficiency standards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Microsoft now requires that all PCs purchased

The Rise of AV Power and Green TV

Mark Aggar, Microsoft's Environmental Technologist just posted an interesting blog entry on power usage in your home AV set-up. It definitely opened up my eyes on a few elements of my own set-up and challenged my thinking. Worth a read. http://blogs.technet.com/markaggar/archive/2009/02/19/the-rise-of-av-power-and-green-tv.asp

Greening your PC

Our Environmental Technologist, Mark Aggar, has new blog which you can read at http://blogs.technet.com/markaggar/default.aspx . One of his first blog entries is on considerations to "Green your PC". Here are the key tips cross-posted here. I’m often

Unleashing Power Management Features in Windows Vista

Last week, Microsoft made two major announcements with respect to PC power management: endorsing a free power management application for consumers and launching a free ENERGY STAR solution for licensed System Center Configuration Manager 2007 users .

Microsoft Launches ENERGY STAR Compliant Power Management Tool for IT Administrators

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2007 has launched a new Desired Configuration Management (DCM) pack that fully complies with ENERGY STAR configuration guidelines! The new pack, which is endorsed by the United States Environmental
 
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