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Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:58 PM

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
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:16 PM

Microsoft’s New Ireland Data Center Using Outside Air to Cool the Facility and Drive Energy Efficiency

Today Microsoft had a grand opening for its latest data center located in Dublin, Ireland which was built to deliver Online, Live and Cloud Services to customers throughout the world. With the demand of Cloud services such as Bing, Windows Live, and the
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Monday, September 21, 2009 5:46 PM

Podcast: Stop pampering your processors!

Christian Belady from Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services team was recently interviewed by InsideHPC's John West on this topic and can be listened to at: http://insidehpc.com/green-hpc-podcast-series/green-hpc-podcast-episode-4-stop-pampering-your-processors/
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Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:36 PM

Hohm Shows Way to More Energy-Efficient Future

Microsoft Hohm helps consumers reduce energy consumption, so utilities can better manage demand and power generation. This is a repost from a new article posted at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/aug09/08-13Hohm.mspx   REDMOND, Wash.,
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 6:56 PM

Technology Is Enabling a Green Business Revolution in Europe

John Vassallo , Microsoft’s Vice President of EU Affairs, posted an entry on Microsoft’s On the Issues blog about our participation in the EU Green Week conference in Brussels. Below is a repost of the article . This week I have been lucky to be one of
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Monday, June 29, 2009 5:37 PM

Craig Mundie Speech Transcript from the Edison Electric Institute Annual Conference

Presspass has posted the transcript from Craig’s speech at EEI where he discussed the need to zero-carbon energy sources and announced Microsoft Hohm. Check it out here .
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Saturday, June 27, 2009 12:23 AM

External Research Symposium 2009

Each year, Microsoft Research invites academic investigators with whom it has been collaborating to present their research progress and findings at an overall project review meeting. At the External Research Symposium held on March 30–31, 2009, more than
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:44 AM

Craig Mundie on Microsoft's 'Hohm' energy push

CNET posted a great interview with Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, focused on the background for the Microsoft Hohm application. Check out the full article here – and see the video interview below.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 6:08 PM

Microsoft Hohm to help consumers understand energy usage and reduce their impact on the environment

Today Microsoft announced a new online application, Microsoft Hohm that helps consumers to better understand their energy usage, get recommendations and start saving money. Microsoft Hohm is an easy-to-use tool that helps consumers lower their energy
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:44 PM

Windows 7 and Power Management

With the upcoming release of Windows 7 we wanted to provide you with more information on the new power management features in the product and ways that we’re driving energy efficiency across the PC ecosystem. Microsoft recognizes that software can play
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Friday, February 20, 2009 12:59 AM

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
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:02 AM

Power In, Dollars Out: How to Stem the Flow in the Data Center

As a follow up to the blog entry on Configuring Windows Server 2008 Power Parameters for Increased Power Efficiency , the Windows Server performance team has just released a comprehensive white paper called “Power In, Dollars Out: Reducing the Flows in
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:59 AM

Configuring Windows Server 2008 Power Parameters for Increased Power Efficiency

The Windows Server performance team has posted a great blog on best practices for tuning Windows Server 2008 for increased power efficiency. This blog post will describe processor power management technology, explain the parameters involved, and show
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 5:00 AM

“Pecan Street Project” Brings Together City of Austin, Austin Energy, University of Texas, Austin Chamber and Environmental Defense Fund To Design Energy System of the Future

National Corporate Partnerships with Dell, GE Energy, IBM, Intel, Oracle, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Freescale Semiconductor and GridPoint Announced at Clean Energy Venture Summit (Austin – Dec. 3, 2008) – Representatives from the City of Austin, Austin
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:56 AM

Microsoft Provides Online Stage for Leaders to Share Opinions on How Technology Can Address Climate Change

All over the world, people are using technology to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, protect endangered species, and help businesses operate more efficiently. To promote the sharing of information on this topic, Microsoft has invited environmental and
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