The British Chambers of Commerce, in partnership with the Carbon Trust, have launched a web site to raise awareness of the Carbon Trust’s unsecured, 0% business loans for energy saving equipment. Loans of between £3,000 and £500,000 are available…. (more…)
Not the ‘comparing’ kind but a green computer security kind. Typically, PCs are switched on for much longer than they are needed – when employees go to meetings, go to lunch, etc. MeerCat is a simple device that recognises when the PC user is no longer in the vicinity and puts the computer into security mode (so no-one else can access confidential data) and also puts the computer into energy saving mode (so it saves on energy bills and CO2 emissions).
Users can see at a glance how much energy and CO2 they are saving when they use the MeerCat – so the benefits are very easily trackable. Click MeerCat from 24/7 Uptime to find out more.
…. courtesy of Bill Allen from Allen Multimedia Productions. Learn about how our server high availability solution can reduce energy costs and CO2 emissions and about the benefits of our offsite data backup solution. (Both topics are in the same video.)
A recent report from analyst company Forrester suggests 86% of IT directors surveyed already have or are considering a green IT plan. (more…)
We’re up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this morning, on our way to the Energy Solutions Expo at London Olympia. We’re hoping to meet lots of interesting people, find out their needs and concerns, and a few good sales leads would be nice too….. Do visit us at the North West Pavilion Stand E94 and say hello!
We attended a very interesting seminar on CRC legislation last week (thanks to Enviros for inviting us) and it made everything much easier to understand. (more…)
According to the Environmental Audit Committee, the Government’s use of IT systems is one of the main reasons given for the failure to meet its own targets for reducing carbon emissions. Electricity use is increasing, largely due to the number of Government computers, printers, laptops et al. (more…)
7th and 8th October will see 24/7 Uptime at the Energy Solutions Expo 2009 at London Olympia - thanks to Envirolink North West. (more…)
I’m learning more about the CRC legislation that comes into effect next year and it’s sounding like a rather expensive undertaking for business so far. From what I can gather, and in very simple terms, organisations within the scope of this legislation will initially need to buy allowances (emission credits) from the Government at a cost of £12/tonne of CO2 produced. (more…)
