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Sustainable Healthcare
Submitted by Matt on Sun, 10/26/2014 - 16:51The healthcare, like most industries, has seen seen its electronic technologies become ICT technologies. Medical facilities are ICT facilities and much medical gear is ICT gear. That's consistent with our inclusive definition of Green ICT. Here are some industry initiatives having an impact:
Cisco Green ICT Goals and Tactics
Submitted by Matt on Thu, 02/06/2014 - 21:44Cisco is consistently a sustainability leader among ICT vendors. Among Cisco's new Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals announced in February 2013 is one tied to the issue of siting data centers:
ICT's Potential to Reduce GHG Still Outweighs Its Own Emmissions
Submitted by Matt on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 15:11We noted in a 2008 post about the SMART 2020 report that while ICT emits GHGs, its potential to reduce them in other sectors was 5X greater. Now, a follow-up report - SMARTEer2020 - calculates ICT's leverage at 7X.
A Different Shade of Green for Yahoo
Submitted by Matt on Mon, 09/20/2010 - 14:16A lot has changed since we wrote three years ago: "Yahoo plans to go carbon neutral by the end of 2007. Part of this will be achieved through carbon offsets, including hydroelectric and sustainable agriculture projects in Brazil." Co-founder and Chief Yahoo David Filo now says, "Reducing our carbon footprint has always been a priority and we’ve decided to focus all our energy and investment on that philosophy. We will no longer purchase carbon offsets as announced in 2007. Instead, we’ll focus our resources on reducing our carbon impact while helping the rest of the industry do the same. We believe creating highly-efficient data centers will have a greater long-term, direct impact on the environment and gives us the best opportunity to play a leadership role in addressing climate change."
Another focus appears to be reducing the amount of water typically consumed by a data center. Here is Yahoo's report about its newest data center, the Lockport, NY "Chicken Coop":
Green Caution: The Tipping Point Fallacy
Submitted by Matt on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 10:25I asked a person involved in a green initiative how her organization assembled evidence of their material impact on the community's carbon footprint. She was clearly taken aback by my question and replied to the effect that, "We haven't, but I believe that we are moving the community toward a tipping point." Her response was instructive on two counts.
Green Projects, Stakeholder Communications, and ISO 14063
Submitted by Matt on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 14:06An investment in effective stakeholder engagement is critical to obtain support prior to commencing a project, to ensure effective and efficient implementation, and to assess and share value afterward. This is an often-neglected element of Green ICT projects.
Toward a Practice of Evidence-Based Sustainability
Submitted by Matt on Mon, 12/14/2009 - 11:36It's time to embrace an evidence-based discipline for designing and executing green initiatives. The value of this extends well beyond Green ICT.
Keeping It Real is the Path to Success
Submitted by Matt on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 09:30The CIO Executive Board has identified what it calls "two critical activities to successfully sustain green IT projects." These tie to our "Keeping It Real" criteria, which are critical to long-term credibility of any green initiative.
Controversy Over California's TV Energy Regulations
Submitted by Matt on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 07:38Proposed California Energy Commission (CEC) regulations to improve television set energy efficiency by 49% could mean significant changes to its consumer electronics market and possibly that of the United States as a whole. This activity comes at a time when the International Energy Agency is expressing concern about the energy/carbon implications of global television set ownership soaring past the two billion level.
Bertelsmann, CBS, Disney, Viacom: Best of Mediocre Entertainment Sector
Submitted by Matt on Tue, 08/11/2009 - 07:28The German company scored A+ while the three American companies scored B+ in Claremont McKenna College's Entertainment Sector Analysis of sustainability. Ten others scored B- to D+. But even the top performers have a long way to go.
