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Data centers are expensive. Not only are they energy hogs, but they’re a serious drain on real estate budgets as well. For that reason, many companies have begun moving data centers offshore to cut costs. Google also has a plan for offshoring its data centers - quite literally. The company recently...

While the stories themselves may not exactly be what you’d call “good news,” the timing of the stories may wind up as a nice touch of serendipity. That’s because they both hit the wire at almost exactly the same time – which allowed the two stories to augment each other’s...

Does your organization have a Director of Sustainability or a Vice President of Environmental Practice, or maybe just a Green Guru? If not, your organization may be in the minority. Even as the economy slows and unemployment grows, green collar jobs continue to rise. There’s no specific definition...

Green success stories are coming in fast and furious these days, but here’s one that definitely stands out from the crowd. The Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, a new 500,000-square-foot, $200 million facility designed to be certified at the LEED-Platinum level, uses a natural...

There’s a fascinating article in the NY Times today that reports that electricity prices in deregulated markets – where competition is supposed to benefit the consumer and keep prices at fair market value – have actually increased at a rate faster than in those markets where electricity...

I recently had the pleasure of spending a week in Switzerland with about 30 other journalists from all over the world. We spent the week touring Swiss renewable energy companies and learning about Swiss strategies for energy efficiency. There were several highlights from the trip, but two pieces of information...

A veritable smorgasbord of gadgety gadgets, Time Magazine's 2006 list of Best Inventions even includes a few items that may pique the interest of the technology-tuned facility executives. For example, this copper indium selenide (CIS) ultra-slim solar panel is printed right onto glass, steel or polymers...