Tag Archive | smart grid
Greener IT Can Form a Solid Base For a Low-Carbon Society
Precisely a year a go we launched the book Greening IT in print and online (free to download). And if I may say so, the book is still worth the effort of reading. The book aims at promoting awareness of the potential of Greening IT, such as Smart Grid, Cloud Computing, Thin Clients and Greening [...]
How Greener IT Can Form a Solid Base For a Low-Carbon Society
We have a launch off, the book Greening IT is finally published online (free to download), and in print. The book aims at promoting awareness of the potential of Greening IT, such as Smart Grid, Cloud Computing, Thin Clients and Greening Supply Chains. The chapter “Why Green IT is Hard – An Economic Perspective” is [...]
Beyond the clouds: Nano Data Centers
To sell and/or explain the concept of Cloud Computing, the rise of Cloud Computing is much compared with the history of industrial power supply. By the end of the nineteenth century, (geographically) restrictive and inflexible direct connection of manufacturing machines to local power plants such as waterwheels, windmills, and steam engines gave way to electrically [...]
