"sustainable IT" news, interviews, and features

News about sustainable IT

• A new tool for pricing used IT equipment

  An electronics recycler has created an IT products database representing 9,000 manufacturers and 11 million equipment models.

• Clinton plan to power U.S. homes with renewable energy in 10 years is doable

  Hillary Clinton said that if elected president, she would push plans to get every household in America powered by renewable energy by 2027.

• SunEdison drops $2.2B to acquire Vivint Solar

• IBM's machine-learning crystal ball can foresee renewable energy availability

• Renewable energy boom will mean vastly cheaper electricity

  Tesla Motors' CTO said this week that battery storage will be key to solar adoption, and the resulting energy resources will be cheaper.

• Obama, Sanders propose boosting solar energy for low, moderate-income Americans

  Both the president and a presidential candidate proposed legislation that would subsidize solar panels for low and moderate income citizens.

Features about sustainable IT

• Could Tesla Energy's batteries blow up Elon Musk's company?

  As it works to get in the black, Musk plans to invest $US10 billion to build Gigafactories to make the new batteries.

• Why green IT is good for business

  As these companies have discovered, when IT projects focus on operational efficiency, sustainability benefits usually follow.

• Top tech companies plug into renewable power

  Microsoft, Google and Apple are among those tapping solar, wind and hydroelectric power sources