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The Carbon Disclosure Project is partnering with Accenture, Microsoft and SAP to establish a new global climate change data reporting platform. The goal is for the system to enable businesses to get access to data on corporate emissions performance for analysis.
It seems intuitive enough that downloading music would be less carbon-intensive than buying a CD that has been transported in a truck and wrapped in multiple layers of plastic. Now a study funded by Intel and Microsoft and performed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University has confirmed it: Purchasing digital music cuts carbon emissions by 40% to 80% compared to buying CDs.
By working with Microsoft hardware and software, the company has also begun using a communications server to share documents and conduct meetings (and reduce the number of business trips needed to keep the vintner running).
With hundreds of millions of PCs draining batteries and tapping into power outlets around the world, even a small tweak in Microsoft Windows can influence global energy consumption.
Microsoft Corp. today announced Microsoft Hohm, a new online application that enables consumers to better understand their energy usage, get recommendations and start saving money.
Microsoft engineers are putting a number of new power management features into Windows 7 that are designed to help IT administrators reduce power consumption and cost while improving the user experience.
As massive data centers suck up energy and money, the tech industry is looking for ways to turn down the heat. Above, Rob Bernard, chief environmental strategist for Microsoft, walks through a server room. "We think it's possible to double computing while driving down energy consumption," he said.
Microsoft's ideas matter, of course, not just because most of you rely on its technology in its data center but because the company has lots to share about what it has learned about its own data centers — which it has been building out to support its various software-as-service initiatives.
The World Wildlife Fun (WWF) released two reports that explore the environmental impact of business travel and the replacement technology.
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is partnering with world leading consulting and technology companies Accenture, Microsoft and SAP to deliver the new version of its data system.
Microsoft announced Microsoft Hohm, a new online application that enables consumers to better understand their energy usage, get recommendations and start saving money.
Rob Bernard is leading Microsoft's environmental sustainability efforts; helping customers, partners, and its own employees consider how software can make a difference
Company enables private cloud computing environment through combination of virtualization, managing services across physical and virtual, and dynamic application development tools.
MSN Green survey finds that eco-friendliness has its limits, with nearly 70 percent of people saying that they would never limit toilet flushes to conserve water or use a kitchen compost
Many data centers cost more to build and power than the IT services they support, so Microsoft is leading the industry to make data centers more efficient.
Microsoft reaffirms commitment to basic research; TechFest event shows progress toward natural user interface, more efficient datacenters
The agreement between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Microsoft focuses on facilitating international collaboration.
New Environmental Sustainability Dashboard for Microsoft Dynamics AX enables businesses to track their energy consumption from within their ERP solution.
