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Corporations Green Up Office Space

In order to green up its real-estate portfolio, which totals 92 million square feet world-wide, Citigroup has taken an inventory of energy use of all of the company's buildings, adopted power-saving measures such as turning off escalators in lobbies, and is redesigning its bank branches to include...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-06-2007
Reckitt Benckiser Ads Detail Green Advantages Of Dishwashers

Ads for Reckitt Benckiser's automatic dishwasher detergent brands contend that consumers could save water and energy by using a dishwasher rather than washing dishes by hand, The New York Times reports. A German TV ad says that consumers can reduce water use 85 percent with a dishwasher, according...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-05-2007
BT Aims For More Efficient Data Centers

BT's data center chief Steve O'Donnell says the company is consolidating many of its systems onto VMware and Solaris containers to physically reduce the number of servers, according to an IT Week interview. "Rather......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-05-2007
JohnsonDiversey Unveils $24 Million Green Distribution Center

JohnsonDiversey's new $24 million, 550,000 square foot distribution center in Sturtevant, Wisconsin uses more than 30 percent recycled materials, the Journal Times reports. Coupled......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-04-2007
Snyder’s Increases Efficiency, Makes Changes To Packaging, Transportation

Pretzel maker Snyder's of Hanover has increased sustainability and cost-savings by making changes to packaging specifications and the way it transports products and raw materials. Georgia-Pacific worked on the project. The company......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2007
Office Depot Cuts CO2 Emissions 10% Through Efficiency Upgrades

Office Depot has reached a 10.1% absolute reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas and electricity consumed in its North American retail stores, warehouses, and offices by installing more energy efficient technology. Between 2005 and 2006 Office Depot reduced electricity consumption by...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2007
Citigroup Plans $232 Million LEED Data Center

Citigroup plans to build a $232 million LEED-certified data center in Frankfurt, Greener Computing reports. The data center, which the company said would cost no more to build than a traditional facility, will go online in March 2008. Citigroup estimates that the facility will save......( read more ...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-28-2007
Rising Energy Costs Force Changes At Hitachi Unit

With the price of products such as laptops always coming down, and energy prices going up, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Singapore Pte. Ltd. has been finding ways to cut its energy use, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company encourages......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2007
Virgin Games Installs Green Storage System

As part of the Virgin Group's global drive to develop and promote environmentally-friendly businesses, Virgin Games -brands include Virgin Poker, Virgin Bingo, and Virgin Casino - is using a new storage system to consolidate multiple tiers of storage, applications and IT environments into a single...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2007
Companies Focus On Cutting Energy Use

With oil, gas and electricity prices soaring, companies are beginning to pour more money into making old equipment energy-efficient or upgrading to cleaner models, The Wall Street Journal reports. A recent......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-27-2007

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