Here’s another one from ZDNet Australia…
Half the electricity in a PC is wasted: Intel, Google
The main point of the article is the formation of a new industry group: Climate Savers Computing Initiative. Although the group was formed by large firms, they do have individual memberships in two flavors: US$2500 and free (not a lot in [...]

Not exactly a green topic, but close…
ClimatePrediction.net
…is one of those donate your unused cycles for massive computation projects. Of course, if you leave your PC on all the time to contribute to this…
I wonder if there is a way to combine tasks like virus-scanning (for Windows boxes) or other long running tasks with these net-parallel [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program has downloadable…
Energy Cost Calcuators
…available in the form of Excel spreadsheets. It has calculators for all kinds of items including computers, monitors, printers, and other gear.

I received information about Verdiem Surveyor 4.0 today. It is a server based power management application that manages PCs’ power settings.
Looking at its requirements (Windows Server, SQL Server), I began to wonder what its Carbon Footprint break-even point is. By this I mean, let’s say you use a small dedicated server (not sure if it [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energey Information Administration (EIA) has a web page called…
Average Retail Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State
…that has a simple table that lists the cost of electricity in cents per kilowatthour for each state. The table is also downloadable in an Excel spreadsheet.

The New York Times has an article titled A Tiny ‘Green’ PC That Doesn’t Need the Desktop about PCs from enano computers that are not only small (3 pounds) but is also more energy efficient (up to 70% less power consumption compared to standard desktop PCs). NewEgg shows the low-end ex5500h model selling for $940 [...]