GreenTechies.com » Practices http://www.greentechies.com/blog Green Technology for the Office and Data Center Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:10:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Video: Google’s Energy Efficient Data Center http://www.greentechies.com/blog/2009/04/08/video-googles-energy-efficient-data-center/ http://www.greentechies.com/blog/2009/04/08/video-googles-energy-efficient-data-center/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:10:57 +0000 Todd Ogasawara http://www.greentechies.com/blog/?p=114

CNET’s Stephen Shankland collected a bunch of Google produced videos on YouTube that discuss Google’s energy efficient container data centers…

YouTube tour reveals Google data center designs

You can see of the videos embedded above.

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Leaving PCs on overnight costs companies $2.8B a year

We’ve always known this wasteful behavior has a cost associated with it. Now, it has a number assigned to it and it is a big one. Windows users can Hibernate their PC. It works reasonably well on XP and Vista though it is not 100% reliable. However, when it does work, it is faster than rebooting and re-opening applications.

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How Much Electricity Does a Mac Use?

I measured a bunch of electronic devices including a MacBook and iMac using the inexpensive P3 P4400 Kill-A-Watt measureing device. The results were, IMHO, quite interesting.

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Going Solar: The Install

…where he describes the experience of converting his home to run mostly on solar power.

]]> http://www.greentechies.com/blog/2008/07/21/extremetech-writer-reports-on-converting-his-home-to-solar-power/feed/ 0 Automobile Gas Tip Myths Exposed http://www.greentechies.com/blog/2008/06/29/automobile-gas-tip-myths-exposed/ http://www.greentechies.com/blog/2008/06/29/automobile-gas-tip-myths-exposed/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:58:12 +0000 Todd Ogasawara http://www.greentechies.com/blog/?p=105 The gas saving myths discussed in this article are:

  • Fill your tank early in the day
  • Replace air filters for better mileage
  • Buy fuel additives
  • Turn of air conditioner and roll down windows

Auto advances make gas advice moot

Rolling down the windows probably probably disrupts the car’s aerodynamic properties. But, you would think cranking down the air conditioner would provide the car more power (esp. uphill).

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Windows Server Power Management

The video is just under 42 minutes long. Click on the PowerPoint tab in the right sidebar to see the slide deck for this presentation.

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Top tips for recycling your tech 

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Six steps to halting data center energy waste

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5 Ways to Practice Green Computing

Items 1 through 4 are common ones (Energy Star, put laptops to sleep, etc.). However item 5 is something I only learned about a week or two ago: Smart power strips. I definitely need to look for this.

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All-Nighter PCs Cost U.S. Businesses $1.7 Billion

The big problem is that many enterprise installation require you to leave your PC on all night to push out patches, install software, and run security checks (virus scans, etc.).

If you really want to see some scary numbers, take a look at the power consumption stats for mid-sized servers. You know, the ones with dual 1000W power supplies. I’ve been looking at this issue for a couple of months now and the numbers are, hmm, interesting.

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