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A number of electronics companies, design firms and universities have launched a new research project today to develop a green-from-the-ground-up overhaul for the electronics industry.
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A BBC television show and a design contest both draw focus on the problems electronic waste pose to human health and the environment.
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IBM has eliminated from its chip manufacturing processes the use of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), two compounds found to be bioaccumulative and persistent.
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New rankings from Tomorrow's Value Rating gives the three firms high scores for their sustainability leadership, embrace of innovation, and drive toward sustainable supply chains. AT&T and Verizon finish last in the rankings.
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On the day the computer manufacturer released its third annual Supplier Responsibility Report, Apple met with shareholder groups to discuss why the firm won't make public greenhouse gas reduction commitments.
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LED light bulbs, smarter home-energy management devices and energy efficient monitors are among the greener items at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.<br />
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One of the company's new 23-inch LCD monitors, to be unveiled at the CES show this week, is the first to bear the Sustainable Product Certification from Underwriters Laboratories' environmental subsidiary.
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The federal government wants to help companies bring green technologies to market quickly with a new pilot program designed to put green technology patent applications on a fast track, potentially shaving a year off the process.
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At the Supercomputing 2009 conferencing this week, Iceotope unveiled a new technology to allow servers to be cooled by immersion in water, a new design that the company estimates could cut energy used to cool data centers by as much as 93 percent.
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A new report from ChemSec and Clean Production Action highlights the innovations driven by electronics manufacturers that have removed toxics like bromine and chlorine from high-tech gadgets.
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The Green Electronics council, the administrators of the three-year-old electronics certification program EPEAT, are expanding the certification to cover products in 40 countries around the world.
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In its eighth annual CSR report, Hewlett Packard listed its significant green achievements from the past year, including the recycling of a cumulative 1.7 billion pounds of e-waste and comprehensive emissions tracking for its first-tier suppliers.
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In the 11th edition of Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics, Nokia holds on to first place, while HP, Lenovo and Dell get penalized for failing to remove toxics from their products in 2009, while Apple gets bonus points for being PVC- and BFR-free.
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More than 80 percent of display professionals said their companies are using greener matierals and incorporating energy efficiency into the design of their products, according to research from iSuppli.
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At the CES expo in Las Vegas last week, tech companies of all stripes showcased the ways that green is expanding into our lives and our gadgets.
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In its quarterly ranking of electronics manufacturers' commitments to the environment, Greenpeace found Nokia at the top of the heap yet again, while the NGO highlighted takeback policies and carbon-reduction commitments as the key to truly green electronics.
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Two research projects at Purdue University hold the promise of significantly cooling the next generation of high-performance chips, laptops and personal computers.
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Dell will design its laptops and desktops to consume 25 percent less energy by 2010 as part of its plan to become the greenest technology company on the planet.
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Energy-efficient computing is no quick-blossoming trend, according to new research by Forrester that predicts the demand for green IT consulting will grow from $500M this year to $4.8B in 2013.
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Freescale Semiconductor is holding contests to find and reward sustainable computer systems designs.
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IBM's new 'Green Retail Store' platform offers retailers in every industry a string of tools -- from point-of-sale systems to blade servers -- aimed at boosting performance, lowering energy use and reducing related emissions.
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Information and communications technologies have helped the economy achieve greater levels of productivity without increasing overall levels of energy consumption, a new study found.
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The Green Grid has unveiled strategies to help data center managers assess energy use, while at the same time gaining a few new members to help drive efficiency in the IT sector.
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The new processors are the first to make use of Intel's new Hafnium-based chips made using its 45-nm manufacturing processes, and are expected to increase speed while lowering overall energy use.
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The company's 20,000-square-foot center is the first of its kind to receive the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Gold-level certification for its energy efficiency and environmentally friendly design.