Tag: Green ICT

Jun 11 2008

Strategy for Sustainable Construction

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Future, Internet, Sustainability
11 June 2008

HM Government, in association with the Strategic Forum for Construction, has published its Strategy for Sustainable Construction (PDF, downloadable here; press release here) today. I have had a quick scan of the 64-page document and have noted that it now refers to the impacts and opportunities associated with information and communications technologies (ICT). This topic …

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May 15 2008

ICT is key to cutting carbon emissions, says EU

By Paul Wilkinson in AEC, Future, Internet, Sustainability
15 May 2008

Thanks to a post by ZDNet’s Andrew Donoghue, I see that the European Union is to promote the use of ICT to improve energy efficiency throughout the economy, starting with buildings, lighting and the power grid. An EU press release dated 13 May 2008 says: “… the most advanced computer servers consume the same amount of …