Posts Tagged ‘Perspective’
We Can’t Afford Business As Usual: 3rd Annual Opp Green Conference
This past week thousands of people across the planet found ways to show their support International Climate Action Day . While it was inspiring to see citizens from all walks of life get up and get involved, Sunday’s news of the latest results of the Pew Survey on Global Warming brought reality back into perspective. According to the results, fewer Americans see global warming as a problem caused by man. In fact from one year ago, Americans who believe that there is solid evidence of
Google campus is clean and green
Google calculates that every search that goes through its data centres produces 0.007 ounces of CO2. To put that in perspective, a standard American unit of measure was used: one cheeseburger has the equivalent CO2 output of 15 000 Google searches. Assuming a relentless capacity to consume burgers at a rate of 150 a year, the average American eats the CO2 equivalent of 2.25 million Google searches per year. The average US household’s electricity consumption is the equivalent of 3 100 000 searc
SmartCamp – Final 5 Companies
The Final 5 companies for Smartcamp have been selected SmartCamp day will take place on the 15th Oct in Dublin. The NDRC will select 1 of the 5 SmartCamp finalists to enter its new 3 month programme, which includes funding of 25k , to focus on commercial validation of web and mobile proposals. Companies 1. Cloudsplit – Dynamic Infrastructure Analysis CloudSplit offer a real time view on what is happening on your Amazon grid from a cost perspective 2. Green Diamond —Was