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Data centres exceed 2016 growth expectations
Infomart Data Centers, a national wholesale data centre provider, today recognises a year of exemplary achievements in operations, innovation and growth. In addition to several existing tenant expansions, Infomart added 25 new customers and completed over $120m of development across its portfolio.
PC power management is the best thing for your IT estate and budget
Devices and technology have become an integral part of our life. According to a McKinsey report; an average office employee uses two to three devices on an average. Devices such as personal computers, tablets, smartphones, and wearables such as watches, are used throughout the day.
Analysing the ecological life cycle of buildings
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have analysed the energy performance of a cooperative residential housing project in Munich across its entire life cycle – from raw material extraction and the use of the building through to the recycling of the building materials. Recently, they presented their results together with their project partners.
Material can turn sunlight, heat and movement into electricity
Many forms of energy surround you: sunlight, the heat in your room and even your own movements. All that energy - normally wasted - can potentially help power your portable and wearable gadgets, from biometric sensors to smart watches. Now, researchers from the University of Oulu in Finland have found that a mineral with the perovskite crystal structure has the right properties to extract energy from multiple sources at the same time.
ITRI nominated for edie Sustainability Leaders Awards 2017
ITRI’s work and success in bringing positive change in the tin supply chain has been recognised in its shortlisting for an edie Sustainability Leaders Award 2017. ITRI joins other nominees BT, Coca-Cola, Encirc, McDonalds, Resolute Forest Products and TUCO with the opportunity to be awarded the Sustainable Supply Chains category.The winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on 25thJanuary.
Predictor forecasts energy use a decade in advance
A researcher has developed a forecasting tool which can predict an individual’s or an entire city’s energy needs ten years in advance to enhance the way planners achieve environmental targets and help those in fuel-poverty understand their future needs.
Efficiency is essential for success
In a world that is constantly changing, where globalisation and rapidly advancing technologies are driving the competition like nothing we have seen before, efficiency holds a great power.Lean Manufacturing, Factory Automation, Renewable Energy; all of the major advancements in industry over the past decade can be linked back to efficiency - even the newest hyper cars are hybrids. So why would a manufacturer put its production schedule at risk by...
Technological progress alone won’t stem resource use
Are humans taking more resources from the Earth than the planet can safely produce? The answer lies partly in whether we can “dematerialise,” or reduce the amount of materials needed to produce goods and services.While some scientists believe that the world can achieve significant dematerialisation through improvements in technology, a new MIT-led study finds that technological advances alone will not bring about dematerialisation and...
Coating improves from power plants to ketchup bottles
A coating called LiquiGlide is set to make the transition from the laboratory to consumer and industrial markets, according toMIT mechanical engineer Kripa Varanasi and his students.LiquiGlide renders a surface highly slippery and allows every last drop of ketchup — or almost any other viscous product, from paint, to glue, to cosmetics — to flow from its container without sticking, saving billions of gallons of product from going wast...
Inventing a self-sustaining street furniture concept
JCDecaux and ARMOR’s objectives are to overcome the challenge of the energy transition, to be co-players in tomorrow’s sustainable city and to innovate in the area of urban communication methods. The two companies are unveiling a new-concept urban interaction demonstration unit.