Following Earth Day, I wanted to post about Microsoft Hohm, a virtual community of energy-conscientious people. Whether you're going green to save the planet or save some cash, Hohm offers you custom energy-saving suggestions relevant to your location and your home. Whether through changing your home or changing your habits, Hohm can estimate how many pounds of carbon dioxide … [Read more...]
Earth Day 2010
After last year's compilations of green IT suggestions, this year I wanted to report one of the recent Green changes I've been able to make to my organization that's saving us over $3000 a year in electricity costs and 113 KWH per night. Also read until the end of the article for a cool announcement about Legos and going green. This year, between hardware updates and getting … [Read more...]
MonitorES – Monitor Energy Saver
MonitorES, or Monitor Energy Saver, is a little Google Code project that is so simple in its functionality it's hard to believe it's been overlooked for so long. If you're in a corporate or public environment with your computer, you probably lock your computer every time you get up and walk away from it. It might even automatically lock after being idle for so many minutes. If … [Read more...]
Electric Utility Partners with Libraries to Save You Money
Along with all the great books, magazines, and DVDs, you'll now be able to check out a power monitoring system from your local public library in Illinois thanks to a program through the Ameren electric company. Ameren, an electric utility in Illinois and Missouri, has launched a great new program they're calling WATT Solutions through their ActOnEnergy initiative. Ameren has … [Read more...]
Happy Earth Day! – A Green Compilation
Happy Earth Day! Here's an article for all of you green thumbs on home row. I've compiled a lot of the articles previously features here at 404 Tech Support that are related to environmentally-conscious behavior and we'll revisit them to see how we can reduce our effects on the environment. Also, at the end of the article, I'll dig into some exciting alternative means to … [Read more...]