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  • Verdiem Takes Campaign to Cut PC Energy Use to the U.K.
    By GreenerComputing Staff
    Published: November 19, 2008

    LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- Three months after launching energy management software to help U.S. consumers cut their PC energy use, Verdiem introduced the free software to the United Kingdom market.

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  • ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions by 22 Percent, Save Billions
    By ClimateBiz Staff, ClimateBiz
    Published: November 18, 2008

    OAKLAND, Calif. -- ICT could also save the country up to $240 billion from gross energy and fuel savings, according to research from The Boston Consulting Group and The Climate Group released Tuesday. The groups unveiled the U.S. addendum to a previously released report called "SMART 2020: enabling the low carbon economy in the information age," which used a global scope.

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    Sony Earns Top Grade for TV Recycling
    By GreenBiz Staff, GreenBiz
    Published: November 18, 2008

    SAN FRANCISCO -- The nonprofit Electronics TakeBack Coalition (ETBC) for the first time scored major TV manufacturers for their recycling efforts, including commitment, volume of goods taken and public policy stance. The group assigned Sony the top grade -- a B- -- followed by Samsung, LG and Wal-Mart, each of whom earned C marks.

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The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems

Published December 9, 2007
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This online text from the National Academy of Engineering looks at the new industrial ecology, an emerging framework for making environmental factors an important part of economic and business decisions. Explores the encouragement of industrial ecology principles through equalizing national and international laws; the integration of environmental costs into accounting systems; the negative and positive aspects of technology; and treatment of waste as a raw material.

This volume will be of use to policymakers, those in business and industry, environmental specialists, and engineers and designers. The text, edited by Braden R. Allenby and Deanna J. Richards, can be read online for free; paperback and PDF versions of the book are available here for purchase.

Web Site:www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=2129

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