Traditional ICT facilities consume as much energy cooling their gear as powering it the first place. One solution is to re-use the waste heat.

"Designed for the Dump" is the theme of The Story of Electronics, a cartoon from the The Story of Stuff Project and the Electronics Takeback Coalition. The video is a breezy but comprehensive tour of the issues inherent in the lifecycles of our e-gear. It would be a good starting point for Green ICT professionals to educate non-technical audiences. Take a look.

What is a battery? A device to store energy in a chemical form and convert it to electricity on demand? This is an important question as ICT facilities and infrastructure elements increasingly rely on sophisticated battery systems. Let's start by reviewing the roll batteries, or "energy storage devices", play in ICT.

An APC white paper lists three applications:

This 1958 short film by acclaimed director Frank Capra anticipates in its 79 seconds many visual elements now familiar from today's media.

Ann Livermore, executive vice president of Hewlett-Packard's Technology Solutions Group, said in a recent Harvard Business podcast that IT organizations spend 70% of their budgets "just running stuff" and 30% on innovation. Observing that 40% of companies in the top quartile of their industries can loose their leadership positions during a recession,

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We're seeing a number of media facilities, an important part of ICT, pursuing LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, including Plymouth Rock Studios, Second Line Stages, and The Weather Channel.