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H2O + C = cool idea

Forty years ago the protagonist in "The Graduate" was told the magic word for the future was "plastics." I would suggest the magic word for our future now is "water." Two Michigan innovators just won a prize for an air conditioning system that uses water as the coolant...

Tags: Turbine, C, Air Conditioner, Fiber, Air Conditioning System, John Barrie, Muller, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-23

Help is on the way

It's getting colder in North America. And the bleak economic news may make it seem like spring has been cancelled. But much of the continent will once again be hitting the on-switch for air conditioning in less than nine months. And there's some good news. Help...

Tags: Air Conditioner, Java, Leadership, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Improving IDC Cooling and Air Conditioning Efficiency

With the demand for Information Technology IT equipment increasing year by year and data centers with densely packed IT equipment experiencing dramatic jumps in power consumption, energy-saving methods are becoming all the more important. Power consumed by a data center is used for various purposes, but reducing the power supplied...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Air Conditioner, Equipment, International Data Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Management

White papers 2008-08-21

Who has the upper hand on Energy Efficiency? AMD or Intel?

AMD has dominated the Energy Efficiency debate on the desktop and server platforms for the last 2 years until Intel opened up a significant lead with its Core 2 desktop and server products. The only thing in dispute is the size of Intels performance and energy...

Tags: Intel Corp., desktop

Blog posts 2006-10-16

Ice-powered air conditioner could cut costs

Ice-powered air conditioner could cut costsice acawsome idea but what is the costIceCoolDual Ecoality Economic and EcologicalSmart companies that are taking ecological and economic practicality into account will be on the forefront of future technologies. Utilizing utility services during times when demand is low or a limited is an...

Tags: air conditioner, humidity, ice

Discussion threads 2006-08-01

Photo: Ice-cold in AC

Ice-powered air conditioning system promises to reduce energy use by up to 30 percent.

Tags: air conditioner, photograph

Image galleries 2006-08-01

How a chill-pill for your server room improves your bottom line

Heatwave-wise, yesterday was probably the most uncomfortable day I can recall since moving to Massachusetts in 1991. The temperature inside my house reached 99 degrees. Ironically, yesterday was also the day that the HVAC guys showed up at my home office to start a central air conditioning project...

Tags: blade, server, Shannon Poulin

Blog posts 2005-07-28

Easy A/C 2.0 (Windows)

Block load calculator for heating and air conditioning: Easy to use Step by step customizable reports Help tags for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/XP Customizable background pictures

Tags: Air Conditioner, Surbsoft, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2002-07-09

How and Why Mission-Critical Cooling Systems Differ From Common Air Conditioners

Today's technology rooms require precise, stable environments in order for sensitive electronics to operate optimally. Standard comfort air conditioning is ill suited for technology rooms, leading to system shutdowns and component failures. Because precision air conditioning maintains temperature and humidity within a very narrow range, it provides the environmental stability...

Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Air Conditioner

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(A greener home, room by room)

If you really want to go green ...Your house will need additional power wiring. One is to distribute low voltage DC power for LED lighting. A big snafu no one has really addressed with LED lighting is surge supression. I bought two AC powered LED lamps a few years back,...

Tags: Engineering, DC Power, motor

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

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Tags: Groupware, Bearing

Discussion threads 2009-09-26

One climate modeller predicts a cooling trend, shortly

Don't you just hate it when one of the scientists ....... that was promoting Global Warming finds that he was wrong. I wonder how many of the others are also wrong!I am tired of global warmingLet's just warm the earth to the max and be done with it. We're...

Tags: Public relations, climate modeller, Harry Fuller

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Crutchfield Case Study: A Win-Win Situation

Fast growth had pushed Crutchfield's data center to the maximum capacity of its cooling unit. The company wanted to reduce the number of physical machines to avoid buying a new air conditioner as well as streamline server management. By implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-VTM on DellTM...

Tags: Crutchfield Corp., Data Centers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2009-09-22

Battery preservation and 'Desktop Mode'

Second battery.Apple could make a separate 'battery conditioner/charger' device. This conditioner would then cycle the battery and bring it back to specs., while your laptop has the fresh one for use. How about this...Fully charge the battery. In software, disconnect the battery from the computer. This would require...

Tags: Engineering, desktop, battery

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid

Photo gallery:2010 Ford Fusion HybridThe problem with some hybrid cars is that they're often more hybrid than they are car. The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid doesn't have that problem. Even without considering the gas and electric tag team happening under its hood, the Fusion is a well-put-together vehicle with an...

Tags: Ford Motor Co.

Product reviews 2009-09-03

Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?

Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?SickThese corporate types are all sick. There is so such more to life than corporate growth, power, and big paycheck,Listening to corporate types scheme can make you sick to the stomach too.RE: Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?Isn't Jack Welch the guy who started...

Tags: Jack Welch, sustainability, capitalist

Discussion threads 2009-06-07

(Photos: USAF Thunderbirds ready for air-show duty)

(Photos: USAF Thunderbirds ready for air-show duty)I must be aloneI love aircraft but in this time I think the pollution from these people and a heck of a lot of the other useless flights should be severely restricted. One of the airshows puts more pollution into the atmosphere in...

Tags: Aerospace & Defense, aircraft, USAF Thunderbirds, car, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-05-04

Ford's Fusion claims world efficiency record.

Ford's Fusion claims world efficiency record.ok. sure. But driving like an idiot on potisn't the normal way of driving. Want to show fuel efficience, it should be tested and rated on real world conditions. You are not going to be running around northern MN with your heater off all winter...

Tags: Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

Ford's Fusion claims world efficiency record.

Ford Fusion HYbrid, courtresy: Ford Motor. A Ford Fusion Hyrbid, unmodified and right off the showroom floor, has been driven nearly 1500 miles on a single tank of gas. That's 81.5 MPG. The Fusion ran nearly three days with a team of highly-trained drivers using every...

Tags: Ford Motor Co., Productivity, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-29

More Microsoft competitors join European browser-bundling antitrust case

More Microsoft competitors join European browser-bundling antitrust caseI think the EC should just shut up...having IE bundled with windows does NOT harm the consumer. Its the consumers choice to use it OR (wait for it..) download [b]a competitor of their choice[/b]. Yes, all you have to do is fire up...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, More Microsoft competitor, browser-bundling antitrust case, European browser-bundling antitrust case, MORE Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-04-16