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ZDNet Author Biography: Heather Clancy is an award-winning business journalist in the New York area with more than 20 years experience covering the high-tech industry. She has a passion for green IT and regularly covers business technology issues and trends. Her articles have appeared in Entrepreneur, Fortune Small Business, The International Herald Tribune...; more about Heather Clancy »

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If this plug could talk, the stories it would tell: New "smart plug" allows homeowners and businesses to track and control individual appliances. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Homeowner, Plug, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-10
Electronics giants collect more than 3 million pounds of old TVs: A tech recycling venture between Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba has collected more than 3 million pounds of old analog TVs. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Pound, Electronics, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Engineering, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-10
Fortune Data Centers gets its LEED Gold certification: Fortune Data Centers earns rare Gold LEED certification for multi-tenant data center in San Jose, Calif. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Certification, Data Center, Data Centers, Quality, Storage, Training And Certification, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-09
Attention renewable energy developers: Grant fund seeks applications: Transportation and logistics company seeks grant applications for alternative energy projects. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Developer, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Supply Chain, Transportation, Telecom & Utilities, Business Operations, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-09
It's public versus private in dispute over electronics recycling laws: It's public sector vs. private industry in dispute over local and state e-waste recycling laws. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Electronics, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-06

Nokia Siemens helps telcos get better handle on energy consumption: How much power does your smartphone draw on a daily basis? Nokia Siemens Networks steps up to help telcos get a better handle on energy consumption and efficiency. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Handle, Nokia Corp., Siemens AG, Telecommunications Company, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-06
HP: How about your own personal smart grid for your data center?: HP combines data center energy management portfolio into real-time "smart grid" solution. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Grid, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-05
Another advance in energy-efficient monitors from NEC: NEC Display cuts another 42 percent in power consumption with latest Windows 7-ready, 17-inch MultiSync model. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Monitor, NEC Corp., NEC Display, Microsoft Windows, Monitors & Displays, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-05
HP helps clients get an edge on data center energy usage and "stranded" capacity: Hewlett-Packard's Environmental Edge tool is helping businesses reclaim stranded energy capacity. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Capacity, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-04
Canadian organization enables peer-to-peer carbon comparisons: Canadian industry group National Quality Institute and developer/advocacy group Zerofootprint creates carbon benchmarking tool for members. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Benchmarking, P2P, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-03
Seeing is believing: Locus Technologies environmental software helps visualize the impact: If seeing is believing, then we could all benefit from more environmental software applications like the one sold by Locus Technologies. You input your data once; it visualizes the impact. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Software, Tools & Techniques, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-03
Deck the halls with LED: Why not put up LED holiday lights this year? Michigan company begins annual drive to recycle old incandescent light strands. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-03
Water, water everywhere. So why not use it to create steam?: New-age steam boats: Icelandic Hydrogen is testing systems that decrease ships' dependence on oil. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Steam, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-02
Formal or ad hoc? Fewer than half of data center pros have real green plan: Yes, most data center professionals are doing SOMETHING to green their facilities. Then why do more than half of them still expect to outgrow their existing space within five years? by Heather Clancy; Tags: Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-01
Digital River e-commerce suite aids with levying environmental fees: E-commerce services company Digital River has come up with a feature that helps electronics companies collect fees related to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive WEEE. by Heather Clancy; Tags: E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-10-30
If you STILL haven't invested in power management, here's another option: SetPower Enterprise offers another alternative for IT managers seeking a Windows power management utility. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Power Management, SetPower Enterprise, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-10-30
Want a cleantech grant? Here's a place to search: Law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and green research and events company Cleantech Group have assembled an online database with info about state and federal government green funding options. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Clean Technology, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Federal Government, Litigation, Government, Business Operations, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-10-29
Software integration eases green product design: Software developers Sustainable Minds and Autodesk have created a close integration that marries Sustainable Mind's lifecycle assessment tool more closely with the Autodesk Inventor application. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Software, Product Design, Autodesk Inc., Integration, Tools & Techniques, Product Marketing, Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-10-29
Scientific Conservation adds energy-measurement module to commercial building commissioning application: New software module from Scientific Conservation helps you get more granual about predicting commercial building energy usage. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Software, Module, Tools & Techniques, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-10-28
The paper chase: Intralinks calculator tracks paper saved, emissions diverted: Intuitively speaking, your team KNOWS that it could probably save a lot of money AND get greener by converting some information-sharing processes that have traditionally been paper-based think initial public offering prospectus or mega legal documents into a digital variant. IntraLinks, which has been looking for ways...; Tags: IntraLinks Inc., IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-10-27