14 October 2008 | Feature

Green office: reducing government’s environmental impact

How civil servants can reduce their carbon footprint by working smarter and greener in the office.

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13 October 2008 | Research

Does green IT really help you save money?

83 per cent of respondents stated that going green results in cost savings, while 17 per cent believed that green measures are not necessarily cost efficient.

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12 October 2008 | News

Singapore earmarks US$4 million to train energy managers

The National Environment Agency (NEA) in Singapore has set up a US$4 million grant to help defray the course fee of the Singapore Certified Energy Manager training programme. The grant will cover a substantial part of the training cost at the Professional Level.

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9 October 2008 | News

Korean govt spurs green rooftop plans

In a bid to ‘greening’ Seoul, the city government has been encouraging building owners to construct rooftop gardens as one of its “green Seoul” projects.

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9 October 2008 | News

Nature-based enterprises to help rural poor

Expanding nature-based enterprises can increase income for the world’s rural poor. This approach, as outlined in World Resources Report 2008, can also develop the rural poor’s resilience to social and environmental threats such as climate change.

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5 October 2008 | News

Reducing IT carbon footprint by 80-90 per cent

‘Carbon Calculator’ and online ‘Server Consolidation Analysis Resource’ released.

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2 October 2008 | News

Queensland ICT Industry Launches Green Initiatives

More than 170 Information Technology leaders from government and business participated in the launch of a new Green IT Industry Special Interest Group (SIG) and Taskforce in Brisbane to help the ICT industry move from discussion on Green IT to action and best practice.

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1 October 2008 | Interview

Green management makes sense for polytechnic

One of Singapore’s tertiary education institutes has a long-standing commitment to go green, shares Andre Ahchak, Deputy Director, Nanyang Polytechnic.

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9 September 2008 | News

Queensland govt tenants offices at green building

Queensland Government’s Crime and Misconduct Commission, and Collection House will hold its offices at Brisbane’s Green Square Complex’s North Tower.

Billed as one of the world’s most environmentally friendly office developments, North Tower, part of the US$230 million Complex, has its own gas-driven power plant, was built using recycled timber and steel, and will save 1.7 million litres of water a year.

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2 September 2008 | News

UAE authorities emphasise importance of green buildings

Ali bin Towaih says, “The EGBC goal this year is to align its members from the industry with local and Federal Government initiatives. The partnership will be the council’s way of conducting business with its stakeholders in addition to its role in public awareness.”

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1 September 2008 | Deals

Fuji Xerox pushes green IT solutions

Fuji Xerox has just launched a range of multifunction devices – focusing on efficiency, security and crucially, the environment.

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29 August 2008 | Feature

The rise and rise of green printing

Amelia Kwok reviews solutions that can help largescale public sector organisations conserve energy, reduce waste, and use other environmentally-friendly features.

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29 August 2008 | News

India launches national environment portal

Sam Pitroda, Chairman of India’s National Knowledge Commission, has launched the India Environment Portal, a one-stop information resource centre aimed to promote informed decision-making and environmentally sustainable practices.

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29 August 2008 | Research

Having everyone equipped with PCs has green flaws

Across the globe, the number of personal computers in use has exceeded one billion and the figures will double by 2014. This development will account for PCs dumped into landfills without consideration for its toxic content, says Meike Escherich, Principal Research Analyst at Gartner.

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27 August 2008 | News

Free green power for Canadian government IT

Canada’s provincial governments are setting the wheels in motion to move their IT processing to greener IT data centres that are powered by renewable hydro-electricity.

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11 August 2008 | News

Local government takes the lead in US

Green initiatives are being given a push from the bottom upwards in Arizona. Don Stapley Supervisor of Maricopa County says, “We want counties to be a catalyst for the change in the mindset of Americans.

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3 August 2008 | Feature

IT recycling

As awareness about toxic e-waste grows, more of the region’s government agencies are promoting the message of re-use and recycle.

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1 August 2008 | News

Hong Kong’s administration works under green roofs

With environmental policies in place since the 1980s, a number of Hong Kong’s government departments—Hong Kong Government’s Architectural Services Department (ASD), the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) and the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HKHA)—have been actively pushing for green buildings.

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25 July 2008 | News

Singapore's polytechnic wins green recognition

The education sector in Singapore has been using technology for environmental purposes with Singapore Polytechnic (SP) clinching top honours at the Singapore Environmental and Social Reporting Awards organised by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

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