Category Archives: microsoft

Microsoft is chasing the energy efficiency dollar!

Microsoft is moving into a new area, energy efficiency software!
Rob Bernard, Microsoft’s new Energy Czar (his official title is Chief Environmental Strategist), in a recent interview with Cnet’s Michael Kanellos, Rob said
“I am highly familiar with the massive opportunity for software and intelligence to optimize energy control systems,” he said. “I think that buildings account […]

Microsoft making data centres more efficient?

Technology Review published an interesting article the other day on some of the innovations Microsoft is rolling out to save energy in its data centres.
Microsoft Research’s Networked Embedded Computing group have developed small sensors sensitive to heat and humidity. The sensors are web-enabled and can be networked and made compatible with Web services.
In Microsoft’s case, […]