Cisco’s Latest Consumer Play: The Smart Grid – BusinessWeek
With Energy Smart Miami, Cisco will provide devices and networking that will help residential customers manage their energy use. Read more
Reducing Spend, Growing Green — ONE+
A shift toward long-term planning and a reduced focus on carbon offsets could be just what the doctor ordered for planners who want to keep their eyes on the environment while reducing costs and boosting meeting profiles. Read more
What the Smart Grid Can Learn From Facebook Connect – BusinessWeek
Federating energy-saving applications could provide more secure privacy for consumers than aggregating them in the data flood that impends. Read more
Down in the Dumps — Sustainable Industries
Recessions have a nasty habit of putting the brakes on manufacturing, causing end markets for recycled materials to dry up. Here’s how a few innovators in the trash and recycling business are working to keep their businesses profitable, despite the downturn. Read more
Video: To Manage It, You Need to Measure It
As promised, the videos have started to roll in. Here’s the first one, from the software panel I moderated at the conference.
A Peek at What I’ve Been Doing
I’ve been neglecting this site for a while, so I thought I’d update anyone who happens to drop by with some details about what projects have been keeping me busy. Yesterday was Earth2Tech’s first conference, Green:Net, here in San Francisco. I moderated a panel on software, with Jeremy Jaech, the CEO of Verdiem; Richard Barber, … Read more
Would an IBM Takeover of Sun Be Good for Green, Too? – BusinessWeek
Big Blue’s rumored interest in Sun Microsystems would give it Java’s open mobile platform for cloud computing. Would green IT be set back? Read more.
Tips to Turn Tech Execs into Green Experts – BusinessWeek
You don’t need a chief sustainability officer to marry business and environmental performance. Here are 12 ways to do it. Read more
Dr. Wi-Fi to the Rescue – BusinessWeek
Biotech companies see opportunities in the overburdened U.S. medical system for high-tech devices that could revolutionize health care. Read more.
Reporting and Reader Engagement, Again
I was perusing the Public Editor page on the New York Times today, wondering what exactly it means to be the “readers’ representative.” While I was noodling on this question, this piece on “The Promise of Real-Time Reporting,” caught my eye. I jumped into journalism via the magazine (monthly, print) world and now work at … Read more
