Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI), the 700-member global consortium focused on reducing the energy consumption and carbon footprint of information and communications technologies (ICT), announced the release of the Energy Efficiency Guide for Networking Devices (EEG). This white paper is the third in a three-part series of papers developed by the CSCI Networking Workgroup and […]
Current Werks introduced what it describes as two industry-changing, energy-saving USB wall outlets: the Quattro and Duo. According to the company, the Quattro (patent pending) is the first product in the industry that replaces a standard electrical wall outlet with four powerful USB charging ports. The Quattro’s four USB ports deliver a combined output of […]
At Darnell’s third-annual DC Building Power Asia conference (DCBPA ’11) in Taipei this week, the latest dc-power developments were presented by researchers...
Speakers from Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Germany’s Osram AG described new LED drive approaches this week during Darnell’s DC...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the following statement: Dear ENERGY STAR® Office Equipment Stakeholder, As many of you know, the United States and the European Union share a bilateral agreement on the ENERGY STAR program specific to Office Equipment. This agreement reflects the two regions’ commitment to collaborating on and making use of harmonized […]
The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization’s Autumn 2011 global semiconductor sales forecast projects that semiconductor sales will grow to $302 billion this year, reaching the $300 billion level for the first time, representing a 1.3% growth over the record-breaking sales in 2010. Beyond 2011, the industry is on track to grow steadily and modestly […]
Benning Power Electronics announced its participation in the UTDesign program in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. This highly-respected program partners a team of senior-level computer science students with a specific project requested by a corporation. The work done through this corporate partnership is the […]
Capstone Turbine Corp. a clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, recently extended its OEM agreement for GE’s Heat Recovery Solutions segment Clean Cycle™ generators. The original agreement has been extended through January 2016. In addition, GE will provide parts support to Capstone through 2020. Capstone has seen significant interest in the Clean Cycle generator, […]
The market for energy efficiency services and equipment is on the rise as national governments look to reduce energy consumption by improving the efficiency of the building stock. With buildings being one of the largest sources of energy consumption, the opportunity to improve efficiency is significant, ranging from high-efficiency heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) […]
The EMerge Alliance has moved up to the Diamond Sponsorship level for the Fourth-Annual Green Building Power Forum (GBPF ’12) to be...
The U.S. cable industry announced a new initiative dedicated to improving the energy efficiency of consumer set-top boxes and other devices and developing advanced cable-enabled services designed to promote innovative consumer energy conservation measures. A key element of the initiative is the "CableLabs® – Energy Lab," a new facility within the cable industry’s R&D consortium […]
EnTouch Controls, a provider of energy management systems for small businesses, announced that it has secured $2 million in Series A financing. The financing round was led by Trailblazer Capital and will allow the company to accelerate market expansion of the EnTouch EMS targeted at small business owners. Since its introduction in 2011, the EnTouch […]
Researchers from Belgium, Germany, Italy, Austria and Slovakia are coming together to launch a brand-new EU-funded project that aims to make more compact and more powerful energy converters for use in information and communication technology (ICT) and solar inverter technology. The HIPOSWITCH (’ GaN-based normally-off high power switching transistor for efficient power converters’) project, which […]
The list of sponsors for the third-annual DC Building Power Asia conference (DCBPA ’11) to be hosted December 12 & 13 at...
As standby power requirements in devices such as notebooks, printers, LCD TVs and monitors continue to decrease, below 50mW in many applications, designers need a solution to address standby power consumption in their current designs. To meet these stringent regulations today, additional circuitry or control devices are needed to remove the power loss, resulting in […]