Category Archives: Electronics Industry

Greenpeace Criticizes HP for 'Hazardous Products'

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Laura B.

Read the full story at GreenerComputing. Greenpeace activists showed their disdain for a major computer company in a demonstration that is characteristic of the non-profit organization. In a direct action this morning, several Greenpeace activists scaled the campus of Hewlett … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Projects Save Texas Instruments $5.1M

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Laura B.

Read the full story at GreenerComputing. Texas Instruments (TI) saved $5.1 million last year by undertaking 159 projects designed to save energy, water and other resources. The wafer fabrication processes used in semiconductor manufacturing means that energy accounts for more … Continue reading →

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Highlights from IBM's Green and Beyond Summit

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Laura B.

Read the full story at ClimateBiz. Last week, at San Francisco’s new California Academy of Sciences museum, IBM gathered a host of industry leaders to discuss how IT can help companies green much more than their data centers. The company … Continue reading →

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E-Stewards: Activists and industry join to certify responsible electronics recyclers

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the press release from the Basal Action Network. The Basel Action Network and the Electronics TakeBack Coalition joined today with 32 electronics recyclers in the United States and Canada to announce that the e-Stewards program, which identifies the most … Continue reading →

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Brooks Instrument, LLC. Lead-free Electronics Implementation

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Laura B.

Get TURI Technical Report No. 59. During 2007 and 2008, the Institute worked with representatives from Benchmark Electronics, Brooks Instrument, and Emerson Process Management to conduct and document a lead-free electronics implementation for a high reliability electronics product that is … Continue reading →

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Design for Green: Laminates

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Printed Circuit Design & Fab. The need to control hazardous materials has influenced the design of circuit boards since their conception. While the industry has worked to minimize these materials by incorporating less-toxic ones, some … Continue reading →

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The missing greenhouse gas

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Nature Climate Change. Our insatiable appetite for gadgets — mobile phones, MP3 players and flat-screen TVs — may be adding a hidden greenhouse gas to the Earth’s atmosphere. Countries that ratified the Kyoto Protocol committed … Continue reading →

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The latest issue of GreenerComputing News

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Laura B.

For a full-color, graphic version of this newsletter, go to http://www.greenercomputing.com/enewsletter. Virtualization Servers: The New Green Platform for IT By Andrew Binstock http://www.greenercomputing.com/column/2008/07/09/virtualization-servers-the-new-green-platform-it Any attempt to green IT should begin with virtualizing your servers, which is one of the fastest … Continue reading →

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A climate threat from flat TVs, microchips

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Los Angeles Times. A synthetic chemical widely used in the manufacture of computers and flat-screen televisions is a potent greenhouse gas, with 17,000 times the global warming effect of carbon dioxide, but its measure … Continue reading →

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Tech makers fail to clean up their act, says Greenpeace

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at News.com. Nintendo is the least eco-friendly electronics maker, and Microsoft is barely better, according to Greenpeace. The environmental group rated the practices and designs of gadget makers lower than ever in its eighth quarterly report … Continue reading →

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