Chicago hosts green computing conference

As the green movement has gathered steam, particularly in recent years, proponents of green initiatives have banded together, and recently embarked on the first International Green Computing Conference in Chicago, reports Rackspace.

With increasing pressure on the environment, advances in technology are working to turn the tide against excessive energy use, promoting efficiency and creating the concept of 'green computing' - environmentally conscious deployment of new technologies to lessen the impact felt by the environment from data centres, PCs and other devices.

The conference dealt with a wide range of issues within IT, including topics and issues related to energy efficiency in computing as well as promoting technologies and systems regarded as being better for the environment.

In an attempt to make the functioning of government offices transparent and accountable, the state e-governance department in India has decided to embark on a paperless regime at 10 government offices in the state, says Expressbuzz.

The concept, which will involve paperless dispensation of government files and tenders, has already been implemented at the Department of Information Technology and Centre for e-Governance.

"Due to the success of the concept, the department has decided to add 10 more government offices under the Paperless Regime...The total cost of implementing the project at the Centre for e-Governance is about 23 lakh [rupees]," says M N Vidyashankar, principal secretary of India's e-Governance Department.

Mercer County's recycling programme celebrated having room to expand last week when it hosted a ribbon cutting for its new building at the county landfill, states BDTOnline.

Started in 1998, the Mercer County Solid Waste Authority began its operations when a state grant paid for the construction of an 800-square-foot building and a baler, said manager Jerry L. Haynes. Another state grant financed the building of a new 1 300-square-foot building.

“Since then additional grants have enabled us to purchase equipment to expand our operations,” Haynes said.