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Facebook contribution for CO2 emissions

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:39:03 +0000

Facebook, one of the major social networking site that is currently growing rapidly, a few time ago announced plans to build large data centers in Oregon, USA. What is interesting is that all servers using the servers efficient plan in terms of consumption of electric energy to serve the millions of people communicate with each other, one of them is you.

Though seen with the use of environmentally friendly energy-efficient servers, but not enough for a data center, including one who consumes large amounts of electricity for the servers, cooling systems, and backup power device to be environmentally friendly, because the resources and processes which occurs at power plants must also environmentally friendly.

For those of you who feel concerned with the environment, there is one thing you can possibly make use of considerations with your facebook account. Because, based on information from Greenpeace, Facebook will rely on electricity supply for its data center from power plants that burn coal and increase carbon emissions to join the millions of tons of CO2 that have been scattered in the atmosphere beforehand.

PacifiCorp, an electric company of choice for Facebook to electricity supply, is a company which amounted to 83% of the electricity it generates comes from burning coal, geothermal and natural gas.

It remains unclear what underlies Facebook also choose to add the CO2 released into the atmosphere by selecting PacifiCorp. Presumably because of the cost of the power plant provides the best option for Facebook to grow more quickly by investing a lightweight.

Environmentally friendly disposal of office clearance methods

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:51:57 +0000

Office clearance is the activities that is not easy and rather difficult problems in waste disposal. The purpose is to rid an area from the items that is too large and move easily with transport to the center. Office clearance can consist of many items such as furniture, electronic items, even computer desktop that are no longer used in order to clear space. The company hired to deal with office clearance company that registered by the proper waste disposal authority and also comply with the waste disposal standards. An office clearance company that run the standard or recycling and approved methods for office waste is a requirement for company which find an office clearance business.

It is essential to contact a professional office clearance company to help your company remove unused items and legally dispose of all of them in the most environmentally friendly method. Find the company that can give assurances and make sure the items will be recycled, resale or reused if it is possible. Specialist company like Clear Environment delivering office clearance services and provide the client with an emphasis on maximum efficient sustainability and reduction of waste output, carbon footprint and save the cost. Clear Environment has been approved by many legal environmental regulations and focus on corporate social responsibility that come with office clearance projects standard. They provide the best possible solution for their disposal needs for their client. They will help your office balance the needs of the environment with finance for your office clearance project.

Clear Environment removes the waste that is not use such as old furniture, electronic items, office appliances and general waste with a strict policy and a minimum of 80% recycling or re-use of furniture waste. Clear Environment also provide detailed cost of each project on an individual basis, dependant on which disposal methods are relevant with style, type, condition, and the item as well as timescales and operational constraints.

Green Building for the micro climate, environment-friendly building

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:35:38 +0000

The concept of green building or green building trend driven into the world of property development today. This environmentally friendly building has put a halt to the contribution of global warming with the correct micro climate.

The biggest point in this concept is saving water and energy and use renewable energy. In Indonesia, access to renewable energy is still weak. Electrical energy supply to the property only rely on electricity company which are not yet using renewable energy sources.

In the United States, a variety of electric energy supplier companies with a variety of fuel options, including renewable fuels. Developers who choose electric energy from renewable sources will have the biggest points in the green building concept.

In many countries, the application of proven green building concepts to add value to sell. However, in Indonesia still need a long education process. In Indonesia, the confusion that comes even environmentally friendly building is expensive, difficult, and not feasible in the business.

The managers of the building as a large energy users now have the responsibility to reduce global warming in ways that save energy, water, fuel, and so on. Activities facilitated panel discussion of PT Colliers International Indonesia and PT Cisco Systems Indonesia is at once to introduce the reference through the concept of green building Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

The application of the concept of LEED is essentially a recognition of his efforts to provide environmentally-friendly property works or who hold the concept of green building.

85 introduces the concept of LEED rating points with a certified rating, silver, gold, and platinum.

Efficiency

The implementation of LEED for property development also requires absolutely some things, such as water use efficiency, use of minimum energy, or efforts to protect the ozone layer. Some countries, like India, China, Dubai, and Vietnam, also had quite a lot of applying LEED concepts. LEED certification was originally formulated Green Building Council United States.

Understanding of this architecture. Green building measures open up opportunities to put the building in a wider network, related aspects of climate, natural resources, social, and cultural. Education plays an important role in the understanding of sustainability.

The main issues related to environmentally friendly buildings, among which are necessary to build only and do not use more than necessary, the principle of relevance, as well as looking at professional architects as a caretaker of the earth.

Design strategies that can be applied, among others, the use of sustainable materials, linkages with the local ecology, the relationship between transit and residence, recreation and work, as well as water use efficiency, waste management, and highlight local conditions both physically and socially.

The Companies should save electricity

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:58:17 +0000

Some ways to save, especially for offices and companies are as follows:

Reset the electric lighting in the room so that when users power only in certain parts, so not all lights must be switched.
Change the light bulb lights with energy-saving lamps.
Turn off computer monitors when used as monitors use more electricity than computers. as a comparison, the average operational computer uses 55 watts and the monitor uses 75 watts.
Avoid too much use photocopy. Can be used for the distribution and the email scanner.
Print more energy-intensive color than black and white print. Besides laser printer is more energy intensive than inkjet printers.
Turn on the AC 15-30 minutes after starting work, and turn off the AC 15-30 minutes before going home. These little things will really save if done every day for an office with lots of air conditioning units.
Turn off the toilet lights when no one or no use.

The things above are just a few things we can do together. Hopefully with this we can save money so that we are not only pay for the cost more efficient, but our lifestyle can take part in preserving the environment.

So if you have another idea to save energy, you can share…

Using environmentally friendly plastic bags

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:18:18 +0000

Many Department Store now using environmentally friendly plastic bags. Use of oxi degradable bags (oxium) which easily decompose. Its use as commitment in conserving the environment and supporting government programs on waste management. Oxium plastic bags made of degradable material so that the mixture of plastic will be destroyed within 2 years.

Period of destruction depends on the heat and humidity storage. Department store as a place that sells basic needs and the everyday use of plastic on average 48 kg per store, or 173,952 kg per month with a total of 3624 stores. The growing need to make the replacement of conventional plastic bags with degradable can not be delayed, despite greater cost and supply constraints still factory