For much of the past year, the computer industry has been making nice about energy efficiency.

Ferocious competitors have joined a collaborative industry group — the Green Grid — to build awareness of the issue and forge agreements about energy-saving practices and standards.

Check out the DarkGreenPC to see what Zerofootprint is doing about designing better computers.

The Economist

How much computing can mankind afford? That is a question the computer and telecoms industries hate to hear. They do not see themselves in the same dirty league as airlines or carmakers, sources of huge amounts of carbon dioxide, but instead as part of the solution.

Chinese computer maker Lenovo has earned the top spot in Greenpeace’s ranking of the eco-friendliness of major electronics companies, ousting previous leader Nokia, the activist group said on Tuesday.

The report, which ranks companies on their policies regarding chemicals and waste, gave the Beijing-based company top marks for its handling of discarded electronic products, known as “e-waste”.

Your computer represents a big environmental impact, but do you know if yours is better than the other guy’s? If it’s an Apple, probably not.

Data centre energy consumption consortium The Green Grid has been fast acquiring new members like Microsoft, Dell, APC, VMWare, Intel, and Novell that all hope to get green while pulling in the green. Here we examine what some of the new consortium’s members are up to, eco-wise.