Tag: Product Service Systems - Page 3
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Kill-A-Watt Meters Available at Ottawa's Public Library
Why Own When You Can Borrow?The Ottawa Public Library has books, DVD, internet-connected computers, and all that, of course. Taking advantage of those is greener than buying your own (especially if it's a book or DVD you're only going to read/watch
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Survey: Have You Ever Used a PSS?
Alex Steffen of Worldchanging once asked, "why buy a drill when what you really want is a hole?" , making the case for Product Service Systems, a regular subject on TreeHugger. Yet tools have become cheap, DVDs are cheap, Car share are not on every
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Tool Lending Libraries: A Product Service System Success Story!
Here's a nice story, in the spirit of Christmas and the goodwill of man. TechShop, in Menlo Park, Calif., is "a 15,000 square-foot membership-based workshop that provides members with access to
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Knowmore Firefox Extension Helps You Browse for Ethics
A while ago we presented Scryve to you, a company rating service that lets you know where a company falls on the ethics scale. Well, we’ve just learned about a Firefox add-on that is a great
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Scryve Set to "Become the Zagat of the Environmental and Social World"
Scryve is a green ranking for companies so that you can quickly and easily see how businesses rank in greenness, and compare companies to make more environmentally conscience purchasing decisions without having to spend hours looking up company info and
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What Makes a Good Product Service System?
Ah, the product service system (or PSS): one of TreeHugger's favorite concepts shrouded by one of the clunkiest names. For anyone who'd like a quick refresher, a PSS replaces a product with a service;
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Power Assure Works with Facebook on Data Server Savings
Power Assure is an energy-savvy start-up that has figured out how to reduce power costs for data centers though targeted throttling of servers, networking equipment and cooling systems. The company’s system is able to identify and power down equipment
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GoodGuide Proves Green is Priority with Top Prize at Web 2.0 Summit
GoodGuide has already made its way onto our top lists for greening our shopping. But its newest prize proves that environmentally friendly shopping is a high enough priority to get some serious attention. Six companies were highlighted at this week’s
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Never Water in the Rain Again - Set Your Sprinklers Via the Web
Sprinkler Systems are getting hooked up to the internet thanks to HydroPoint Data Systems. The company has created a web-based water consumption monitoring and control system.
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Get the Green Web 3.0 Experience on Truevert
Web 2.0 is barely in the vocabulary of the general public and here we are blasting into Web 3.0. But, that's the tech world for you.
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Crummy Economy No Biggie for Green IT
Green IT companies are saying, "Economy Eschonomy" because everyone seems to be catching on that the way to save money is cleaning up their act in the IT department and saving loads of money on energy. We knew saving energy =
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Bioneers 2008: Teleosis Institute Gives Health Care a Green Rx
It's a short leap to get from the health of the world to the health of humans. The link is obvious. And yet, there is much the health care industry can do to green up.
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ZigBee Gets an Upgrade, Offers Pro Version
ZigBee, so far, is the main standard by which smart grids are designed and smart meter companies design home automation products. Now, ZigBee has let loose new versions of their specifications, which includes a PRO version. But that doesn't necessarily
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Google Setting the Bar on Data Center Efficiency
We’ve seen some amazing ideas about data centers coming out of Google that may be off in the future a ways. But Google’s Urs Hölzle, Senior Vice President, Operations, has lifted the veil just slightly on the company’s current data
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GreenPeak Cutting Batteries From Wireless Sensor Networks
When it comes to wireless energy monitoring and conservation, batteries take the bang out of the buck. They are always running out of juice and need replacement. That’s an annoying fact that multiple companies with multiple
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Black & Decker Launches Energy Saver Series Tools
We are always on the prowl for gadgets that help reduce home energy consumption and save money. Three new Energy Saver Series tools from Black & Decker can soon be added to our artillery for fighting excess energy usage.
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Smart Meters Hitting Everywhere - Even In Idaho
Idaho is grabbing on to the smart meter wave and has teamed up with Landis+Gyr for 450,000 smart meters. The meters will be installed over the next three years, and will help with information transmission and energy savings.
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London Design Festival: Evolution or Revolution at Greengaged
Greengaged was potentially one of the most exciting parts of the London Design Festival. A whole series of events dedicated to eco-design and sustainability was totally unprecedented on the festival calendar and thanks to the programme curated by three
