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Apple Discusses their Energy Efficiency Efforts
You don’t see Apple Inc. employees speaking at very many events, other than their own product launches. So hearing from Apple’s Energy Manager at Friday’s SVLG Sustainability Summit was an event conspicuous by its lonesomeness. Forget about sharing the presentation with you — it’s secret. I asked them to share it. In fact, Apple’s energy [...]
Foxconn Goes Solar
Infamous Foxconn, best known for the deplorable working conditions for Chinese workers that make Apple’s iPod and other products, is intent on developing a strong presence in the solar industry. The company first announced this decision in 2011 at the height of overcapacity in the industry. The last thing that was needed was a big new player that would bring [...]
Apple Data Centers Now 100% Renewable
Apple‘s data centers are now powered 100 percent by renewable energy and 75 percent of their facilities are solar, wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal sources. But unfortunately, the Apple and the Environment report finds that their greenhouse gas emissions have risen by 34 percent (30.9 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions) in 2012. Apple Insider writes: The Apple and [...]
The Solar Powered iPhone: Coming Soon?
Forbes just posted an article about a patent Apple was granted yesterday that paves the way for a solar powered iPhone in which the solar cells will also double as touch screen sensors: Most of us have used or at least seen solar power calculators. Why not use solar power to augment the battery in [...]
Revealed: Apple’s 100 Acre Dual Solar Farms
With a multi-billion dollar budget that keeps Apple afloat, it is no doubt the software giant’s ecological footprint is probably a big one. But the company is looking to ease that footprint when a massive solar farm in the U.S. goes online. New photos captured from the sky show that Apple’s sprawling solar farm, which [...]
Apple Withdraws Products from EPEAT Green Certification
Once again, Apple is making headlines for a controversial environmental policy. In late June, the company abruptly withdrew its products from the influential EPEAT green technology certification program. It comes as a shock because Apple was among the companies originally involved in designing the EPEAT rating criteria. EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) reduces the [...]
INFOGRAPHIC: How Green is the iPad?
In recent weeks Apple has been making headlines for its policies pertaining to the environment – however not all of them are good. First, Apple touted the energy efficiency of its new iPad, promoting that it costs just $1.36 to charge an iPad for a year. But just yesterday, it was announced that Apple has [...]
Applied Materials’ Battered Stock: Time to Buy?
Applied Materials (AMAT), the nation’s biggest maker of semiconductor-fabrication equipment, has one of the richest dividend yields among major technology companies., including Microsoft (MSFT), Intel (INTC), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Oracle (ORCL) and Apple (AAPL), which later this summer begins paying a quarterly dividend. INTC Dividend Yield data by YCharts Since initiating a dividend in 2005, Applied [...]
The Solar iPad Charger from Logitech
A little while ago we brought you news that UK solar technology developer G24i had successfully tested solar cells that can work on indoor light alone and were actively looking to team up with hardware manufacturers to integrate their clever little invention into some actual gadgets. Well guess what? They’ve only gone and done it. [...]