Green Business Information
I see ads all over the place for solar panels. Many people have mentioned that you can install them on your house and significantly reduce or even eliminate your electricity bill. Even better, it’s possible in some areas to get payback from the electricity company and receive money each month instead of losing it. Receiving […]
Many agencies claim to have created a green auto insurance plan. Since this is a newer field, there doesn’t really seem to be a standard, although there are a few subjects that keep turning up. One of the most common items seems to be the discount on a hybrid car rental. Autoblog suggesting that they […]
After doing some research into the banks I started wondering if the other FIRE industries were interested in redesigning their systems to have a beneficial effect on the environment. It seems like when most people think about green finance, the images that come to mind are loans to companies building solar power plants, windmills, and […]
It’s the first Friday of the month and we all know what that means. At 8:30 AM on the East Coast, or 5:30 AM here, the payroll numbers for the United States are released. Traders always watch this news as it can set the tone for the next few months, and the markets tend to […]
I’ve noticed a change at the ATM lately. After Washington Mutual was taken over by Chase the local bank was refurbished and redesigned, and there were a few changes I was not expecting. I think the main thing I noticed was the new ATMs. I used to deposit checks in the machine through a process […]
Dell has joined the trend toward lower energy usage, and has created a new line of Zero Client systems. Even the hosting I am using at Dreamhost is carbon neutral, so there are bloggers that are tracking their power source. Bloggers and other Web users are starting to keep track of their own systems, so […]
Or why a business would still have to keep these records even if there was no climate change. We still would not be able to rely on carbon based fuels to their current extent, and it would still be necessary to account for potential risks based on their use. Recall that all petroleum based resources […]
Data centers can be very expensive to run, especially because of their energy costs. The servers have to be powered, including additional servers that are available as backup at other hot sites. Since these servers use so much energy, it’s also necessary to have an additional system to cool them down, which adds even more […]
Regulatory requirements always mean additional staff, as well as additional software to keep track of all of the new records. Especially when a company is under a legal compliance mandate, it can be a significant new expense. Gretchen Weber of KQED explains why many companies are now setting up their databases to keep track of […]
Welcome, everyone. I am writing this article to continue some of the topics which I learned about in accounting coursework at Humboldt. We focused on several main topics, including how to explain why it can be much cheaper to deal with environmental issues when designing operations, what kinds of tools exist to keep track of possible […]