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Malayasia Green Ministry: green technology a focus area

The Malaysian government has developed a new ministry named the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA).  Talking to FutureGov, Senior Under Secretary for the Green Technology Sector, Mohd Rosli bin Haji Abdullah, stated one of their key goals was to provide a "conducive environment" supporting the development of Green Technology through both monetary and physical means, and raising awareness of Green Technology.

AIIA Green IT Case Studies eBook

On 12th November, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) released their 70-page Green IT ebook summarising the key issues surrounding Green IT in the IT industry.  Although the eBook provides tips and outlines of quick wins, it mainly focuses on case studies of AIIA members that have implement some form of Green IT and is targeted at IT businesses between 10-100 seats.

Examples of the case studies, include:

• Intel - Sustainable Program Office with a focus on energy consumption reduction and data centre efficiency
• Toyota - Green IT Roadmap across three main Victorian sites
• Corporate Express - design and development of a "highly efficient" data centre with a 70-80% power/space/cooling reduction
• Connex - carbon management system for NGERs compliance and business efficiency improvements
• Dell - implementation of 1E desktop management software to achieve US$1.8 in savings per annum across 50,000 PCs

References

AIIA, Green IT eBook, November 2009

One Million Women - Can they make a difference?

If you haven't heard of it before, the One Million Women campaign is an Australian initiative encouraging the sign-up of one million women to change activities in their lives and households, that affect climate change.  The campaign is supported by major Australian businesses including Telstra, BP, Wolf Blass and The Climate Institute.

The campaign itself involves a website on which women register and then commit to activities to change environmental issues.   They have developed an attractive and easy to use system where you select from a range of activities, and then track your progress against them at intervals:

The 1 Million Women campaign will be running a series of forums in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in November and December, with a range f guest presenters including:

• Bernie Hobbs, ABC Science Presenter
• Lisa Corbyn, Director-General, NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change
• The Hon. Anna Bligh, Premier of Queensland
• Senator Penny Wong, Federal Minister for Climate Change and Water

NSW Green Business Opportunities

Vikki Hine, Manager of Investment and Industry Development at NSW State and Regional Development & Tourism has posted the following opportunities for NSW businesses:

• Aust. Institute of Energy Meeting 7 September
• ECO Investor Forum 2009 21 October
• Tech23 Pitching Conference 27 October
• Eco Expo Asia 27- 30 October, Hong Kong
• Grants, Assistance, Business Opportunities:
  • Wind farms fees waiver
  • Clean Energy Innovation Centre, Enterprise Connect
  • Tender Opportunities in NSW – online government agencies
  • Green Loans [domestic]

AIIA: Sustainability Forum - Guide to Green Readiness