Sustainability

Green ICT with TIA

If your company is seeking involvement in the Energy, Environment, Green Initiatives, SMART Grid, Smart Devices, Cloud Computing, Virtual Events, Environmental Regulation Compliance and Corporate Social Responsibility, join with TIA to be represented!

TIA is actively pursuing the following environmental and energy initiatives, adding value and supporting members’ efforts.

  1. EIATRACK Essential Environmental Intelligence Analysis for electronic manufacturers (contact Jeff Hannah)
  2. Energy and Environment Policy (contact Danielle Coffey)
  3. Energy and Environment Standards (contact Cheryl Blum)
  4. eCyclingCentral.com - The national electronics recycling database and resource

Sustainability Articles

Sustainability Videos

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    Energy and Communications Convergence

    As the worlds of energy and communications converge, the resulting innovation will change the way everyone manages and consumes energy - personally, in households, businesses, government and industry. Pete Tseronis (CTO, Dept. of Energy) and Gee Rittenhouse (Chairman, GreenTouch; COO, Alcatel-Lucent’s Software, Services, and Solutions Group) join us in the studio. Read more...

    Published: 21 days ago

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    STEP Makes Upward Progress

    The Sustainable Technology Environments Program also referred to as STEP, is a rating system intended to bring sustainability to the process of planning, designing, integrating andoperating technology systems, as well as reduce long-term environmental impact from technology deployment. Read more...

    Published: 2 months ago

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    Medical Information Sharing Is Soon A Reality

    Ret. Rear Admiral Jim McGarrah is the Director of the Information and Communications Laboratory at the Georgia Tech Research Institute and tells TIA NOW about the National Information Exchange Federation Center and how TIA is joining the effort to facilitate information sharing in the healthcare industry. Read more...

    Published: 2 months ago

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    Do IP and Lighting Speak the Same Language?

    The convergence of the cabling industry and the lighting market will pose new challenges for structured cabling providers. TIA NOW spoke with Sam Klepper of Redwood Systems and Allen Weidman of the Sustainable Technology Environments Program (STEP) and tell us what the environmental considerations and industry concerns are when converging two markets. Read more...

    Published: 3 months ago

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    Energy Efficient Networking

    How do we all play a role in greening our businesses and making the supply chain more efficient? We talk with an industry leader in energy efficiency and standards. Read more...

    Published: 3 months ago

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    TIA's Big STEP

    TIA takes a STEP in the right direction for sustainability. Read more...

    Published: 6 months ago

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    Conducting a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

    An objective process to evaluate the environmental burdens associated with a product, process, or activity by identifying and quantifying energy, material usage, and environmental releases, to assess the impact of those uses and releases on the environment, and to evaluate and implement opportunities to effect environmental improvements. Read more...

    Published: 8 months ago

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    50 Billion Connected Devices — Meeting Demand in an Energy Efficient Way

    In a world where everything that benefits from a network connection will have one - some 50 billion connections by 2020 - society and industry face great environmental opportunities as well as challenges. The main opportunity lies in the ICT sector’s capability to introduce transformative CO2 emission reductions in other sectors. The main challenge is to meet the implied demands on capacity build-out of networks without compromising environmental performance. Read more...

    Published: 9 months ago

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    ICT in 2 Update on USF, D-block and Spectrum with Ron Westfall of Current Analysis

    Ron Westfall, Research Director of Service Provider Infrastructure at Current Analysis, joins us in the TIA Now studio to discuss the Universal Service Fund and the possible reallocation of D-block spectrum. Read more...

    Published: 10 months ago

  • ICT in 2- Feb 17, 2011

    Net neutrality and D Block allocation stir things up in Washington. Read more...

    Published: 1 year ago

  • Industry leader Martin Lowery of the NRECA on Smart Grid.

    TIA Now guest host Don Bowman of Wake Electric interviews Martin Lowery of the NRECA about Smart Grid. Read more...

    Published: 1 year ago

  • Industry Leader- Paul Shaneck, Symantec

    Paul Shaneck of Symantec gives his insight into the future of cybersecurity Read more...

    Published: 1 year ago

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    Smart Grid Opportunities

    TIA NOW interview with TIA Advisor on Energy and the Environment Joseph Andersen. Read more...

    Published: 1 year ago