Sun launches carbon-cutting Web community
Computerworld UK -
Sun Microsystems, Inc. on Monday launched OpenEco.org, a new open online community to help organizations calculate, compare and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
OpenEco.org is free and open to all organizations, with the only requirement being that participants share their data, transparently or anonymously, with other community participants.
In the age of social networks such as Facebook, Sun said that OpenEco.org provided another kind of community for organizations to address climate change together.
It said OpenEco.org would fulfill an important need as companies, government institutions and non-governmental organizations were facing increasing pressure to set improvement goals and invest in projects to meet them.
With OpenEco.org, the idea is that carbon accounting data that might ordinarily remain in a company's spreadsheet could instead be easily shared using the site's greenhouse emissions tool. According to Sun, greenhouse gas analysis is too often being conducted with home-grown or proprietary tools that often require significant internal resources or expensive consulting services.
The OpenEco.org tool should allow organizations of all kinds to benchmark against one another, set realistic reduction goals and share best practices to meet them, said Sun.
Ceres, a coalition of investors and environmental groups, has joined OpenEco.org as an early participant. Natural Logic has been an early OpenEco.org participant as well, and the company's founder and CEO Gil Friend has served as a key technical adviser to the site.
"The OpenEco framework holds great promise in helping companies and organizations work together to reduce global warming pollution," said Andrea Moffat, director of corporate programs at Ceres. "Social networks and technology are becoming increasingly important in addressing social and environmental problems."
This article is reprinted by permission from ComputerworldUK.com, Copyright (c) 2007 Computerworld UK All rights reserved.
Sun Microsystems
Additional Resources



Learn the important issues you must consider before starting your next mobility initiative. Get your mobility white paper from IDC now, compliments of Sybase.
White Papers & Webcasts
IDC Expert ROI Spotlight
Reduce infrastructure costs and increase productivity with NetApp solutions. Read more.
Efficient Root-cause Analysis in the face of Datacenter Complexity
Isolating Virtualization and n-Tier Application Issues, Measuring Success, Assessing Business Impact, and Enabling Technologies
Vantage for Business Service Management
Download this white paper today!
ITIL in Tough Economic Times
Are you looking for new inspiration to move forward with ITIL in these tough economic times?
Doing More with Less - Automating IT Services in Your Midsize Business
Download this whitepaper now!
Taking the Service Desk to the Next Level
Learn how yo take your Service Desk to the next level!
IT Infrastructure has Grown too Complex and Costly
Infrastructure complexity is IT's public enemy #1, and virtualization is the solution of choice for combating it. See what 200 senior IT managers...
XenApp Extends Virtualized Application Delivery
Download this webcast to learn how to accelerate delivery of virtualized applications and streamline management.
Infrastructure 2.0 - Grainger Reduces Network Expenses While Boosting Availability
Keeping the Network Strategic to the Business
Data in Action: Making the Planet Smarter
Register Now

