Sustainability
Cyberview zooms in on environmental sustainability in Smart City plan
By 2050, some 64% of Asia will be urbanised – creating sustainability challenges on a huge scale
Initiatives are continuously underway in Cyberjaya to qualify its buildings for the Green Building Index (GBI) Certification
HP Inc opens new ink-manufacturing facility in Penang
HP Inc said it has opened a new facility in the northern Malaysian state of Penang that will produce ink print supplies for consumers.
Four data centre models emerging: Emerson
New archetypes are emerging that will change the data centre landscape and improve productivity, drive down costs, and increase agility
Live more with less
Ford global trends and futuring manager Sheryl Connelly tells us that today, people are prepared to live with less, while living more.
Market demand will shape the factory of the future
The smart factory of the future will produce a wider variety of products from within the walls of a single factory; embrace smaller batch manufacturing that delivers more personalised and individualised products from closer to home; and make sustainability more of a factor in manufacturing, writes Chris Lee of Autodesk Asean.
Not enough green, too much apathy in data centre industry
Singapore’s data centres have a history of being energy-inefficient, but things look set to change with the Government stepping in with guidelines and policies for making data centres ‘greener’ – but more can be done, according to Bob Sharon, CEO of Green Global Solutions.
The startup ecosystem pipeline: What comes after the funnel
By ensuring the pipeline is as secure as the funnel is wide, an ecosystem has a far greater chance at sustaining itself, writes Justin Hall of Golden Gate Ventures.
Agrobank appoints Ricoh Malaysia a ‘trusted green partner’
Ricoh (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd said it has signed a five-year ‘green’ partnership with Malaysian government-owned bank Agrobank.
Digital Realty’s Singapore data centre gets green certification
Data centre solutions provider Digital Realty Trust Inc said its Singapore facility has received a Green Mark Platinum certification by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA).
From smart cities to ‘sensible’ cities, via IoT
Successful cities of the future are likely to be highly ‘sensible’ – more human, smarter, more sensitive, more sustainable and safer, thanks to IoT, write Mark Koh and Brian Toh of Frost & Sullivan.
