Dec. 18, 2008 - Dell says its new plan to simplify computer packaging will save more than $8 million and 20 million pounds of packaging material over the next four years. READ MORE

Dec. 16, 2008 - Boston Properties has adorned its Embarcadero Center shopping complex in San Francisco with 17,000 LED lights this holiday season, cutting its electricity tab for the annual display by 85% and netting thousands in utility rebates, San Francisco Chronicle reports. READ MORE

Dec. 8, 2008 - MBA students participating in Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps program have helped companies such as Yahoo and Cisco uncover energy efficiencies that could save $35 million in net operational costs over five years. READ MORE

Companies implement green programs for a variety of reasons, from cost cutting to attracting new customers to simply "doing the right thing." Do the specific motivations matter? Um, nope. By John Friedman READ MORE

Dec. 2, 2008 - Hewlett-Packard expects to save $1 billion annually thanks to a companywide technology refresh that calls for consolidating IT infrastructure and slashing datacenter energy use by 60%. READ MORE

Companies implement green programs for a variety of reasons, from cost cutting to attracting new customers to simply "doing the right thing." Do the specific motivations matter? Um, nope. By John Friedman READ MORE

Some resource-saving strategies are so simple - headslappingly obvious, in fact - that one can't help but wonder why companies didn't implement them sooner. Here, in no particular order, are a few of my favorites. Introducing...Headslappers 2008! By Andrew Winston. Got a headslapper to share? Post a comment! READ MORE

Oct. 30, 2008 - AT&T has installed power management software on more than 300,000 PCs throughout its U.S. operations. The telecom giant expects to save more than 135 million kilowatt hours of electricity and upward of 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year simply by powering down the PCs during non-work hours. READ MORE

Oct. 29, 2008 - Starwood Hotels has inked a deal with Philips to buy energy-efficient LCD TVs for its 460 properties in North America. The move is expected to save Starwood $12 million annually in electricity costs. READ MORE

Oct. 16. 2008 - A new report from Spend Matters offers case studies and strategies for turning sustainable procurement and supply chain practices into a cost-cutting opportunity. READ MORE

Oct. 1, 2008 - Sixty percent of small-business decision-makers report saving money via green technologies, according to a new Microsoft survey. READ MORE

Sept. 26, 2008 - A team of MBA students at the University of Michigan have created a green business model that could help UPS save more than $7 million in less than six years by using landfill gas as a sustainable energy source. READ MORE

Sept. 5, 2008 - IT hosting firm The Planet says it expects to save 1.4 kilowatt hours of electricity and $140,000 annually thanks to a new program that powers down datacenter lighting during off hours. READ MORE

Aug. 25, 2008 - Jetro Cash and Carry, a restaurant supply firm, has completed an energy efficiency upgrade at its Jersey City, N.J., retail outlet that the company says will save more than $40,000 a year - a return on investment of just 13 months. READ MORE

Aug. 5, 2008 - With small and medium-size enterprises buying PCs and servers in record numbers, green (read: energy efficient) computing is starting to look a whole lot more attractive within the sector, a new report finds. READ MORE