By Shermakaye Bass
Not terribly long ago, the idea of “telecommuting” conjured a Jetsonian image of people traveling at warp-speed to and from the office. It was the future; the exception, not the norm.
But now, according to statistics from private industry, federal agencies and states like Connecticut, telecommuting is an idea whose time has finally, and [...]

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By John DeFore

All right-thinking computer users want their gear to be put to the best use — handed down to others, resold, recycled — when they’re done with it. But many are dissuaded by nagging concerns like, If I donate my computer to Goodwill, is some miscreant going to unearth the personal data [...]

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By Bill Sullivan
Nancy Riddick leads a visitor to the power meter on the side of her rural home, set on two acres of prairie land in Hunt County, Texas. The mid-April wind is whipping at 30 miles an hour or more, so the timing of this demonstration couldn’t be much better.
Nancy points as the [...]

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By John DeFore
You don’t have to take the tree huggers’ word for it — now a leading source of information on commercial real estate has demonstrated that greener building practices not only make sense, but earn dollars as well: The CoStar Group, an info-broker that tracks data on more than 2.3 million properties, has released [...]

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By John DeFore
Today business-supply giant Office Depot joined the ranks of big-box retailers using their weight to steer customers, however incrementally, in a greener direction. The retailer announced “Office Depot Green,” which judging from the company’s press release would put a useful twist on eco-friendly retailing by applying a uniform brand (as seen [...]

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By Harriet Blake
Most of us know to recycle our ink cartridges, but did you know that some stores offer refills for your original cartridges while you wait?
Hundreds of Office Max, Office Depot and Walgreen stores have set up kiosks where customers can have their cartridges refilled at the store, eliminating the need for recycling.
Office [...]

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By Barbara Kessler
In many places in the United States, unless you’re locked into a city utility or cooperative, you have some ability to choose your energy supplier.
This freedom, conversely, means that energy companies are on the hunt for you, the consumer, often with a flurry of special offers, rebates and claims designed to catch [...]

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By Barbara Kessler
If you’re looking to upgrade your home office, then you’ve probably already realized that this is a great opportunity to green your workspace and put some hard-earned cash back in your pocket at the same time.
Computers and printers are getting increasingly energy efficient and the ENERGY STAR program stands ready to help you [...]

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By Harriet Blake
Tax time is upon us, but the good news is that the annual IRS paper chase doesn’t have to consume mountains of paperwork. Of course, you need to keep track of the year’s receipts, but most everything else is available online. Bank statements, mutual fund statements as well as W-2 forms and [...]

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By Shermakaye Bass

This month, TerraPass, one of the first American companies to put carbon offsetting on the map, introduced a new service called the Carbon Balance Business Program.

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By John DeFore
This week I decided, for reasons having to do with software compatibility, that it was time to upgrade my laptop. I scouted eBay to get a rough idea of how much the one I use now might earn me, then conservatively factored that into what I can afford to buy.

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By John DeFore
Website Greener Computing reports today that three U.S. departments — NASA, the Department of Defense, and the General Services Administration — have announced plans to limit future computer purchases to models that meet the environmental standards of EPEAT.

EPEAT, a program based in Portland, Oregon, is designed to help computer buyers find the most [...]

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