Now available in English:
On the occasion of the Borderstep Conference "Success and Failure of 'green' innovations" two brochures were published in English.
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ENGLISH VERSION NOW AVAILABLE
Roadmap “Resource-efficient workplace computer solutions 2020: Developing a lead market for Green Office Computing”.
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Now available:
Innovation Communities - Teamworking of Key Persons as a Success Factor in Radical Innovation
Self-organising networks have become the dominant innovators of complex technologies and radical innovation. The growing need for co-operation to ensure innovation success calls for a broader understanding of what makes innovation projects successful and requires new concepts. The book introduces the new concept of “innovation communities”, defining them as informal networks of like-minded individuals who act as innovation promotors or champions. more

New Project: AC4DC
As one of the six partners in the project AC4DC - Adaptive Computing for Green Data Centers, Borderstep will develop new tools and measures to reduce energy consumption of ICT infrastructure and data centers. more

German Environmental Ministry Brochure: Rethinking Responsibility - Risk Management and CSR. Ecological megatrends such as climate change and resource shortages, combined with a rapidly growing world population, are presenting new risks and challenges to businesses. more

New Project:
Green IT concepts for schools. Schools are important for diffusing Green IT in two distinct ways. Firstly, there are more than 1 million computer workstations in German classrooms, and counting... more

Federal Environment Agency publishes new study, compiled by Borderstep:
"Materials in Data Centers in Germany: A survey to identify resource and energy use"
For the first time, the equipment of German data centers has been determined in a comprehensive survey. Before that, it was not even known how many data centers with which inventory there are in Gemany.
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New Project:
Connected Energy - SHAPE. Integration of intelligent, energy efficient house automation into the Smart Grid.
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New Project:
Server-based IT concepts and their effects on ergonomics, data protection, staff satisfaction and environment protection.
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Ecological Assessment of Thin Client and server-based computing
Do new information and communication technologies such as "Thin Clients" and server-based computing have ecological advantages over more "classic" ICT solutions like the desktop PC? more