Roberto Michel
Roberto Michel, a senior contributing editor to Manufacturing Business Technology, has written for the publication since 1996, covering a wide range of business, supply chain, product development, and production management concerns. Earlier in his career, Michel edited a trade association magazine for the automotive service industry, and previous to that, was a newspaper reporter.
Operation GreenLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Schneider Electric's "Energy" University tops 3,300 usersLaunched in June of 2009, Schneider Electric’s Energy University –a Web-based learning program focused on energy management and efficiency–is growing in attendance, with more than 3,300 active users over the past five months. While I had heard of the e-learning initiative not too long after its announcement , it was only recently that I got the chance to check it out... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Tech giants push the green data centerIn catching up on Green IT news the other day, I came across an announcement about a data center of the future project from T-systems and Intel. T-Systems, a division of Deutsche Telekom, and Intel, have dubbed the project DataCenter 2020 . The partners aim to improve data center energy and cooling efficiency by measuring variables in this test setting. The data center has... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Green building features can make sense, even for smaller operationsOne of the last places you’d expect to find a good-sized array of solar panels is on a modest industrial building in Little Suamico, Wisconsin, just a short drive north of Green Bay. Sure, global corporations with sustainability programs and shiny corporate campuses in places like Silicon Valley have installed plenty of solar panels, but you don’t expect to find solar on a small... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Why efficiency remains low-cost path to Green gainsIn reading over a report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) about industrial efficiency programs, I came across a compelling statistic for efficiency measures in industrial plants. According to the report ( Industrial Energy Efficiency Programs: Identifying Today’s Leaders and Tomorrow’s Needs ), the average industrial facility can achieve energy... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) The software needs of the Smart GridThe Smart Grid–the moniker for the next generation of electric utility infrastructure that will enable utilities and their customers to dynamically manage energy supply and demand–is not all about newfangled meters, sensors, or other technology hardware. Software also will play a role in the Smart Grid, say vendors such as GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms . GE Fanuc Intelligent... More |
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