Google Green Blog: March 2010

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3/26/10

Earth Hour

carbon neutralefficient data centerscarbon offsetscarbon-freeEarth EngineClimate Savers ComputingGoogle PowerMeterpower managementPosted by Erik Teetzel, Google GreenKeeper

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Easing the development of Google PowerMeter compatible devices

3/23/10

MicrochipGoogle PowerMeter APIrecently announcedPosted by Charles Spirakis, Google Software Engineer

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Share your Power(Meter)!

3/15/10

how much they are consumingyour privacyhelp centerour websitePosted by Danan Sudindranath, Google Software Engineer

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An update on Google.org and philanthropy @ Google

3/8/10

(Cross-posted from the Google.org Blog)
Google.orgthe next chapter for Google.org

Ramped up Google PowerMeter to help consumers reduce their electricity use and save money, secured utility and device partners, and launched the API on code.google.com to help expand partner access globally.

Introduced Earth Engine, a new computational platform we have begun building for global-scale analysis of satellite imagery to monitor changes in key environmental indicators like forest coverage, at COP15 in December.

Quickly expanded Google Flu Trends to 20 countries and 38 languages as the H1N1 flu virus spread around the world. We also added city-level flu estimates to 121 U.S. cities and developed the Flu Shot Finder to help people find vaccine locations.

Responded to earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, with maps, updated earth imagery, and networking projects, and built Person Finder to help people find information about their loved ones after a disaster.

Advocated for policies to spur innovation of renewable energy technologies that are cheaper than coal (RE<C), and our engineers worked on ways to reduce the cost of solar thermal and other RE<C technologies.

philanthropic mission at Googleset a goal

Academic scholarships and awards: We provide scholarships to encourage students of various backgrounds, ethnicities and gender to excel in their studies in hopes that these and other programs will help dismantle barriers that keep women and minorities from entering computing and technology fields.

Academic grants: We support the next generation of engineers and maintain strong ties with academic institutions worldwide that are pursuing research in core areas relevant to our mission. We fund projects across a variety of subjects, host visiting faculty members at Google, and have launched the Google Fellowship Program to fund graduate students doing innovative research in several fields.

Holiday charitable gift: We made $22 million in donations in 2009 to a couple of dozen deserving charities around the world to help organizations that have been stretched thin by more requests for help in a year of fewer donations.

Employee gift matching: Google matches up to $6,000 for each employee's annual charitable contributions and contributes $50 for every five hours an employee volunteers through our "Dollars for Doers" program to encourage employee participation in charitable causes.

Charitable Giving Council: We support grants for Googler-led partnerships on causes such as K-12 educational initiatives in science, math and technology.

Community affairs: We invest in communities where Google has a presence around the world, creating opportunities for Googlers to invest time and expertise, engage in local grant making and build partnerships with local stakeholders. 

In addition, our Google for Non-Profits site provides information and links to free tools to help charitable groups promote their cause, raise money, collaborate with others and operate more efficiently. Google Grants, for example, offers in-kind AdWords advertising to non-profit organizations. Since the program began, we've donated over $625 million worth of AdWords advertising to all kinds of charitable organizations.

To keep up with our activities, check out the Google.org blog.

Posted by Megan Smith, VP and General Manager, Google.org

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Google PowerMeter API introduced for device manufacturers

3/3/10

(Cross-posted from Google Code Blog)Google PowerMeter APIGoogle PowerMeterprivacy and control on access to the informationour blognotification listDeveloper LoungePosted by Srikanth Rajagopalan, Product Manager

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