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  MISSION add

WCA Green Technology CommitteeTo foster greater awareness of issues, opportunities and solutions regarding green technology most relevant to the communications industry, particularly the unifying role of the wireless sector.

 

 

 

 

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Sam Windsor

Sam Windsor
Director, Operations
Prism Microwave
swindsor@prismrf.com

WCA GREEN TECHNOLOGY LEADERS
J.S. (Jake) MacLeod J.S. (Jake) MacLeod
Principal Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Engineering & Technology
Bechtel Communications
www.bechtel.com
Eric Dentler Eric Dentler
Senior Manager, Service Provider Group
Cisco Systems
www.cisco.com
Robert Syputa Robert Syputa
Senior Analyst, Maravedis
& Founder, Green 4G Association
www.maravedis-bwa.com; www.green4G.com
Raj Vaswani Raj Vaswani
CTO & Founder
Silver Spring Networks
www.silverspringnet.com

WCAI COMMITTEE LIAISON
Susan Polyakova

Susan Polyakova
Communications Director
Wireless Communications Association International
susan@wcai.com


JOIN THE WCA GREEN TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

Join WCA's Green Team today! Send your name and contact information to WCA Committee Liaison Susan Polyakova (susan@wcai.com). Committee members must be WCA members, with membership renewal via www.wcai.com under "Membership."

 

GENERAL OBJECTIVES
   
Objectives Benefits to Members
  • Develop industry standards
  • Identify where energy is being used
  • Recommend ways that wireless technology can be used to advance green goals
  • Saves money
  • Developing products that lower energy consumption
  • Advocate for public funding for research and developement
  • Good PR
  • Staying ahead of the energy crisis
  • Helping the Environment

 

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  NEWS add

2008
November 13 -EPA Honors Alcatel-Lucent for its Work in Recycling Chemicals
October 30

- Going Green and Saving Green Become Synonymous as Budgets Tighten
- Report: 335,000 Cellular Base Stations to Include Solar Power by 2013

October 16 Green Technology, WiMAX Deployment among Featured Topics at WCAI Symposium
October 9 Sprint Announces Environmental Leadership Priorities
October 7 Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Leads $75 Million Investment in Silver Spring Networks, Smart Grid Technology Leader
September 25 WCA Launches Green Technology Best Practices Subcommittee
September 24

Net-Enabled Appliances Can Save Energy

September 18 ‘Green’ Quest Focuses on Networks
September 4 Alcatel-Lucent Sponsors Broadband Environment Challenge
July 17 ITU Creates Group To Focus On Impact Of ICT On Climate Change
June 12 Verizon Goes Green
June 5 Nancy Pelosi Asks Silicon Valley For Help
May 29 House Energy & Telecom Chair Proposes Tech Clean Energy Solutions
May 15 Silver Spring Networks flash demo on Smart Energy Network
May 12 Remarks by John McCain on Climate Change Policy
May 12 "McCain Urges Free-Market Principles To Reduce Global Warming," Associated Press article excerpt
May 9 Comparing the 2008 U.S. Presidential Candidates on Green Positions
May 8 Bill Joy on Going Green, Google, Apple, and Microsoft, Business Week
Famed venture capitalist Bill Joy spoke with Business Week columnist Maria Bartiromo, and predicted that the green movement would be "The Next Really Big Thing." Joy is a partner at Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Details: http://www.businessweek.com
April 25 Lawmaker, Industry Leaders Stress Importance Of “Green Technology” At WCA 2008
April 23 Next Steps For Migrating The Communications Industry To Green Technology
J.S. (Jake) MacLeod, Principle Vice President, CTO and Bechtel Fellow, Bechtel Communications
April 23 Next Steps For Migrating The Communications Industry To Green Technology
Dr. Robert F. Brammer, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Northrop Grumman Information Technology
April 23 "Cloud Computer Gains Steam with New IBM Gear," New York Times
April 23 “Green Grid’s Metrics Sow Seed for IT Sustainability,” Computer World
April 3 Rep. Boucher To Keynote A Panel On Green Technology At WCA 2008
March 27 “Utilities Explore Energy-Saving Incentives for IT,” IDG News Service
March 26 “Feds Device Program to Help Companies Cut Data Center Costs,” Ted Samson
March 26 “Data Centers Heading to Cash Crunch,” InfoWorld
March 13 "Green Technology Takes Center Stage," WCA Member Bulletin
January 16 Smart Grid Tech Take: Is Silver Spring Networks' "SEN" the Breakthrough We've Been Waiting for?
2007
February 27 Testimony of Dan W. Reicher, Director, Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google.org
Before the Senate Finance Committee

  2008 VIDEOS add
WCA 2008: Next Steps For Migrating The Communications Industry To Green Technology
Jake MacLeod
April 23, 2008
Bechtel Suggests Green Actions for the
Communications Industry
-J.S. (Jake) MacLeod, Principle Vice President, CTO and Bechtel Fellow, Bechtel Communications
Robert Brammer
April 23, 2008
Northrop Grumman's Green NG Intiative
-Dr. Robert F. Brammer, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Northrop Grumman Information Technology
John O'Farrell
April 23, 2008
Greening the Energy Industry through
Communications

-John O’Farrell, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Silver Spring Networks
WCA 2008: Green Technology Keynote
U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)
April 23, 2008
Wireless Deployment in the United States
-U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chairman, House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality

   

 

MEMBER COMPANY DESCRIPTIONS

Bechtel Bechtel’s diverse portfolio encompasses energy, transportation, communications, mining, oil and gas, and government services, including extensive experience in managing sustainable engineering, procurement, and construction.
Cisco Cisco enables people to make powerful connections in business, education, philanthropy and creativity. Such innovations as Cisco Unified Communications and TelePresence along with fundamental business change improve productivity, reduce costs and benefit the environment.
Silver Spring Networks With standards-based IP networking products, Silver Spring Networks enables utilities to deploy a scalable, reliable infrastructure from the substation to the customer premise at a fraction of comparable costs.
Maravedis Maravedis is a world-leader and pioneer in Broadband Wireless including WiMAX and LTE 4G market research and analysis. The Green 4G Association is a non-profit professional and educational association that promotes the effective and ethical use of wireless broadband technologies.

 
 
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