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iLinc Offers 'Green Meter'(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Web conferencing firm iLinc announced it is providing what company stated is the industry s first automatic IP address-based CO2 savings application, built inside its Web conferencing software. iLinc stated that its Green Meter uses a mathematical algorithm to detect the locations of the people that are attending a Web conference via IP address and measures the distance between the meeting participants and the meeting leader, calculating the exact amount of travel that is eliminated and measuring the amount of CO2 saved by meeting via Web conference rather than traveling. The program recognizes what means of travel would commonly be used for the distance (such as car, small aircraft, large aircraft, etc.) and keeps a running tab of the CO2 savings and its associated environmental and financial costs. It was during a lunch meeting some time ago with former Vice President Al Gore, a family friend from Tennessee, that I had what you might call an aha moment, said James M. Powers, Jr., iLinc s President and Chief Executive Officer. I then immediately went back to the office to get our product team working to develop the Green Meter inside the iLinc Web conferencing suite to make it a reality. Powers said, We know there is a direct connection between Web conferencing software and environmental sustainability, so in an effort to help customers and support the worldwide movement to counteract global warming, we developed this tool to quantify the benefits of meeting online. A lot of Web sites have basic carbon calculators, but the iLinc Green Meter is a much more advanced application for measuring carbon emission savings. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News |