The Green Grid Others Agree to Recommendations on Measuring Energy Efficiency

Web Host Industry Review (May 17 2011)

1. IT industry power efficiency organization The Green Grid (www.thegreengrid.org) announced on Tuesday that it has issued new recommendations for measuring and reporting on energy efficiency, in collaboration with The Data Center metrics Coordination Taskforce. The report is titled “Recommendations for Measuring and Reporting Overall Data Center Efficiency: Version 2 – Measuring PUE at Data Centers,” and is available for download from The Green Grid’s website. According to the organization, the report “completes the guidelines” for applying the Power Usage Effectiveness metric for data center efficiency, created and promoted by The Green Grid. In particular, it includes recommendations for how to measure and calculate PUE in mixed-use data center facilities and includes a condenser water source energy weighting factor. (Read Full Article)

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