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“ At the top of the list there I would put the UK carbon reduction commitment as probably the biggest risk, and the thing that everyone is watching as the first law on carbon reduction and carbon reporting, to see what happens. ”
By Zhal Limbuwala
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Green Grid and BCS Warn About "Risky" UK Carbon Rules
Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Nov 11 2009) Cap and Trade , Emissions
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The Green Grid and BCS are teaming up to help companies adhere to new carbon regulations and to develop a data centre simulator tool
The UK's Carbon Reduction Commitment represents a large risk to the UK IT industry, and not enough companies are preparing for it, according to the Green Grid and the BCS.
Speaking to eWeek Europe UK this week as part of a wider partnership between the two groups, John Tuccillo - chairman of the board for international data centre energy specialist The Green Grid - and Zhal Limbuwala - chair of the BCS data centre specialist group - warned that although the UK may be progressing faster than the US with environmental legislation, it isn't necessarily doing it in the right way.
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