Tips for data center efficiency

Explore csemag.com (Mar 16 2011) Fossil Fuel , Servers

...utive Order 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance, signed by President Obama Oct. 5, 2009, outlines a mandate for reducing energy consumption, water use, and greenhouse gas emi...... strongly encouraged or compulsory reductions in resource use and greenhouse gas emissions. The new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star Data Center Energy Efficiency Initiative is an example of a program that will quickly g... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   ASHRAE   Barack Obama

Analysis: Obama under pressure to delay EPA carbon rules

Explore uk.reuters.com (Jan 5 2011) Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions

... Congress failed last year to pass a climate change bill and into this vacuum has been thrust the Environmental Protection Agency -- a symbol of government excess for the political right but an institution of last resort for envi......lean if Congress was not up to the task. Some lawmakers, mainly Republicans, have vowed to stop the EPA in its tracks. President Barack Obama delivers a statement from the White House ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Barack Obama   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Facebook

Data center build-out guru Mike Manos: Five data center game changers

Explore Data Center (Jun 1 2010) Power and Cooling , Cap and Trade

...limate change regulation for years. What do you think is the pending concern for people? MM: One of President Obama's central planks is Carbon Cap and Trade mechanisms around energy. That will impact the data center......rastructure protocol, but as you blend into IT, that equipment doesn't speak the same language. The EPA publishes a current emissions factor for every region across the U.S. and takes into ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Nokia   Europe   Google

John Kerry says compromise climate bill coming

Explore Technology News (Feb 26 2010) Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

...r sources such as wind and solar will become more attractive to companies. Carol Browner, President Barack Obama's top energy and climate adviser, told the same audience at the forum sponsored by the New Republic......imate science has been cooked," Republican Senator James Inhofe said on Tuesday at a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency's budget. He issued a report calling for the EPA to stop moving on ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   U.N.   John Kerry   Barack Obama

From Cap and Trade to Carbon Farming

Explore Opinion (Jan 4 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

The EPA’s decision to regulate carbon emissions, made on the eve of the Copenhagen climate summit, immediat......authority over carbon — a power granted to it by a 2007 Supreme Court ruling — was designed to give President Obama moral leverage in Denmark. But it also serves as a presidential prod to Congress to pass a climate-... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Barack Obama   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Data Centers Focus on Greener Power

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 29 2009) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Solar , Servers

...y. The Bully Green Pulpit The issue is coming into focus for data center operators as the President Barack Obama has used a series of media events – including a visit of MIT last week and this week’s tour of a Fl...... renewable energy, the disparity between renewables and coal may also be altered by regulation. The EPA’s Ben Machol said pending legislation will not just boost renewable energy ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Yahoo   Uptime Institute   Barack Obama

Uncle Sam wants green data centers - by Doug Mohney

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Oct 28 2009) Emissions , Servers

...ings since the government owns around 10 percent of the country's centers and servers based upon an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated generated on 2006 data. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is now in the proc... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Barack Obama   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Department of Energy