The taxing issues in London today

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Nov 16 2011) Emissions

...sitting on the fence, the UK data center industry didexactly that. The government had announced its Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) — first meant to be a complicated ranking, measuring and carbon-charging solution — would now......ding our core locations,” Oosthoek says. “We are expanding our Telecity Harbour Exchange (in one of Europe’s most sought after data center locations, The Docklands, an extension of the financial trading dis... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Reduction Commitment   Carbon Trust

UK government releases first CRC league table

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Nov 10 2011) Carbon Reduction Commitment

...r. The league table was originally designed to award companies with carbon credits but now the CRC (Carbon Reduction Commitment) is no more than a tax, the league table is instead designed to act as a marketing tool and ince......s of CO2 Digital Realty Trust UK at 782 with a weighting of 1276.5 and 22,017 tonnes of CO2 Verizon Europe at 1109 and a weighting of 990 ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Reduction Commitment   Carbon Trust

40% of Firms Failing to Tackle Energy Efficiency, UK Says

Explore environmentalleader.com (Nov 9 2011) Cap and Trade , Emissions

...t emerged yesterday. The Environment Agency’s Performance League Table ranks participants in the Carbon Reduction Commitment program, under which companies of a certain size have to purchase allowances for every ton of CO2 t......gy Efficiency Energy Management Environmental Compliance Environmental Data Environmental Reporting Europe Large Sustainable Strategy & Leadership CA Technologies - Click Here! Jobs for Environmental Leader... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Goldman Sachs   Carbon Reduction Commitment

Most Firms Comply With Carbon Reporting Deadline

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Aug 16 2011) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Carbon Reduction Commitment , Emissions

...cy-scheme_banner1 Tweet More than 90 percent of firms have met the first reporting deadline for the Carbon Reduction Commitment The controversial Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme’s first reporting deadline has been met by 95 percent of companies, ......ir emissions determined by the regulator and charged £40 per tonne of CO2. A spokeswoman told eWEEK Europe UK: “Our priority is to bring participants into compliance. We have sent ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Reduction Commitment   CBI

GreenWise poll: will 2011 be significant for green business?

Explore Green Wise (Jan 12 2011) Construction , Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind

...ight conditions have been created to enable businesses to fundamentally rethink their approach. The Carbon Reduction Commitment is in full swing and attaches an imminent and real cost to carbon; the energy bill proposes fundeme......le energy sources become more commercially viable and attractive but a number of governments across Europe, notably Spain and Germany, are removing Feed-in Tariff provisions as they have become 'over-subscr... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenpeace   Forrester Research   Europe

Up To 5,000 Firms Could Face CRC Fines Next Week

Explore da.feedsportal.com (Sep 22 2010) Carbon Reduction Commitment

Around 5,000 businesses and public sector organisations have yet to register for the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme, according to on365, an infrastructure and utility specialist. With ......She moved on to say: “Then there’s the growing number of green data centres. For example, Telehouse Europe obtained planning permission in 2009 to build Telehouse West, a nine-storey, 19,000-square-metre da... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Reduction Commitment   CRC

UK Firms Face Carbon Emissions Fines

Explore environmentalleader.com (Aug 23 2010) Carbon Reduction Commitment , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

...inesses are facing hefty fines for failing to comply with new carbon emission regulations under the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) energy-efficiency scheme, reports Business.Scotsman.com. The Energy Agency estimates that onl......ns NY Requires Big Retail Stores To Recycle Plastic Bags Related Topics Carbon Management Emissions Europe Government Policy & Law Jobs for Environmental Leaders UK businesses are facing hefty fines for fai... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Reduction Commitment   CRC

TelecityGroup Achieves Carbon Trust Standard

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 29 2010) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

...f TelecityGroup. “To achieve ISO 14001 accreditation across our entire portfolio of data centers in Europe, and be the first specialist data center services company to be awarded the Carbon Trust Standard a......ly Action Metric for judging performance in the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment) which started in the UK in April 2010. Additionally, following an audit of its facilities from Llo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   United Kingdom   Carbon Reduction Commitment

What Do Cows, Volcanoes, Sun and Wind Have in Common?

Explore Greenpeace (Jun 9 2010) Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Geothermal , Cloud Computing , Servers

...nternational web service operators, which typically have to run separate facilities in the U.S. and Europe. Iceland’s location would offer an in-between solution, and one that’s much better for the environm......en thrust into the renewable energy market by the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly called the Carbon Reduction Commitment), a mandatory emissions trading scheme that penalizes big emitters. Concepts Don’t Cut Carbon While... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Europe   Hewlett Packard

NGD Lines Up Renewable Power for UK Data Center

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 8 2010)

... its commitment to carbon reduction, a huge issue in the Uk int he wake of the April 1 onset of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). Next Generation Data has arranged for a UK power supplier to provide renewable energy to the...... Eurostar. “Our pioneering renewable energy agreement will directly benefit existing and future NGD Europe customer organizations and demonstrates we are actually doing what other data centres are only just... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Reduction Commitment

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

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

...isms around energy. That will impact the data center industry. Whether the model is copied from the Carbon Reduction Commitment in the U.K. or Waxman-Markey House Bill 2454, they're targeting users in that bill. Carbon legislat......eline for the legislation coming through, it's a year or two away from the U.S. and it's already in Europe. There is no significant attention being brought to this ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Nokia   Europe   Google

Data Centre Operators Are Too Self-Reliant

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Apr 22 2010) Servers

...uch as the European Code of Conduct for Data Centre Efficiency, according to a webinar led by eWEEK Europe. Although there are many good ways to improve the efficiency of data centres, most operators are r... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Reduction Commitment   Facebook

Morse Identifies Loopholes in CRC Regulations

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Feb 2 2010) Carbon Reduction Commitment , Emissions , Wind

...dentified what it believes are a number of serious flaws with the British government's looming CRC (carbon reduction commitment) regulations. The UK's Carbon Reduction Commitment is now called the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme and is due to begin in April 2010. However Morse fee......y consumption over a year, rather it is based on power consumption,” Murray said, speaking to eWEEK Europe. “With CRC funds are collected, which ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Reduction Commitment   CRC

Green It- show me the measurement - by Peter Judge

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Jan 25 2010) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Carbon Reduction Commitment

...n the ICT sector pay more attention to the subject, as a way to cut costs," reported my site, eWEEK Europe UK this week. As my daughters might say, well, duh! We've known all along that cutting waste of... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   British Telecom   Carbon Reduction Commitment

Two Thirds Of Enterprises Not Ready For Carbon Accounting

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Nov 26 2009) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Carbon Reduction Commitment , Emissions

With the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) looming, organisations need to get with the programme, or they will be hit with stiff penalti......solid financial ways through the future trading of their CRC credits.” Feedback from a recent eWEEK Europe web seminar revealed that, while sustainable data centres are creating interest among potential use... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   Carbon Reduction Commitment

Green Grid and BCS Warn About "Risky" UK Carbon Rules

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Nov 11 2009) Cap and Trade , Emissions

...lp 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, accor......nough 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 ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Fujitsu   Europe   The Green Grid

UK: Environment Agency to outline emission cuts

Explore edie.net (Nov 8 2009) Emissions , Wind

...petrol or diesel, supported by a recharging network. · High-speed rail links across the UK and into Europe, to reduce the need for air travel. · Minimal waste going to landfill, with emissions-free energy f...... a meeting of leading environmental policy makers looking at the likely impacts of the Government's Carbon Reduction Commitment. The influential Climate Change Committee has today (October 12) outlined plans for a greener Brita... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Reduction Commitment

Coming Soon to a Data Center near you, Regulation.

Explore LooseBolts (Jul 24 2009) Carbon Reduction Commitment

...ergy efficiency work being done in the United Kingdom for quite some time and developments in the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). My recent trip to London afforded me the opportunity to drive significantly harder into t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   United Kingdom   Carbon Reduction Commitment