Your PUE doesn't impress me

Explore Efficient Data Centers (Mar 5 2012)

...r. Now I am not about to suggest you stop measuring your PUE or stop reporting it internally and to the Green Grid and EPA ENERGY STAR® for data centers program. But the constant daily bombardment of my-PUE-is-one-dot-x in......y annoying but for the most part totally useless.  Wow, those may sound like some harsh words for a Green Grid member. Not really, once you begin to put it all ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   The Green Grid   Ken Brill

The Green Data Center Opportunity

Explore Relocate (Feb 27 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...anufacturers such as General Electric. (Source:  DOE 2011) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), The Green Grid and other organizations are developing metrics to measure data center efficiency and track improvem......would exceed 99%. The eco mode UPS is included as an energy-efficiency recommendation in the recent Green Grid Data Center Maturity Model, and The Green Grid will be offering a presentation ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   General Electric   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

The Green Grid Turns Five, Ready for More

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 16 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Servers

...y making it a user-relevant measure of efficiency. Several member companies have such confidence in The Green Grid’s work they decline to make individual company responses to the EPA. Data centers use a lot of water and The Green Grid, again at the forefront, has developed a usage effectiveness standard, WUE, to standardize the mea......terest in shaping the next five years of this exciting industry, please plan to ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   The Green Grid   ASHRAE

Green Grid Open Data Center Alliance to Drive Efficient Cloud Standards

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Nov 9 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...arbon usage as a result of cloud computing," said Tim Mohin, AMD representative and board member of The Green Grid. "The Green Grid's efforts with the ODCA will bring much-needed efficiency metrics and resources to businesses that ......ngineers, ASP SaaS Industry Consortium, BCS, Data Center Pulse, and US Department of Energy, and US Environmental Protection Agency. PREVIOUS: Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition Backs OpenStack with Managed Support * Start a New ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   US Environmental Protection Agency

Power Assure CTO Provides Insights into Data Center Energy Efficiency Rating ...

Explore MyHostNews (Aug 23 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...fficiency rating systems include: Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) rating system. PUE, created by the Green Grid, is the ratio of total power consumed to the power used by the IT equipment. The real challenge exi......nergyStar rating system. To help IT managers more accurately determine when to refresh servers, the EPA created an EnergyStar rating system. But EnergyStar has a fundamental flaw similar to the one found... (Read Full Article)

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Dell Sustainability

Explore greenchipstocks.com (Aug 2 2011) Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel

... customers that the products meet strict guidelines in regards to power efficiency as set up by the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. 9) Greener Products and Packaging Initiatives. Dell has implemented their own......ed the amount of recycled content by 45 percent, and recycled packaging material by 75 percent. 10) Green Grid. Dell has been very active when it comes to issues like energy efficiency and providing effective ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Dell

Power Usage Effectiveness 2 – The Sequel

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 1 2011)

...HRAE, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Save Energy Now Program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program, United States Green Building Council, Uptime Institute and The Green Grid. We’ll hear thoughts from members of the task force shortly. But first, let’s take a look at what’s... (Read Full Article)

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The Green Grid Others Agree to Recommendations on Measuring Energy Efficiency

Explore Web Host Industry Review (May 17 2011)

IT industry power efficiency organization The Green Grid (www.thegreengrid.org) announced on Tuesday that it has issued new recommendations for measuring an......Group, the US Department of Energy’s Save Energy Now and Federal Energy Management Programs, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program, the US Green Building Council and the Uptime Institute. The report puts forw... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Uptime Institute   ASHRAE

Task Force Updates Guidance on Measuring PUE

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 17 2011) Monitoring , Servers

...tions The report represents the collective work of a task force representing 7×24 Exchange, ASHRAE, The Green Grid, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, U.S. Department of Energy Save Energy Now Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program, United States Green Building Council, and Uptime Institute. PUE compares a ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Uptime Institute   ASHRAE

Equinix Using Renewable Energy in Paris Data Centers

Explore seekingalpha.com (May 16 2011) Cloud Computing

...CentersSeeking AlphaThe company is not new to green data center initiatives. Equinix is a member of the Green Grid, a participant in the US EPA Energy Star Data Center Rating initiative, and its employees are regular participants and contribut... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   ASHRAE

Uptime Institute: The Average PUE is 1.8

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 10 2011)

...rs, has previously said that the average PUE was around 2.5. Others cite an average of 2.0, and the EPA’s Energy Star program reported a 1.91 average PUE in 2009 data it collected more than 100 data cent......rvey respondents said they did not know the PUE of their data centers. The PUE metric championed by The Green Grid compares a facility’s total power usage ... (Read Full Article)

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Top 10 Things Data Centers Forget About PUE

Explore | CTO Edge (Apr 28 2011) Cloud Computing

...) losses, and sometimes up to five to seven percent if the PDUs contain a transformer. In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) even found that a majority of the 120 original Energy Star for Data Centers program participants d......s is now a requirement and is part of the new Harmonizing PUE guidelines issued in February 2011 by The Green Grid, and adopted by the EPA, European Union and Japan ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Facebook

Tips for data center efficiency

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

...rivers of energy efficiency. Several private organizations in the United States and Canada (ASHRAE, Green Grid, Green Globes) and worldwide (CIBSE, Japan CASBEE, Australia Green Star) have developed robust stan...... 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

Harmonizing the PUE Metric

Explore | CTO Edge (Mar 4 2011)

... result, "Harmonizing Global Metrics for Data Center Energy Efficiency," is a 12-page document from The Green Grid that should have the U.S., the European Union and Japan presumably all singing together on key. ...... force are: the U.S. Department of Energy’s Save Energy Now and Federal Energy Management Programs; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program; European Commission Joint Research Center Data Centers Code of Conduct ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Data Center Efficiency

Data Center Sustainability Takes Center Stage at The Green Grid's Annual ...

Explore Home | SYS-CON MEDIA (Mar 2 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...ters. With these metrics, data center managers can determine if any energy efficiency ...and more » The Green Grid Association, the IT industry’s leading voice for resource efficiency in data centers and business......s include the U.S. Department of Energy’s Save Energy Now and Federal Energy Management Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program, European Commission Joint Research Center Code of Conduct, Japan’s ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Microsoft Corp

Measuring Data Center Energy Efficiency More Effectively

Explore Earth & Industry (Feb 28 2011) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...an include IT workload measures as part of the standard metric for data center productivity. The EPA, the EU, the Japanese government, and The Green Grid are among the organizations looking to develop such metrics. As in many areas of energy efficiency,... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Pike Research

FedEx Unveils "Green" Data Center in Colorado Springs

Explore Corporate Social Responsibility News (Feb 16 2011) Power and Cooling

... an average PUE of 2.5. The EDC-W PUE is 1.28, with a ratio of "1.0" indicating perfect efficiency. The Green Grid, of which FedEx is a member, developed the PUE. The organization collaborated with the U.S. Departm...... a member, developed the PUE. The organization collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program and others to define a common ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Uptime Institute   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Green Data Center Resolutions for 2011 - Peter Judge

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Dec 20 2010)

...ring 2011, they multiplied. Frankly, I’m in danger of losing track. At the basic measurement level, the Green Grid has extended its PUE scheme with the CUE measure for carbon use by a data center, and is promising ......are the energy efficiency of different products.   In some ways, Emerald is a challenge to the EPA and other bodies, who have not really made as much progress as they should ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   ASHRAE

Data Centers Tighten Energy Belts

Explore The New York Times (Nov 4 2010) Emissions , Solar , Cloud Computing , Servers

...h data center owners and operators, defined as “participants.” The project is partially inspired by the Green Grid initiative, a similar set of U.S. industry guidelines for the data center sector, and guidelines se......ve, a similar set of U.S. industry guidelines for the data center sector, and guidelines set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. However, the European code of conduct differs from the U.S ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Raritan Signs Distribution Agreement with Graybar

Explore Newswire Today's (Oct 25 2010) Monitoring , Cloud Computing

...e serving 76 countries. For more information, visit www.Raritan.com. Raritan is an active member of the Green Grid, Climate Savers Computing Initiative, and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design associa...... Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design associations. The company has been recognized by the EPA for its contribution to the agency's data center initiative. About Graybar Graybar (graybar.com), a... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   LEED

Efficiency Benchmarks: Could Storage Show Us How? by Peter Judge

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Oct 18 2010)

...re energy efficiency in data centers which may be carrying out different jobs in different ways? The Green Grid’s Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) takes a top-down approach. It simply addresses the efficiency wi......e an energy efficiency comparison have not get very far, although the Energy Start effort from the EPA has started the ball rolling. In most cases, to compare energy use by servers, companies have t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Peter Judge

Consonus Debunks Green Data Center Myth With Impressive PUE Rating For 15-Year-Old Facility

Explore Free Services for PR (Sep 30 2010) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...n 2.0 and 2.2; Consonus' West Data Center PUE score was considerably lower at 1.35. Developed by The Green Grid, a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computin......power consumption while reducing the company's carbon footprint. Recently, Consonus was awarded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ENERGY STAR(R) for their South Data Center, also located in Salt Lake ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Green Storage – The Present and the Promising Future

Explore Enterprise Storage Forum (Sep 27 2010) Storage

...wth for years, is an important factor in that equation. With such concerns in mind, three years ago The Green Grid – a consortium of IT vendors and end users – embarked on a high-profile quest to make IT more energ......agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Save Now and Federal Energy Management Programs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR Program, the European Union Code ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Department of Energy

Raritan’s Power IQ 2.0 Energy Management Software Helps Data Center Managers ...

Explore Newswire Today's (Sep 14 2010) Carbon Footprint , Servers

...dwide serving 76 countries. For more information, visit Raritan.com. Raritan is an active member of the Green Grid, Climate Savers Computing Initiative, and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design associa...... Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design associations. The company has been recognized by the EPA for its contribution to the agency's data center initiative. Raritan's power management solutions h... (Read Full Article)

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