The Green Quotient

Explore Express Computer (May 17 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Solar , Cloud Computing , Grid Computing , Servers

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Gartner   Cisco

Green Racks

Explore Express Computer (Jan 31 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...t & Business Head, Technology Infrastructure Services, Wipro Infotech, whose Noida data center is a LEED Gold-rated building, “While these (PUE and DCIE) indeed bring attention to wastage and drive variou......the unanimous need for a green standard, no one is disputing that PUE makes a good starting point. “The Green Grid's PUE creates a common reference point that makes it possible for data center operators to start ma... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   The Green Grid   LEED

Pair Plans 'Grid Zero' Data Center in Las Vegas

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 15 2011) Power and Cooling , Solar

... to anything.” PUE Projected at 0.96 Gaichas said pair Networks will seek Platinum rating under the LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program, the highest level attainable in the voluntary rating system for energy efficient building...... data center to operate at a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 0.96. The PUE metric championed by The Green Grid compares a facility’s total power usage to the amount of ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   US Green Building Council

Pair Plans ‘Grid Zero’ Data Center in Las Vegas

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 15 2011) Power and Cooling , Solar

...— we are not locked in to anything.” Gaichas said pair Networks will seek Platinum rating under the LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program, the highest level attainable in the voluntary rating system for energy efficient building......s data center to operate at a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 0.96. The PUE metric championed by The Green Grid compares a facility’s total power usage to the amount ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   US Green Building Council

Europe adds new green data centers, New Jersey overbuilds - by doug mohney

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Jun 16 2011)

...nter Dynamics reports Equinix is building its third data center in Amsterdam.  This one will follow LEED best practices and use hot and cold storage in ground wells to reduce the need for powered cooling.......ity as a pan-European provider of power-intensive data center services. The company participates in the Green Grid Consortium and is also a founding member of the Uptime Institute’s European Chapter and a member of... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   Uptime Institute

PuE recommendations completed - by Doug Mohney

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (May 19 2011)

The Green Grid Association and The Data Center Metrics Coordination Task Force have released the latest and greate...... is expected to include cooling, lighting, and support infrastructure for data center operations. Green Grid is by no means done with establishing measurement benchmarks.  In the future, the organization expe... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Doug Mohney   LEED

How To Use The Green Grid Maturity Model

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Apr 6 2011)

The Green Grid, the best-known group devoted to making data centres more efficient, announced a model earlier this......Singh. In the facilities sections, users should reference their local building regulations, such as LEED in the US and BREEAM in Europe. Level 2 is today’s best practice The first thing he points out is t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   LEED

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......wer and cooling systems, and commissioning. Once this program is released for public use, achieving LEED certification will only be possible after following a rigorous and thorough process. The Executive ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   ASHRAE   Barack Obama

FedEx Unveils "Green" Data Center in Colorado Springs

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

...tional 26,000 square feet. Recently, FedEx applied for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification of the EDC-W. LEED certification is the benchmark for buildings that are designed, constructed and operated sustainabl...... 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 ... (Read Full Article)

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

Top Five Trends for Green Data Centers in 2011

Explore Triple Pundit (Jan 18 2011)

... run more efficiently. 5. Continued evolution of certification and regulation. Although groups like the Green Grid have developed useful metrics to help guide efficiencies, the data center industry, as a whole, is ...... new certification, the Certified Energy Efficiency Datacenter Award (CEEDA), designed to provide a LEED-like sustainability rating for European data centers. Likewise, he expects more movement towards re... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Verne Global   The Green Grid   Tate Cantrell

European Data Centers Get LEED-Like Sustainability Rating

Explore GreenBiz.com (Jan 12 2011) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

LONDON, United Kingdom — Although the leading green building certification standards, such as LEED and BREEAM in the U.K., can all be applied to data center operations, those ratings don't do a lot ......nhouse gas emissions down once the compute facilities are up and running. And although groups like The Green Grid have developed a number of metrics to help green IT operations for IT managers and CIOs, green ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   United Kingdom   The Green Grid

Green Data Center Resolutions for 2011 - Peter Judge

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

...they experience is usually through building codes, which use the BREEAM standards in Europe and the LEED standards in the US.   Behind these, the US heating and cooling industry’s ASHRAE standards hav......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 ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   ASHRAE

An example of Carbon Reporting for Data Centers, HSBC

Explore greenm3.com (Dec 2 2010) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions

...s environmental site. An example of Carbon Reporting for Data Centers, HSBC Yesterday, I blogged on The Green Grid CUE metric. Will CUE be as popular as PUE? Don't think so Today the Green Grid announced the C......w highly efficient data centres, built to international green building standards such as BREEAM and LEED. We have chosen to separate data centres from the targets for the rest of our ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   LEED

Emerson Cuts Power Use across Data Centers by 50%

Explore environmentalleader.com (Oct 28 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

...cient Data Center LL Bean, Emerson Data Centers Use Natural Light to Reduce Power Use Emerson Joins Green Grid Related Topics Contracts & Installations Green IT Sustainable Facilities Jobs for Environmental Lea......imately 80 percent of construction waste from landfills, helped the Emerson Global Data Center earn LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and a 2009 Beyond Green High-Performance ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   LEED   Microsoft Corp

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 associations. The company has been recognized by the EPA for its contribution to the agency's data ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   LEED

Facebook and eBay Share Energy Tips for Data Centers

Explore The New York Times (Oct 15 2010) Emissions , Servers

...ters. More News From IDG IT Career Site Dice Launches Network for Tech Recruiters, Job Hunters Green Grid Plans 'Data Center 2.0' Design Guide CA Buys Cloud Consulting Company 4Base EBay Requires Develop......were data center consolidation, and updates that are coming to the PUE efficiency metric and to the LEED certification program for green buildings. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Brocade   Silicon Valley Power

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 associations. The company has been recognized by the EPA for its contribution to the agency's data ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Gartner   The Green Grid   ASHRAE

Bay-Area Digital Realty Trust Data Centers Save 6 to 10M in Power Costs Annually

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Sep 3 2010) Construction , Servers

...gg this! Tags: research and reports data center operator green hosting digital realty trust the green grid By David Hamilton, September 03, 2010 Become a member of theWHIR.com today! Click here to RSVP to W......mization with differential enthalpy control, higher operating temperatures within the data centers, LEED Platinum buildings, and PowerVu monitoring software, as well as hot and cold aisle containment. “Th... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   LEED   eBay

Put Your Data Center through Its ABCs

Explore Relocate (Jun 15 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

...e. A number of certifications are available to help a data center go green. Take, for instance, the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification offered by the US Green Building Council. The Green Grid has also contributed to LEED with its PUE, or Power Usage Effectiveness, and Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency, or DCiE, mea... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   US Green Building Council   Forbes

Greenpeace’s Hosting: Not ‘Truly Green’

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Mar 3 2010) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Wind , Servers

...ter site selection criteria, as industry groups step up their engagement with utility providers, as The Green Grid has recently pledged. Here’s a look back at our previous coverage of Facebook’s energy efficiency a......social network’s infrastructure isn’t just getting bigger, it’s getting greener with its leasing of LEED Gold and Platinum data centers. Should Servers Come With Batteries? The data center team at Faceboo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenpeace   The Green Grid   Netherlands

Second Digital Realty Trust data center gets LEED Platinum

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Jan 11 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing

...ments, servers and data centers. T Wholesale data center provider Digital Realty Trust has earned a LEED Platinum certification for yet another one of its Silicon Valley facilities. The US Green Building ......ge effectiveness) is a widely recognized data center energy efficiency metric that was developed by The Green Grid, an organization that researches and promotes ways to improve the efficiency of energy use by data ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   US Green Building Council   Digital Realty

Raritan and Innovative Research Help Data Centers Become More Energy Efficient by Three-Dimensional Simulation of ...

Explore Yahoo! Finance (Oct 19 2009) Cloud Computing

...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 associations. The company was recently recognized by the EPA for its contribution to the agency's d... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   LEED

For Green Data Centers, Tech Firms Pick up Where LEED Left off

Explore GigaOM (Sep 8 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

...e importantly, she lays out some of the pitfalls, one of which is the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification program. Who could possibly have a problem with a system that’s inspiring some of the......ta center as it does an office tower teeming with employees. Fortunately, a coalition that includes The Green Grid and the Uptime Institute, has submitted new standards to the U.S. Green ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Uptime Institute   IBM

eBay's sustainable data center

Explore Going Green (Aug 24 2009) Power and Cooling

... Management-led initiatives: Constructing state-of-the-art green office buildings. For example, its LEED certified building in San Jose is currently the city’s largest solar installation. Sustainability......data center in any industry. There are many excellent resources available including Climate Savers, Green Grid, and Data Center Pulse. Such resources can help a business determine which activities provide the b... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   The Green Grid   LEED