StrataScale’s Data Centers Receive LEED Gold, Energy Star Certification

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Feb 13 2012) Construction , Cloud Computing

...Service Provider. The company’s original 250,000 square-foot CA1 data center recently earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star certification. Meanwhile, its second 250,000 square-foot CA2 data center was awarded ......CA2 data center was awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification by the US Green Building Council. StrataScale’s Data Centers Receive LEED Gold, Energy Star Certification Justin Lee on February 13,... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   US Green Building Council   LEED

The Green Grid Others Agree to Recommendations on Measuring Energy Efficiency

Explore Web Host Industry Review (May 17 2011)

...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 forward the apparently agreed-to principles that: PUE is ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Uptime Institute   ASHRAE

What is a green data center?

Explore Environmental Information, Green News (Mar 22 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...orage and processing – use an estimated 100 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That $7.4 billion annual light bill represents nearly 2 percent of the total U.S. electricity cons......five years ago, the nation’s servers and data centers consumed about 61 billion kilowatt-hours. The EPA estimates a 10 percent improvement in the energy efficiency of the nation’s data centers would ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Uptime Institute   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Three Steps To Data Center Management

Explore Product Design and Development (Apr 29 2010) Monitoring , Cloud Computing , Servers

...pment, and turn off equipment that isn’t being used. Here’s another reason to act. According to the EPA, enterprises can save up to $4 billion annually in their data centers by becoming more efficient. F......s with IBM, Microsoft and Intel. Joe is active in numerous organizations, including The Green Grid, US Green Building Council, ACM and IEEE. Joe holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Gartner   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory