ENERGY


Green IT Promotion Council and The Green Grid.


The organisations have recommended a number of standards, including The Green Grid’s Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) as the base metric for energy efficiency. Also on the agenda were improved measurement capabilities to make it easier to measure power use down to the individual server level, for example. The ultimate goal is to create a set of globally accepted metrics for datacentre energy efficiency. Whatever they achieve on a global scale, there are complexities at a local level. Clearly, April was a busy month for news on datacentres as two UK industry bodies announced they were pooling resources to help prevent UK datacentre operators from losing business because of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).


There is a strong business incentive to meet such legislation regardless of any governmental carrot or stick. That is why many organisations are already well ahead of the legislation when it comes to meeting environmental targets. Our own recent survey found that well over half of all facilities managers think that the main


driver of improved energy efficiency is not to meet regulations but to cut carbon emissions and costs. Many organisations are clearly ahead of the game and will maintain their own momentum in cutting emissions, water consumption and energy use. www.rswww.com


SUSTAINABLE FM | DECEMBER 2010/JANUARY 2011


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