The Green Grid Announces Collaboration Agreement with the Department of Energy.The Green Grid Also Announces Formation of New European-Based Working Groups and More Than 50 New Members NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- The Green Grid, a non-profit consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. (MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use. ) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the formation of two European-based working groups and the addition of more than fifty new members since April. The activities announced today highlight The Green Grid's growth as well as the organization's interest in working with governmental and non-governmental agencies worldwide to help address data center and business computing ecosystems' energy use. The Green Grid and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy The United States Department of Energy´s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) mission is to strengthen America's energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality in public-private partnerships. (EERE EERE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ) will collaborate to improve energy efficiency by educating IT managers on both the technical implementation of a greener data center and the associated financial benefits. As part of the memorandum, The Green Grid and Department of Energy will develop a common set of best practice information, terminology and tools to promote increased energy efficiency in U.S. data center facilities. The MOU was signed today at an industry roundtable forum held in Manhattan which included participants from the financial services and entertainment industries with large New York-based data centers, technology vendors, state government and non-governmental agencies and utilities. "The memorandum of understanding with the Department of Energy signals an important step for The Green Grid," said Roger Tipley, director of The Green Grid. "This collaboration will provide IT managers with a jointly-developed set of guidelines to help improve their energy efficiency in their data center." European Working Groups to Focus on Data Collection, Technical Analysis and Communications The Green Grid also announced the formation of two new working groups designed to extend the organization's presence in Europe and ensure that efforts are inclusive of regionally-unique issues regarding data center energy efficiency. The new groups include a technically-focused data collection and analysis working group as well as a working group focused on consortium communications within Europe. The Data Collection and Analysis Working Group is chartered to collect data from European members to extend and support The Green Grid's goals of providing industry-wide recommendations on best practices, metrics and technologies that will improve overall data center energy efficiencies. The group will also collaborate with existing local organizations to gather technical data specific to each region. The Green Grid's existing global Technical Committee will oversee the group's activities. The Communications Working Group will provide recommendations on regional communications activities and promote content and information developed by the Technical Committee to industry audiences based in Europe. The group will also serve as a point of engagement for European-based organizations interested in collaborating with The Green Grid. "The formation of both European working groups will expand The Green Grid's global presence by providing a resource for European-based members to become actively involved in The Green Grid," said Tom Bradicich, director of The Green Grid. "We hope to get more European-based companies involved in this global effort and expect to see strong membership growth in these areas." More than 50 New Members Added to The Green Grid since April 2007 The Green Grid has grown to 92 members since its launch in February 2007. More than 50 new members have been added since April 2007, including: 3M, AFCO AFCO Automatic Fuel Cutoff AFCO Armed Forces Career Office AFCO Air Force Cryptologic Office AFCO Australian Federation of Consumers Organisations AFCO Air Fuel Cutoff AFCO Automotive Fluid Connectors Operations AFCO Aggies for Christ in the Orient Systems, Inc., Alfa Tech Cambridge, Allstate, Angstrom angstrom (ăng`strəm), abbr. Å, unit of length equal to 10−10 meter (0.0000000001 meter); it is used to measure the wavelengths of visible light and of other forms of electromagnetic radiation, such as ultraviolet Microsystems, Avocent, Betfair Limited, Delta, Devon IT, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , Emerson Network Power, Evoswitch Netherlands B.V., Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a Japanese and German IT vendor, selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (products marketed elsewhere are sold under the Fujitsu brand). GmbH, GE Consumer and Industrial, Greene Engineers, Host Europe GmbH, Infinity SDC SDC Silver Dollar City SDC Security Door Controls SDC Student Development Center SDC San Diego Chargers SDC Science Data Center SDC System Development Charges SDC Studebaker Drivers Club SDC San Diego, California (border patrol sector) Limited, Intransa, Inc., Keysource Ltd., Logicalis UK, LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. , Mandragore, Micron Technology, Inc., NaviSite, Neoware, Inc., Network Appliance, nscglobal, Ortronics, OSIsoft, Inc., PG&E, PowerFile, Qimonda, Quantum, RampRate Sourcing Advisors, Raritan, Inc., RipCode, Inc., Rittal, Rothstein Kass, S&C Electric Company, Savvis, Seagate Technology, SmartBunker, SoftLayer, Storewiz Inc., SunGard Data Systems, Symantec Corporation, Synapsense, Telvent, The Uptime Institute, Verari, Verdiem and Xyratex. About The Green Grid The Green Grid is a global consortium of companies dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and computing ecosystems. The Green Grid does not endorse any vendor-specific products or solutions, and will seek to provide industry-wide recommendations on best practices, metrics and technologies that will improve overall data center energy efficiencies. Membership is open to companies interested in data center operational efficiency at the Contributing or General Member level. General members attend and participate in general meetings of The Green Grid, review proposals for specifications and have access to specifications for test suites and design guidelines and IP licensing. Additional benefits for contributor members include participation and voting rights Voting rights The right to vote on matters that are put to a vote of security holders. For example the right to vote for directors. voting rights The type of voting and the amount of control held by the owners of a class of stock. in committees and working groups. Additional information is available at www.thegreengrid.org. (C) 2007. The Green Grid Association. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. |
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