EMEA Work Groups: Activities Update</h1> <article> <h1>EMEA Work Groups: Activities Update</h1> <p>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT</p> <p> <p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal">In this session, Harqs Singh, André Rouyer and David Snelling highlighted the progress that the EMEA Work Groups and Committees have made in the past year, reviewed current projects, and offered a preview of future activities. <br /></p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Industry/Government Collaboration and TGG BCS Glossary</h1> <p>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT</p> <p>The session addressed the current status on the liaisons that The Green Grid has developed in EMEA and the corresponding works in progress. It particularly focused on the new initiatives being taken by the European Commission as far as capturing carbon emissions and measuring energy efficiency in the ICT world in which the data centre industry and The Green Grid are playing a major role. This session also included a discussion on a new glossary wiki of common terms for the data centre industry. This glossary was created in order to establish common terminology for data centres.</p> </article> <article> <h1>The Effect of Data Centre Environment on IT Reliability & Energy Consumption</h1> <p>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT</p> <p>Raising the data centre operating temperature increases the number of hours and days a year that economizers can be used, reducing operating costs. Though what effect does this have on the reliability and energy consumption of the IT equipment itself? This session looked at the scope for increasing inlet temperatures, the effect on IT equipment, and what ASHRAE has to say on the subject. <br /></p> </article> <article> <h1>Data Centre Implications Post Japan Earthquake/Tsunami</h1> <p>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT</p> <p>Following the natural disaster in Japan on 11 March 2011, the country’s nuclear power issues and entire electrical power scheme were changed. For data centres, many tools and methods recommended by The Green Grid were put into practice and the reduced power consumption by data centres provided good results. This session discussed the future of the power scheme in Japan, and the efforts in progress by the data centre owners and operators. <br /></p> </article> <article> <h1>Data Centre Maturity Model and Assessment Tool</h1> <p>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT</p> <p>This session presented the future of The Green Grid’s Data Centre Maturity Model (DCMM) and the newly created assessment tool. The tool allows you to assess your data centre and IT portfolio against the DCMM, get access to your personal DCMM equalizer, and obtain benchmarking results. The DCMM touches upon every aspect of the data centre including power, cooling, compute, storage, and network. The levels of the model outline current best practices and a five year roadmap for the industry.</p> </article> </main></body></html>