- Webcast
The Green Grid EMEA leadership team hosts its second virtual roundtable discussing the latest research into European data center usage.
The Green Grid's research in October 2015 found that only 29 percent of respondents were able to entirely quantify the environmental impact of their data centers despite the perceived pressure from EU policymakers, associations, and standardization. A huge 97 percent see areas in which their data center monitoring, including energy efficiency, can be improved.
There are clear tensions regarding how data center managers monitor and measure their resource efficiency and environmental impact.
Key findings to discuss during the series include:
- A huge 97 percent see areas in which their data center monitoring, including energy efficiency, can be improved
- Two-thirds (67 percent) of respondents believe increased investment can improve monitoring measures, but 38 percent think more board support is required, and the same percentage think more time should be spent reviewing the data created from monitoring
- The majority (96 percent) of respondents in Germany say that they can or are working towards quantifying the impact of data center operations on their organization's overall environmental footprint, with 82 percent of respondents in France reporting the same
Don't miss the chance to hear perspectives from throughout the information and communications technology industry on key issues affecting data center efficiency in Europe.
Lance Rütimann
Vice President and Program Committee Chair
The Green Grid
Lance Rutimann is the vice president of The Green Grid and an active participant in its Board of Directors and EMEA Government Engagement Committee. He currently chairs the Program Committee, which manages the wide range of activity requests that drive content produced by The Green Grid members.
Lance participates in key European-oriented activities. Among them are the CENELEC technical committee responsible for the development of standards for data center facilities and infrastructure and the Coordination Group for Green Data Centers. In addition, he is involved in EU-funded projects, such as ICTFOOTPRINT.eu and EURECA.
Lance has nearly 30 years of experience at Siemens, having held numerous management positions in various countries, including Germany, Switzerland, and Canada.
Roel Castelein
EMEA Marketing Chair
The Green Grid
Roel Castelein is a professional strategist with more than 15 years of experience designing and implementing business transformation and go-to-market strategies, both internally at information and communications technology vendors and externally with partners and customers. He started his career in business intelligence systems design, working as sales consultant at Oracle.
As The Green Grid’s EMEA marketing program advisor, Roel complements the leadership team that The Green Grid has currently in place.
Christophe Garnier
EMEA Technical Work Group Leader
The Green Grid
Christophe Garnier has more than 10 years of experience in Schneider Electric’s Environmental Department and is an expert in environmental lifecycle and eco-design of products. He has implemented the eco-design process for a complete range of products and his responsibility has grown from insuring compliance with international regulations to implementation in RD teams.
Christophe is an expert in European CENELEC groups and represents Schneider Electric in The Green Grid EMEA Technical Work Group.