Cassatt is a committed member of the greater Green IT community
Successfully reducing power consumption in the data center requires a multidisciplinary approach involving IT, facilities, end user and even power company cooperation. No one can do it alone. At Cassatt, we actively participate in a number of organizations from local to international—all committed to discovering and implementing ways to become more energy efficient.
Cassatt is a member of the Green Grid, a consortium of information technology companies and professionals seeking to improve energy efficiency in data centers around the globe. The Green Grid takes a broad-reaching approach to data center efficiency focusing on data center "power pillars" that span the gamut of technology, infrastructure and processes present in today's data center environments. The consortium's working focus includes research, standards writing, published studies and continuing education.
Cassatt is a participant in the Critical Facilities Roundtable, which proactively influences the critical facilities industry, its management, its institutions, and its regulators as a fundamental objective of the group's activities. It provides an open forum for our members and their guests to share information and to learn about new mission-critical technologies, with the intention of helping members improve in technical expertise and develop solutions for the challenges of their day-to-day critical facilities operations.
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) is organized to involve principal officers and senior managers of member companies in a cooperative effort with local, regional, state, and federal government officials to address major public policy issues affecting the economic health and quality of life in Silicon Valley. Cassatt actively participates in SVLG's Energy Efficient Data Center Demonstration Project, to identify key technology, policy and implementation experts and partners to engage in creating a series of demonstration projects, which demonstrate emerging new technologies, and currently best available energy efficiency technologies and practices associated with the operation, equipping and construction of data centers.
The Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE), a nonprofit public benefits corporation, develops initiatives for its North American members to promote the manufacture and purchase of energy-efficient products and services. Its goal is to induce lasting structural and behavioral changes in the marketplace, resulting in the increased adoption of energy-efficient technologies. The CEE has produced a Data Centers and Servers Initiative report detailing actions and best-practices to take when pursuing greater energy efficiency, which includes Operational and Managerial activities to take, including active power management.
The EPA Energy Star program is working with interested parties to identify ways in which energy efficiency can be measured, documented, and implemented in data centers and the equipment they house, especially servers. And, in August 2007 in response to Public Law 109-431, the Program released to Congress a Final Report assessing opportunities for energy efficiency improvements for government and commercial computer servers and data centers. The Energy Star program is expected to announce a ratings system for data centers later in 2008.
The Uptime Institute, Inc. is a respected provider of educational and consulting services for Facilities and Information Technology organizations interested in maximizing data center uptime. The institute has produced a number of pivotal white papers referencing best-practices regarding energy efficiency.
The US Department of Energy, through the Industrial Technologies Program and the Save Energy Now program, is working with U.S. computer data centers to reduce their energy consumption. The department is actively developing the "DC-Pro" software tools suite; DC-Pro will be used to benchmark the energy efficiency of data centers and assist data center operators to self-identify key energy saving opportunities.
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Cassatt products allow data center operations and facilities managers to participate in Pacific Gas & Electric's Demand Response programs. PG&E offers financial incentives to customers who undertake High Tech Energy Efficiency Incentives, including IT projects that result in the removal of computing equipment. The incentive is based on the amount of energy saved, predicted through a calculation model.
