Post by account_disabled on Mar 5, 2024 4:27:01 GMT -5
Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino wants large commercial buildings in the city to benchmark their energy usage, but a report studying the effects of benchmarking finds that the costs outweigh the benefits.
The report, commissioned by the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and authored by Robert Stavins, an environmental economist at Harvard University, studied experiences in other cities with similar programs and found that any energy savings are likely to be negligible, according to the Boston Globe.
The university’s data centers are controlled access B2B Email List environments housing critical technology equipment, applications and data. The primary data center in Monroe County is the hub of the university’s computing resources, which are shared by the academic, medical, research, and administrative communities. The second data center in Ontario County serves as a hub backup, with both locations operating.
This is not the data centers’ first recognition for sustainability. In 2009, a $300,000 RG&E rebate recognized energy efficiencies within the primary data center’s construction, and in June 2010 NYSERDA awarded the University a $189,000 grant for energy efficiencies built into the design of the primary data center. In 2011, NYSERDA also recognized the primary data center as a High Performance Building, with energy-saving features that include a building management system that optimizes efficiency, and a cooling system that takes advantage of Rochester’s climate.
Environmental Defense Fund: The nonprofit has hired Daniel Heagerty (pictured) as habitat markets director. Heagerty has 30 years experience in conservation and environmental markets at environmental engineering firms including CH2MHill and David Evans and Associates.
PricewaterhouseCoopers US: The consulting services firm has named Tom Solazzo as US cleantech leader. Solazzo succeeds Tim Carey in this role and also leads PwC’s management consulting group in the power and utilities sector.
Greenhouse Gas Management Institute: The nonprofit, which trains professionals to work on GHG measurement, accounting, auditing and management, has elected Wiley Barbour as chair of the GHGMI board of directors. Wiley succeeds Randy Freed, who will remain a regular member of the board. Wiley is currently vice president, corporate development at Camco Clean Energy.
The report, commissioned by the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and authored by Robert Stavins, an environmental economist at Harvard University, studied experiences in other cities with similar programs and found that any energy savings are likely to be negligible, according to the Boston Globe.
The university’s data centers are controlled access B2B Email List environments housing critical technology equipment, applications and data. The primary data center in Monroe County is the hub of the university’s computing resources, which are shared by the academic, medical, research, and administrative communities. The second data center in Ontario County serves as a hub backup, with both locations operating.
This is not the data centers’ first recognition for sustainability. In 2009, a $300,000 RG&E rebate recognized energy efficiencies within the primary data center’s construction, and in June 2010 NYSERDA awarded the University a $189,000 grant for energy efficiencies built into the design of the primary data center. In 2011, NYSERDA also recognized the primary data center as a High Performance Building, with energy-saving features that include a building management system that optimizes efficiency, and a cooling system that takes advantage of Rochester’s climate.
Environmental Defense Fund: The nonprofit has hired Daniel Heagerty (pictured) as habitat markets director. Heagerty has 30 years experience in conservation and environmental markets at environmental engineering firms including CH2MHill and David Evans and Associates.
PricewaterhouseCoopers US: The consulting services firm has named Tom Solazzo as US cleantech leader. Solazzo succeeds Tim Carey in this role and also leads PwC’s management consulting group in the power and utilities sector.
Greenhouse Gas Management Institute: The nonprofit, which trains professionals to work on GHG measurement, accounting, auditing and management, has elected Wiley Barbour as chair of the GHGMI board of directors. Wiley succeeds Randy Freed, who will remain a regular member of the board. Wiley is currently vice president, corporate development at Camco Clean Energy.
