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assessment of energy efficiency, 21 carbon footprint calculator, 225
Chicago-area utility case study, 150-151 carbon trading, 49, 120. See also
Lexington, Kentucky case study, 172-173 cap-and-trade system
Association for Computer Operations case studies
Management (AFCOM), 36, 41 Bryant University, 157-163
Austin Energy, 75 Chicago-area utility company, 150-155
automation tools, India case study, 200 assessment of energy efficiency, 150-151
Avista Utilities, 75 building new data centers, 151
cooling strategies, 153
B power management metrics, 153
reporting, 155
backup software, server virtualization
virtualization, 152-153
and, 107
Columbia University, 157, 163-169
Barker, Lynn, 115
HPC (high performance computing), 165-167
BAS (building automation systems), 42
planning stage, 164
baseline measurements, 10, 207. See also
testing stage, 167-168
metrics
green computer manufacturers
Bertone, Mitch, 161
HP, 232-233
blade servers, 34
Sun, 233-234
benefits of, 102-103
India, 196-203
combining with virtualization, 104-105
automation tools, 200
defined, 102
challenges faced, 196-198
virtualization of, 103
data center build, 198-199
Blue House, 240, 243
data center consolidation, 199 ptg
border adjustment (in emissions
disaster recovery, 201
trading), 57
future projects, 203
Bourne, Richard, 115
PC conversion to laptops, 201
Brin, Sergey, 239
products used, 200
Bryant University case study, 157-163
results, 201-202
building automation systems (BAS), 42
server consolidation, 199
building energy management,
virtualization, 200
collaboration with IT energy
Istanbul, Turkey, 194-196
management, 42-43
Lexington, Kentucky, 158, 169-181
building new data centers, 23
assessment of energy efficiency, 172-173
Chicago-area utility case study, 151
building new data center, 173-174
India case study, 198-199
cooling strategies, 178-179
Lexington, Kentucy case study, 173-174
future planning, 179-180
building rating systems per country,
power management metrics, 177-178
119-120
virtualization, 174-177
business and technology drivers for cloud
Montpelier, France, 187-194
computing, 241
energy-use dashbards, 191-192
business continuity, virtualization and,
live camera, 190
103-104
solution-level monitoring, 192-194
thermal camera, 191
C
PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric Company),
California Public Utilities Commission 148-149
(CPUC), 72 World Community Grid, 184-187
cap-and-trade system, 49, 55-58. See also certification process for LEED, 117-118
carbon trading Certified Green testing program, 22
capacity factor for wind power, 263 Chapin, Daryl, 274