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Public sector leadership of environmentally sound procurement of data centers

The call • Specific Challenge: Stimulate market transformation towards more sustainable energy products, buildings and services. • The Energy Efficiency Directive requires that central governments purchase only products, services and buildings with high energy- efficiency performance. • Overcome operational barriers related to sustainable energy public spending such as the lack of knowledge, practical training and tailored guidelines; the lack of willingness to change procurement habits; or perceived legal uncertainties. • Type of action: Coordination and Support

Vision Statement The project aims to provide public sector organisations with quantifiable information on the environmental impact of data centers and related procurement choices. Data Center EURECA: “EU Resource Efficiency Coordination Action”

Goal and Objectives • The goal is to demonstrate the value of energy saving and environmental data centre best practices & policies, triggering related procurement actions • Provide public Sector organisations with a tailored solution for ‘green’ data center procurement: • Identifying where money and energy can be saved • Assisting with the deployment of self-improvement strategies • Assisting with the navigation of new technology markets with benchmarking tools & resources • Facilitating awareness, learning and knowledge sharing activities

Public Sector DC Environment • “Data centres” and “Computer/Server rooms” provide the core digital infrastructure and connectivity foundation for all users of domestic, corporate and Public Sector digital services. • Data centres are enablers of energy saving initiatives and e-services • But data centers are large energy consumers and can easily waste a great deal, if not constantly reviewed and carefully monitored • EU2020 targets demand energy efficiency and increased share of “green” energy, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. • A lack of awareness of reliable metrics, key performance indicators (KPIs) and best practices • Reduced budgets to work with – looking for fast ROI and Opex savings • Barriers to change – cultural, complexity and ownership

Just arrived or on the horizon • CENELEC & ETSI Standards & KPI’s • ISO/IEC Standards & KPI’s • ISO/IEC data centre “maturity model” • EU Code 2015 – is now 155 Best Practices • FP7 “Cluster” of 8 projects (DC4Cities, DOLFIN, GENIC, RenewIT, GreenDataNet, GEYSER, All4Green and CoolEmAll) to define common metrics, methodologies & terminology.

The concept

How you can help • To collectively take the lead on the legislation debate – bring forward solutions • To increase the profile of data centre industry innovations, expertise and solutions • By providing constructive comment and feedback • Encouraging your public sector contacts to get involved and to support energy efficiency best practices

What we need • We are looking for public sector partners to work with us to help prove the concept • Looking for public sector “champions” in this field • To drive knowledge sharing and networking • Help define the training requirements for EURECA tool • Public Sector organisations can join the DCA FREE to participate click HERE http://www.data-central.org/?page=DCAMemberPubSec