The Green Grid (TGG) announced that Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) will move its programs and membership under The Green Grid brand to build on TGG’s success in improving resource efficiency in information technology and data centers. TGG and CSCI will fuse their separate but closely aligned resources together to accelerate the implementation of energy efficiency and sustainability within the IT and communications industries.
As the global authority on resource efficient information technology and data centers, TGG focuses its efforts on business computing ecosystems holistically, including all IT, facility and infrastructure systems. CSCI, the international consortium focused on reducing carbon footprint of information and communications technologies (ICT) through improvements in energy efficiency and power management of devices, has helped the industry reduce its energy usage and CO2 emissions by 41-45M tons per year. By welcoming CSCI into its organization, TGG will span the entire computing and communications ecosystem – from data centers to personal computers.
"The Green Grid and Climate Savers Computing have a long history of collaborating in our shared goal of promoting efficiency in business computing," said John Tuccillo, Schneider Electric Representative and Chairman of the Board and President of The Green Grid.
"Welcoming CSCI’s membership and programs into The Green Grid will further accelerate our global impact and enhance our ability to affect change within the business computing industry."
By integrating CSCI’s experts and industry leaders into TGG and its technical workgroups, the organization will progress with new perspectives, increased collaboration and expanded reach. Initially, many of CSCI’s workgroups will be incorporated into TGG’s Technical Committee. CSCI’s programs, library of whitepapers, other publications and best practices will also be incorporated into TGG’s extensive collection of resources. The current CSCI board member companies have been invited to become members of TGG’s board of directors. The combined board will work collaboratively to drive the mission and strategic direction of TGG forward on a global basis.
"We’re very enthusiastic for these two important organizations to unite and experience the benefits that this move will bring to the industry," said Lorie Wigle, Intel Representative and President of Climate Savers Computing Initiative. "Both CSCI and TGG have made significant impact as they seek to promote efficiency across the different sides of the IT energy equation. Together, we feel our combined expertise will only increase that impact as we collectively seek to address these critical issues."
The Green Grid is also creating a new program called the "Sustainable Computing Initiative," which will provide organizations with the opportunity to commit to procurement and power management goals, just as CSCI members have done with the CSCI Power Management pledge.
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