We would like to congratulate Cisco, our strategic partner, on again climbing to the top of the Greenpeace COOL IT Leaderboard. With so much of the criteria tied to IT Energy Impact and innovative Climate Solutions, Cisco can attribute much of this success to their EnergyWise platform and Open Partner Ecosystem.
As an Energy Management partner in this ecosystem, JouleX is proud to support Cisco EnergyWise. Everyday, we are activating new licenses for the JouleX for Cisco EnergyWise solution as part of the Cisco EnergyWise FastStart program that delivers a free version of the JouleX Energy Manager to Cisco customers who purchase new Catalyst 3K and 4K switches. In this role, we are able to see the global impact enterprises are having on lowering their energy consumption, costs, and reducing their carbon footprints. This is exciting technology and we are proud to see Greenpeace recognize Cisco for this innovation.
From the Report:
"Cisco regains a share of the top ranking in this year’s Leaderboard, with a 9-point gain from 2012, earning a 1stplace tie with Google at 58 points. Cisco’s leadership improved across each of the three evaluation areas, particularly for updated commitments to manage its energy footprint and increase the amount of renewable energy powering its operations. Cisco continues to maintain its strong position in demonstrating and measuring the energy savings potential of the IT sector, bested only by Fujitsu in the Solutions category, and shows signs of increasing its investment in its solutions offerings, particularly those related to the smart grid. Cisco earns top marks for its increased leadership in addressing its growing energy footprint, with an update to its greenhouse gas (GHG) and renewable energy targets, along with a performance-based commitment to direct its growth toward cleaner sources of electricity and away from coal."
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Anyone looking for a nice example of how to put together a great Corporate Sustainability Report should check out the one just released by JouleX customer, Danske Bank Group. Danske Bank is the largest bank in Denmark and one of the leading financial enterprises in northern europe. In its 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report lists its sustainability goals and its progress against them. For example, the company set an ambitious goal of reducing their electricity consumption 20%, from 2009 levels, by 2014. Danske Bank not only met that goal two years early, they beat the goal and then raised it to 30%!
from the report:
"In 2012, we began implementing a new online system for monitoring electricity consumption from IT equipment called JouleX. The system allows us to reduce energy consumption by monitoring, analysing and controlling how much energy we use in our IT equipment – from laptops and printers to servers and wireless access routers– when they are connected to a network.
Preliminary tests of the system in 2011 showed tremendous savings potential, and once fully implemented, the system will allow us to become better at monitoring and identifying areas where we can reduce emissions."
Danske Bank Group
Corporate Responsibility Report 2012
We commend Danske Bank on clearly defining their sustainability goals and measuring progress against them. JouleX is excited to be working with them to continue to exceed their electricity reduction goals and document their success for years to come.
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Through extensive research and customer use cases, we’ve determined that there are four key functions of an effective Enterprise Energy Management platform: Discovery and Measurement, Assessment and Simulation, Policy and Control, and Reporting. A comprehensive solution should be able to assess and manage your energy needs from the moment the power enters your facility until the bill arrives in accounting.
These four functions should be dedicated to the monitor—analyze—control processes for every smart device in your enterprise. This approach is what the JouleX Energy Manager (JEM) platform is built on. Let’s take a look at how these JEM functions work within a typical enterprise:
Discovery and Measurement—JEM leverages a unique automated discovery method to locate all the network-connected devices, systems, and facilities assets in the enterprise. It then begins to continually monitor and measure energy usage and utilization of those devices.
Assessment and Simulation—JEM then analyzes the energy usage, carbon emissions, utilization and costs associated with each machine. This data analysis allows Energy Managers to simulate policy scenarios, enabling them to identify their highest cost savings opportunities and device productivity levels. The JEM allows for simulation of energy policies by device, location, division, business unit, department, cost center, or any other segmentation designated by the enterprise.
Policy and Control—Once the simulations have been completed and the appropriate policies are implemented, JEM executes those automated energy management policies, or generates alerts, by device, time, location, or event. This results in a reduction of wasted energy costs and an increase in efficiency, ensuring that the energy use follows the productive user.
Reporting—The JEM Reporting engine consolidates all of the data collected, then delivers comprehensive and fully customizable reports on energy usage and the cost/carbon savings realized through the active energy management policies. From an enterprise-wide view, all the way down to individual devices, JEM delivers custom reports based on the unique reporting needs of the enterprise.
Based on the energy metrics and intelligence we have collected over time, most enterprises use JEM to develop policies and rules to optimize energy usage and reduce costs on a massive scale. Our typical customers achieve energy savings of 30-60 percent annually. These results have been proven time and again through the robust reporting, supporting the business case for corporate sustainability initiatives, sustainable procurement, and demonstrate incremental improvements over time.
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This is shaping up to be an incredibly busy season at JouleX! Kicking off our list of upcoming events will be Josef Brunner, discussing Managing energy costs in the Enterprise and Data Center. Learn more about that here:
ICT Energy Management: Manage energy costs in the Enterprise and the Data Centre
By Indi Sall
By Josef Brunner
When and Where?
Wednesday 17th October, 15:50 - 16:20
Theatre: Architectures for Business Transformation
The Network is the unifying link between all ICT devices and smart organizations have rolled out client-less solutions to monitor, analyze and manage energy costs in their ICT infrastructure. NG Bailey and JouleX present live client scenarios in which intelligent energy management solutions can help you manage ICT energy usage in distributed organizations, data centers and campuses enabling energy costs reduction while gaining granular visibility of ICT energy consumption.
Join the Chief Architect of JouleX and NG Bailey's Technical director in discussing real world examples of ICT Energy management in the Network Optimization theatre.
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Here are some of the recent sustainability and energy management articles to cross my desk. I hope they're as interesting to you as they were to me.
Sustainable procurement makes good business sense
"With 'sustainable' and 'eco-friendly' becoming more and more important in the corporate world, we look at how to make your company more 'green' from the bottom up in eight easy steps."
Energy Department Announces Federal Energy Management Award Winners
"The Energy Department on October 4 announced the winners of the thirty-first annual Federal Energy and Water Management Awards. These awards recognize the commitment made by federal agencies to invest in efficiency measures that save taxpayer money and increase U.S. energy security. This year's award winners saved a total of 6 trillion Btu of energy, nearly 2 billion gallons of water, and almost $165 million during fiscal year 2011."
The rent is too damn high, but big data means the power bill isn’t
"Rent prices are higher than ever, but a growing number of startups are working to analyze our homes’ energy use so we can save money by using less power. Their approaches might differ, but data and analytics are the ties that bind them all."
Lighting Offers Opportunities To Cut Energy Use
"If the goal is to cut energy use, one of the best places to look for opportunities is lighting. The Department of Energy estimates that 25 to 35 percent of the power used in most buildings goes to lighting."
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I hope you're ready for another Friday Roundup! Not only have we shared some great content on the JouleX Blog, but we've found some interesting articles on big data, carbon emissions regulations, sustainability, and greener facilities. Enjoy the read and have a fantastic weekend.
Congratulations to the five universities to receive the 2012 APPA Sustainability Award. - This newly instituted category was created to promote and reward achievement in the increasingly important role of Sustainability in the world of higher education.
CIO Jury: Big data isn’t just for the biggest organizations – “There is pent-up demand from many types of organization, according to TechRepublic’s panel of IT leaders.”
AB 32 Could Cost UC, CSU Millions – “Large campuses in the University of California and California State University systems are bracing for the implementation of new state rules that will force them to cut carbon emissions or pay as much as $28 million a year to offset their greenhouse gases.”
Are you ready for carbon reporting? – “Following Nick Clegg's announcement that companies listed on the main London Stock Exchange will have to produce reports on their carbon emissions from April 2013, sustainability has once again been thrust to the top of the business agenda. However, many organizations are still unprepared for these changes and therefore face a race against time to abide by the new rules.”
Energy & the Productive User: How to make every watt count – This is the 4th article in our series on Energy Following the Productive User. JouleX Energy Manager enables hundreds of our customers to leverage their existing infrastructure to realize energy savings and efficiency so their energy is truly following their productive users. In our next articles, we’ll share how JouleX Energy Manager helps you get a handle on the energy usage across all of the facilities of your entire enterprise.
JouleX and Saving Money in Your Data Center. The Heat is On. (Podcast) - JouleX Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Tim McCormick, and Ken Hess discuss how to save significant money in your data center by knowing where your energy is going. You might be surprised at the numbers and how much you can save. It’s shocking to know how much money and energy are being needlessly wasted. And, we’re not talking “green” anything, except money.
Why using the S-word still works – “GreenBiz Executive Editor, Joel Makower, recently reported on a study suggesting that sustainability professionals should avoid talking about "sustainability" within their organizations to be effective. EMC's Kathrin Winkler offers another perspective.”
Fujitsu System Recycles CDs into PCs, Cuts Carbon Emissions 15% - “Fujitsu says it has developed the PC industry’s first recycling system that collects the plastic from used CDs and DVDs for repurposing in the bodies of notebook PCs.”
Antenna Developed that Makes Wi-Fi 200 Times Faster – “A high-performance, silicon-based, cavity-backed slot (CBS) antenna has been developed that will enable Wi-Fi speeds up to 200 times faster than the fastest speeds of today.”
Green Building Sparks Battle for the Built Environment – “This green-induced convergence is also shaking up the competitive dynamics of the commercial real-estate market, creating opportunities for small companies to become big companies and big companies to become still bigger. …and JouleX are scrambling to take advantage of this convergence by developing integrated building information, management and controls platforms.”
The JouleX Mobile App: Automate Your Energy Policies – “This is the 5th in our series on Energy Following the Productive User. ~ Location Based Energy Management with the JouleX MobileTM smart phone application.”
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We would like to take a moment to congratulate the first ever APPA* Sustainability Award recipients. This newly instituted category was created to promote and reward achievement in the increasingly important role of Sustainability in the world of higher education.
JouleX is excited about the work that we do with educational institutions around the world, to help them toward their sustainability and cost reduction goals, and we think it’s great to see recognition institutions are getting it right!
Congratulations to the five universities to receive the 2012 APPA Sustainability Award:
- University of British Columbia - Their UBC Sustainability Initiative (USI) was established in 2010.
- The University of California - Irvine – UC Irvine began implementing sustainability practices in 2003, and since then has won recognition for this program with over two dozen awards.
- Emory University – Their Sustainability Initiative was officially begun in 2001, and has grown over the last decade to include energy and water conservation, green building, recycling, and four other defined focus areas.
- American University – With the university president signing a carbon neutrality pledge in 2008, AU has been making great strides toward sustainability ever since and is one of the first schools in the nation to have achieved a STARS Gold rating (between 65 and 80 points) with a score of 69.90 in 2011.
- University of Prince Edward Island – UPEI established an Office of Sustainability and Energy Management in 2007 that “works to coordinate sustainable practices and projects on campus that touches on all aspects of campus life”.
If you’re ready to take your institution’s sustainability initiatives beyond switching CFL light bulbs, you’re ready to see what JouleX Energy Manager can do for you. Contact us today to learn how we can help you save costs and gain efficiencies around your university or college campus.
*APPA, now simply identified by its former initials, was originally known as Association of Superintendents of Buildings and Grounds in 1914, but the name of the organization has changed over the decades to reflect evolution of both the organization and the institutions it serves. The APPA has also been known as Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges, The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers.
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Everywhere we look, we see corporations and consumers alike coming to the realization that Sustainability and Green Initiatives are here to stay, and in everyone's best interest. I hope that you'll enjoy this week's article roundup. Many of these articles discuss the inevitability of Green.
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Sustainability Initiatives have become a highly visible, often talked about, and frequently misunderstood topic for enterprises everywhere. We would love it if you would take just a few minutes and share your company's plans and views on Corporate Sustainability.
Thank you for sharing!
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If you travel with any regularity, you’ve probably seen the eco-friendly suggestions in your hotel room for years now. From requests to re-use your towels and forego daily housekeeping visits to suggestions to turn out the lights and raise the temperature in your room while you’re out, hotels have been getting more creative in their guest related sustainability efforts. That seems to be a strategy that is paying off for the hospitality industry around the world.
In a recent survey, the popular travel site TripAdvisor found that travelers are becoming more environmentally responsible when booking their hotel stays. “The green travel trend is gaining momentum among TripAdvisor members, as 71 percent said they plan to make more eco-friendly choices in the next 12 months compared to 65 percent that did so in the past 12 months.”
While many consumers believe that they are doing enough by choosing hotel chains that are employing sustainability practices, others are going above and beyond choosing a “green” hotel. According the TripAdvisor survey results, travelers' top 3 eco-friendly practices were:
- Turned off lights when not in hotel room – 88%
- Participated in hotel's linen/towel re-use program – 80%
- Used recycling in the hotel – 57%
More than just accommodations that offer options for reducing their own footprint on the road, travelers are increasingly giving their business to hotels and hotel chains that are reducing their own carbon footprint.
Although it is a compelling reason, customer preference is not the only driver behind sustainability efforts in the hospitality industry. Marriott, for example, since 2007 has reduced Total Water Consumption(and costs) by 22.8%, Total Energy usage (and costs) by 12.7%, and Greenhouse Gases by 11.6%.
Whether your enterprise is becoming more sustainable to appeal to customer preference, or because it just makes sense to your bottom line, it's becoming clear that reducing your environmental impact is good for everyone.
If you're looking for a place to start, contact JouleX and we'll show you exactly where your energy dollars are going... and how to get them under control.
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With Earth Day approaching, the news and blog worlds are abuzz with articles about green energy, sustainable business, and ways to reduce your carbon footprint. Here are some of the most interesting articles we found, and the articles you may have missed on the JouleX blog!
From the JouleX Green IT Blog:
Other great articles worth a read:
- Pro-Business, Pro-Environment - Article by UNEP Climate hero and endurance athlete Charles Scott
- Reducing All Energy Use Can Have an Impact at the Gas Pump - Gas prices are expected to breach four dollars per gallon this week and residents could see some relief through better energy management in general, according to experts.
- Green IT Projects Struggle for Green Light - IT admins charged with cutting energy costs find it easier to buy greener gear than to get high-ROI green initiatives approved.
- When it Comes to Energy Efficiency, Knowledge = Power Reduction - A new White House initiative underscores the notion that more consumers would reduce their electricity consumption, if it was easier to track in real time.
- Beyond the Hour: Earth Hour City Challenge For A Low Carbon Economy- Founded in Sweden to celebrate Earth Hour 2011, the Earth Hour City Challenge initiative has been created to celebrate cities that are taking amazing steps forward in creating a greener, cleaner and more sustainable city to live and inspiring other cities to do the same.
Founded in Sweden to celebrate Earth Hour 2011, the Earth Hour City Challenge initiative has been created to celebrate cities that are taking amazing steps forward in creating a greener, cleaner and more sustainable city to live and inspiring other cities to do the same.
Source: Ecopreneurist (http://s.tt/18kka)
Founded in Sweden to celebrate Earth Hour 2011, the Earth Hour City Challenge initiative has been created to celebrate cities that are taking amazing steps forward in creating a greener, cleaner and more sustainable city to live and inspiring other cities to do the same.
Source: Ecopreneurist (http://s.tt/18kka)
- Gartner: 10 Key IT Trends for 2012 - Energy Efficiency and Monitoring is up to #3 on the list, from #7 last year.
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Founded in Sweden to celebrate Earth Hour 2011, the Earth Hour City Challenge initiative has been created to celebrate cities that are taking amazing steps forward in creating a greener, cleaner and more sustainable city to live and inspiring other cities to do the same.
Source: Ecopreneurist (http://s.tt/18kka)
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