Understand a Data Center’s Total Carbon Emissions Footprint over its Entire Lifecycle . . . in Minutes

Credit to Author: Steven Carlini| Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000

We happen to be living in a time marked by an imminent need to reduce carbon emissions and conserve water and other natural resources. But before you can “reduce” carbon, it’s important to understand different applications within an enterprise in order to target and prioritize…

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A 3-step approach to turning net-zero carbon ambition into action

Credit to Author: Manish Kumar| Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Many organizations today face the challenge of turning commitment to net-zero carbon ambitions into action. The right plan can make it possible for any organization and building. Let’s explore three main steps that Schneider Electric has developed and used successfully with our facilities and for…

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Why Sustainability Retrofits Are Your Fastest Path to Net-Zero Buildings

Credit to Author: Manish Kumar| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Improving building energy efficiency is critical to reducing emissions; it offers one of the biggest opportunities to help meet global decarbonization ambition. Overcoming it will require a complete overhaul of our infrastructure and energy systems. To accelerate decarbonization, building owners and operators must take action…

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Demystifying Data Center Scope 3 Carbon with Our Findings

Credit to Author: Paul Lin| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Based on Carbon Intelligence research, over 80% of a company’s emissions are Scope 3. But for data centers, this is harder to assess. This is partly because data centers are energy intensive, and energy is largely Scope 2. If a data center’s energy has a…

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Three ways electrical, automation systems, and advanced analytics play a critical role in green steel production

Credit to Author: Mo Ahmed| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Steel is one of the world’s most vital engineering and construction materials for buildings, cars, trains, machinery, and more. Annual steel demand has tripled over the past 50 years and is expected to reach ~1.8 Megatonnes (Mt) in 2023. However, iron ore mining and steel…

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Store, sell, or consume? AI-powered energy decisions for prosumers

Credit to Author: Philippe Rambach| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 13:10:13 +0000

In the picturesque surroundings of Järvenpää, Finland, a state-of-the-art distribution center, operated by the German retail giant Lidl, provides a striking example of how artificial intelligence (AI) can combine with distributed power generation to optimize ‘prosumption’—that is, the on-site production and consumption of energy by…

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The Time is NOW to Start your Data Center Scope 3 Carbon Inventory

Credit to Author: Paul Lin| Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:08:30 +0000

As the old saying goes, “It’s not if, but when.” And for tracking and reporting data center Scope 3 carbon emissions, the “when” has accelerated to “now”.  Environmental sustainability is a focus for data center operators so in the fall of 2021, after a year…

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Get-set for a Net-Zero Australia with Solar

Credit to Author: Denis Marant| Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 07:49:26 +0000

The climate picture painted by much of the media makes it easy to be pessimistic. Fortunately it’s not all bad news. According to the Clean Energy Regulator (CER), in 2021… Read more »

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