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Emerson Network Power Expands Focus on Data Center Efficiency With New Recycling Metrics
March 2011 by Marc Jacob
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR) and
the global leader in enabling Business-Critical ContinuityTM, today released Recycling Ratios:
The Next Step for Data Center Sustainability, a new position paper to help data center staff
address a key sustainability issue: reducing solid waste. In addition, an online calculator offers a
resource for learning about the approach outlined in the position paper.
While metrics such as power usage effectiveness (PUE) measure the energy inputs and outputs
of data centers, the new position paper outlines formulas for measuring the material inputs and
outputs, including everything required to run a data center, from paper and toner cartridges to IT
hardware and supporting equipment. Recycling Ratios provides a method for measuring
efficiency over time as a data center evolves from startup, to an initial equipment refresh around
year seven, through eventual relocation.
“With an increasing number of organizations promoting zero-waste policies, companies need an
easily understood metric for assessing whether materials are handled in an environmentally
responsible manner – and a tool for measuring progress,” said Stefano Mozzato, Marketing
Director Liebert EMEA. “Just as our Energy Logic approach helped companies focus on
reducing energy consumption, Recycling Ratios provides data center managers with ideas on
taking sustainability to a new level.
