Over the last several weeks, I have conducted podcast interviews on behalf of the Uptime Institute in preparation for their Symposium 2009 event April 13 - 16, 2009 In New York City. You can go here to listen to the podcasts that have been uploaded.
For example, Philip Morris of Sun Microsystems spent time talking to me about how he became interested in energy efficiency in Sun's data centers several years ago. He gave much credit to the implementation of his ideas, and in fact, their contributions to the strategies as well, to Mark Monroe and Dean Nelson, his peers that have helped Sun to become an industry leader on the topic. You can read more here.
Christine Ervine, a former Green Building Council President who oversaw the leap in LEEDs certifications gave an insightful overview of that process. I specifically recall that Christine said that in retrospect, with 20/20 vision, one of the most successful aspects of the LEEDs building certifications was that it was made available in tranches - you can participate at silver, gold, and platinum levels. Instead of having an on off switch, essentially, you have a dial to help you decide what level you want to participate at. Through that interview, I also became aware for the first time, how important the General Services Administration of the US federal government was in promoting LEEDs. You can read more about GSA here.
My interview with Amy Wohl is also an interesting perspective on the current economy and how it will drive certain IT initiatives forward at a faster speed. Amy is an economist as well as a well known IT strategist, and she believes that the lower startup cost of SAAS and PAAS will enable those segments of the IT industry to expand while other segments contract over the following 24 months. Sometime over the next few weeks, look for additional podcasts to be loaded to the same page: it has been a privilege to speak with Steve Sams of IBM, Mark Ascolese of EDSA, Neil Rasmussen of APC/Schneider, Chris Crosby of Digital Realty, and Lauralee Martin of Jones Lang Lasalle and yes! they will all be speakers at Symposium 2009. The podcasts may be enriching for those of you who are on travel restrictions and won't be in NYC to hear their presentations live.
I will be at the Symposium for all four days, participating on two panels. One of these panels is with Eric Olson of Business Social Responsibility, a non profit based in San Francisco.
We will be talking about the sustainability programs that drive BSR clients to include data center energy efficiency in their corporate GHG emissions goals, and how they are reporting their goals through annual reports, websites, etc., in an effort to convey their sincerity and successes.
On the topic of Novel Innovative Collaboration I will be moderating a panel with Ray Pfeifer, KC Mares, and Bruce Myatt, all participants in the 2008 Data Center Energy Summit held in Silicon Valley last June. We'll be talking about the attributes of the collaboration that made the pilot studies so successful.
Hope to see you in NYC... Have a green day.
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