EURECA project has won the ‘Industry Initiative of the Year’ category at the 2018 Data Centre Dynamics (DCD) awards. EURECA beat off strong competition from US state government body Maryland Energy Administration; Host in Scotland; and Host in Ireland. Speaking after collecting the award, EURECA Project Coordinator, Dr Bashroush said, “It is such an honour […]
Computer Weekly published an interview with EURECA Project Coordinator, Dr Rabih Bashroush, on the energy consumption of public sector data centres: “The EURECA moment: Counting the cost of running the UK’s public sector datacentres”, on 20th February 2018. The article discussed the EURECA projects and released for the first time some of the project findings […]
EURECA informs the UK All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group report on ICT energy consumption, titled: “Is Staying Online Costing the Earth”. The report looked at the carbon footprint and energy consumption of different parts of the internet, as well as the potential for internet-connected tech to enable further reductions in carbon emissions in other sectors […]
The EUROCITIES knowledge society forum (KSF) and the Green Digital Charter (GDC) initiative, will gather city representatives, policy makers and experts from across Europe to debate over expectations, opportunities and the impact of digital technologies in co-creating future cities and societies, with citizens. European cities have the potential to lead by example urban development worldwide, […]
The paper titled “A Reasoning Framework for Hardware Refresh Rates in Data Centres” is now published in the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing Journal, January 2018. The research reported provides a comprehensive framework that helps identify the energy saving opportunities, while demonstrating the overall environmental impact related to hardware refresh in data centres. The work […]
A new article was published in the Winter 2017 edition of Data Centre Management (DCM) magazine (http://www.datacentremanagement.com/) about the lessons learned from the EURECA project over the past 3 years. It provides insights and information about public sector data centres in Europe and some of the key opportunities for innovation procurement to increase energy efficiency. […]
Tuesday 5 December, 2017 11:00-12:00 C.E.T (Brussels time) In collaboration with EUROCITIES’ Green Digital Charter/GuiDanCe project, EURECA will be delivering an online training course, aimed at cities, on ‘Energy Efficiency in Data Centres: Lessons Learned from Evaluating Over 200 Public Sector Data Centres in Europe’. Energy-saving opportunities, barriers to adoption and running cost of facilities are […]
Organised by UEL & DCA, this event brings together industry experts and public sector representatives to share experiences and discuss various aspects relating to energy efficiency and sustainability of data centre products and services. Data centre standards, KPI’s and innovation procurement around energy efficiency are among the topics discussed. The event is suitable for C level IT executives, […]
Organised by UEL, this event brings together leading public sector figures to discuss driving innovation and efficiency in digital infrastructure in some of Europe’s leading case studies based in Ireland. Innovation procurement, shared digital services, data centre energy efficiency, and sustainability are among the topics discussed. The event is suitable for C level IT executives, […]
Organised by UEL & DCA, this event brings together industry experts and public sector representatives to share experiences and discuss various aspects relating to energy efficiency and sustainability of data centre products and services. Data centre taxation, the legal landscape, and innovation procurement around energy efficiency are among the topics discussed. The event is suitable for C level […]