RealEnergyWriters.com and The Daily Energy Report release guide to greening an organization’s energy consumption

by Shane Henson — January 23, 2012—Building owners and facilities managers wanting to make their buildings more sustainable through improving energy efficiency but not knowing where to start may benefit from reading Data Center Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Carbon Offset Investment Best Practices: A Guide to Greening Your Organization’s Energy Consumption. The guide, created by RealEnergyWriters.com and The Daily Energy Report, offers insight into cutting-edge strategies implemented by green pioneers in IT (information technology) and shows how other organizations—whatever size or sector—can benefit.

“We prepared this report to help anyone who needs to quickly get up to speed on best practices in this space and engage in an informed discussion about a fully integrated green energy strategy,” said guide co-author Roshni Rathi.

Through the guide, readers will learn scalable, low-risk, and cost-effective green energy investment practices and find answers to key questions on:

  • The cascading benefits of investing in demand-side data center efficiency.
  • The pros and cons of pursuing direct carbon emission reductions through efficiency investments versus pursuing indirect carbon emission reductions through the purchase of environmental commodities.
  • The types of data center cooling systems (including free cooling) and methods of airflow management that maximize data center energy efficiency.
  • The range of renewable energy investment options and the advantages and disadvantages of those options.
  • The difference between investing in bundled Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), unbundled RECs, and offsets from renewable energy projects, and how to evaluate which commodity may be the best investment for your organization.
  • The relative effective cost of Scope 2 emission reductions sourced from bundled RECs, unbundled RECs, carbon offsets, on-site fuel cell generation, and on-site solar photovoltaic (PV) generation.
  • The best way to communicate your organization’s green investments to key stakeholders and the public to achieve maximum credibility and public relations benefits.