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QTS 2012: Continuing the Quest for Data Center Energy Efficiency
EDF Climate Corps fellow | June 27, 2012
Organization: Quality Technology Services (QTS)
Opportunity: 3 million square feet of data center space
Challenge: Data centers require plenty of energySUMMARY: QTS announced yesterday it hired Sukrit Sehgal, QTS’s 2011 EDF Climate Corps fellow, as its first ever director of sustainability. Even more exciting (for me!), is that QTS hired me as its second EDF Climate Corps fellow to drive further steps toward energy efficiency this summer. In addition to conventional data center energy challenges, QTS also faces entirely unique challenges due to the nature of its service as a multi-tenant data center (MTDC) provider.
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EDF Climate Corps Trains its Biggest Cohort to Date
Andrew Willens | June 15, 2012
Nearly a hundred enthusiastic Generation Y professionals recently gathered in Charlotte, NC to soak up decades of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) expertise at the fifth annual EDF Climate Corps Training. After a week of lectures, group exercises and building tours, these fellows are now scattered across the country, championing the financial and environmental benefits of energy efficiency in 88 companies, cities and universities.
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The Missing Link: Energy Efficiency Data And The Capital Markets
Guest Author | May 30, 2012
EDF and Bloomberg New Energy Finance met with 150 property owners, banks, project developers, and other thought leaders to dicuss energy efficiency finance and data management last week. Dan Doctoroff, Bloomberg’s CEO, began the conference with his own company’s data plans, as well as a description of how similar efforts have already spurred financial innovation.
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EDF Climate Corps Turns Five, Continues to Surprise
Victoria Mills | May 22, 2012
A good idea taken to scale can be surprisingly powerful. EDF Climate Corps is just that. Today, we’re announcing the 2012 EDF Climate Corps fellows and the 88 organizations – including Facebook – where they will be working to bring energy efficiency to scale. With this class, we will have trained and embedded 285 fellows in 186 organizations. And the power and versatility of this good idea keeps surprising us.