Presented during the 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology, Halifax, NS (Canada)

1. A Categorization of Green Practices
used by Dutch Data Centers
QING GU
PATRICIA LAGO
HENRY MUCCINI
SIMONE POTENZA
PRESENTED BY: GIUSEPPE PROCACCIANTI

2. MOTIVATION
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers
The energy usage
of data centers is
growing fast.
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3. MOTIVATION
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers
Practices and strategies
for improving the energy
efficiency of data
centers are typically
kept in-house.

4. PROBLEM STATEMENT
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers
How to encourage knowledge sharing of energy efficient
ICT solutions?

5. STUDY DESIGN
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers
In our previous work we introduced an approach and a model
used to codify green practices.
Q. Gu, P. Lago, and S. Potenza. “Aligning Economic Impact with Environmental Benefits: A Green Strategy Model.” In First International Workshop on Green and
Sustainable Software (Greens 2012), co-located with ICSE, pp. 62-68. IEEE, 2012.

6. STUDY DESIGN
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers
We gathered 83 green ICT practices adopted by Dutch data
centers.
We analyzed all practices and categorized them in order to make
them more reusable.

7. CATEGORIZATION BASED ON CONCERNS
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers

8. CATEGORIZATION BASED ON GOALS IN RELATION TO
CONCERNS
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers

9. CATEGORIZATION BASED ON RELATION TO SOFTWARE
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers

10. CATEGORIZATION BASED ON THE ROLE OF IT
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers

11. CONCLUSIONS
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers
Categorizing green
ICT practices is one
of the best ways to
make them
reusable.

12. CONCLUSIONS
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers
The majority
of practices is
related to
hardware.

13. CONCLUSIONS
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers
Further research is needed to realize
sustainable and energy efficient software.

14. An online open library of green ICT practices
(http://www.greenpractice.few.vu.nl)
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers

15. CATEGORIZATION BASED ON CONCERNS
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers

16. CATEGORIZATION BASED ON GOALS IN RELATION TO
CONCERNS
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers

17. CATEGORIZATION BASED ON RELATION TO SOFTWARE
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers

18. CATEGORIZATION BASED ON THE ROLE OF IT
A Categorization of Green Practices used by Dutch Data Centers