No doubt sustainability drives innovation. More and more new products, processes and programs are coming to market than we have seen in decades. Incorporating technology and using analytics earlier in the decision making process gives us smarter ways of doing business. Technology allows building owners, companies, cities and communities to make smarter decisions earlier in the process to reach outcomes with higher degrees of accuracy. Technology plays a key role in sustainability. Attend these session and learn more about how forward thinking leaders are using technology, why data matters, why technology and solutions are inextricably linked and the how technology will lead us to a smarter world.
Greening the Data Center
The EPA reported to Congress that data centers use 1.5% of the energy generated in the US, and is expected to double in the next five years. Within commercial buildings, data centers use more than thirty times the amount of electricity per square foot than office space. The IT industry has responded by improving the efficiency of physical data centers and the IT equipment that goes in them. Attend this session to understand the latest in data center efficiency and how the principles for the data center of the future are being applied today in the creation of a LEED gold data center for new IT business models such as cloud computing.
What’s on Your Dashboard?
Peter Drucker was right- “What gets measured gets managed.” The popularity of dashboards for sustainability is still growing. Yet, understanding their scope and parameters needs understanding. What is the difference between a dashboard and an eco-score card? Should I monitor systems or manage performance? Do I need an eco-score card or a dashboard on site at my organization? Whether you are an executive wanting to understand the difference or improve organizational performance, an IT professional needing to understand better how to implement the technology or a student preparing for a career, you will benefit greatly from attending this session.
Managing Technology or Managing Leadership?
Too often we publish carefully chosen metrics on a dashboard or scorecard and then assume performance will increase. Managing performance requires integrating goals, programs, and metrics. Creating a culture of sustainability requires leadership. How do these two meet in the middle? Attend this session and understand how goals, metrics and leadership combine to create the culture of sustainability.
Presented by:
Chris Hagler
Lynne Homrich
Hagler Homrich Consulting Group
