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Cycle to WorkEfficient Data Centersceo / celebrity challenge: cycle-to-work dayMore than one million Bay Area residents–almost 40percent of Bay Area commuters–live within five miles oftheir workplace. Yet, lessthan five percent use abicycle as their primarymeans of commuting.If every person livingwithin five miles of theirworkplace pedaled totheir job, more than60,000 vehicles would betaken off the road, reducingtailpipe emissionsby more than 150,000pounds daily.Pictured (left to right): Specialized CEO MikeSinyard, SVB Financial COO Greg Becker, SAP EVPDoug Merritt, Palo Alto Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto,and Palm CEO Ed Colligan.Not only is bicycling goodfor the environment,bicyclists also experience better health. The CEO / CelebrityCycle-to-Work Day challenges CEOs and celebrities toride their bike to work in conjunction with “Bike to WorkDay” – an annual national event held in mid-May thatencourages residents to try bicycling.Some 50 CEOs and celebrities participated in 2007. Weaim to increase that number in 2008.cutting edge technologies and practicesEnergy efficiency is one of the most effective means ofreducing GHGs in the short term. But sometimes, newtechnologies need to develop a track record to gain wideacceptance.The Leadership Group is facilitating collaborationbetween data center users, Lawrence Berkeley NationalLabs and the University of California, Davis’ new EnergyEfficiency Center (EEC) to demonstrate emerging andbest available energy efficient technologies and practicesfor data centers. The participants have identified threefocus areas that impact data center energy utilization:operation and capital efficiency; IT equipment (servers,storage and networking); and data center infrastructuredesign and construction (cooling systems, power conditioning,conversion and distribution, lighting, configurationand energy sources, etc.).By partnering with organizations in the process of retrofittingexisting data centers and building new ones, wehave a timely opportunity to accelerate the transfer ofinnovative ideas. In 2008, the Data Center DemonstrationProject will publish case studies that document capitalcost, energy savings, performance, payback period andCO2 emissions reduction for each project as well as potentialenergy savings from more widespread adoption.Contact: Carl Guardino, cguardino@svlg.netContact Ray Pfeifer, rpfeifer@svlg.net• Impact on GHG emissions: • Decreases traffic congestion• Decreases pollution• Improves employee health• Impact on GHG emissions: • Decreases pollution• Decreases costsSilicon Valley Leadership GroupClean & Green Alternative Energy Action Plan