Kathrin Winkler

The Green Grid Association is an organization that provides resources, tools, and best practices for resource-efficient IT. The Green Grid Association is based in Beaverton, OR. The non-profit company offers a variety of online tools, including a liquid cooling total cost of ownership calculation tool, a power usage effectiveness metric, and a data center maturity model. The organization also has a glossary of hundreds of information and communications technology and data center terms and acronyms.

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) is a non-profit research organization that develops policies to reduce energy waste and combat climate change. ACEEE is based in Washington, D.C. The American company believes that energy efficiency is key to rapidly and equitably combating climate change while improving economic well-being. ACEEE's independent analysis advances investments, programs, and behaviors that use energy more effectively and help build an equitable clean energy future. The private company offers initiatives such as the Decarbonize Industry Initiative, Leading with Equity Initiative, State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, and City Clean Energy Scorecard.

EMC Corp. develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. It enables businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver information technology as a service. The company was founded by Richard J. Egan, John Curly and Roger M. Marino on August 23, 1979 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, MA.