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GreenTouch Signs 18 New Members from Academia, Industry and Research
Consortium Moves Forward Toward Delivering on Energy Efficiency Objectives
GreenTouchtm announced that 18 new organizations from across the telecommunications and energy sectors have joined the consortium. The addition of these new members – equipment vendors, service providers, research institutions, and universities – will serve to sustain the momentum GreenTouch has generated since its launch in January 2010 and play a critical role in enabling the consortium to achieve the ambitious goal it has set – demonstrating the enabling technologies that will achieve 1000 fold improvement in the energy efficiency of today’s ICT networks.
Since its debut GreenTouch has already achieved a number of key milestones and has been widely recognized for its vision and its accomplishments. The consortium has established a governing board, defined concrete research targets and baseline reference network models, and organized workgroups that have initiated research programs. An initial demonstration of enabling technology is planned for early 2011.
In June, GreenTouch received an award for energy efficiency innovation at the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards event. Awareness of the consortium’s vision and activities has spread as a result of presentations to audiences ranging from senior EU leadership in
The new members, representing 11 countries and four continents, include:
Draka Communications –- The
Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI) —
Emerson Network Power, Energy Systems, North America, Inc. –- United States
Fondazione Politecnico di Milano —
Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology (IBBT vzw) —
KT Corporation —
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology —
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U. Leuven) —
Waterford Institute of Technology —
"We at GreenTouch are pleased that this diverse group of organizations is confirming the value of our work and joining our membership," said Gee Rittenhouse, Chairman of GreenTouch and Vice President of Research at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs. "We welcome their expertise and participation as we work together to achieve our ambitious goals."
GreenTouch serves as a platform for open collaboration that enables its members to make best use of their expertise and pioneer technologies on which energy-efficient networks of the future will depend. Members include leading experts from around the world who benefit from collaboration on the application of fundamental research to exciting new areas, the transformation of innovative ideas about sustainable networks into breakthrough technologies.
Membership in GreenTouch is open to any organization or individual who is committed to environmental sustainability and to supporting the consortium in realizing its vision. To become a member, complete and sign both the Membership Application and Non-Disclosure Agreement available on the consortium website https://www.greentouch.org/index.php?page=become-member and send to contact@greentouch.org.
About GreenTouch
GreenTouch is a consortium of leading industry players, research institutions and non-governmental organizations working together to define the challenge, identify solutions and develop solutions with the goal to deliver within five years the architecture, specifications, roadmap, and demonstrations of key components needed to increase ICT network energy efficiency by a factor of 1,000 from current levels. In June 2010, GreenTouch received an award for energy efficiency innovation at the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards event. For more information, go to www.greentouch.org.
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