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COMPETENCE: SUSTAINABILITY Winning IT systems High distinction for sustainable and innovative IT: Dachser wins prestigious GreenIT Best Practice Award 2010. hIn early November, Dachser was invited to Berlin where it was awarded the “GreenIT Best Practice Award 2010” in the category “energy-efficient IT systems”. Dachser received the award for combining various different innovative concepts to produce a sustainable and effective overall solution: 1. Energy-efficient data centre Dachser’s new data centre offers several innovations: In case of fire an argon fire protection system removes the oxygen from the air, not only saving supply energy. As the inert gas argon is in any case a normal component of the mixture of gases that we know as “air”, this has no adverse impact on the environment. In addition, the data centre 12 DACHSER magazine At its new data centre, Dachser combines various different innovative concepts to produce a sustainable overall solution is only cooled to 24°C rather than the usual 20°C, reducing energy consumption by 15%. For high-performance servers the logistics provider uses water-cooled racks. The energy-optimized data centre is configured to have separate warm and cold aisles and was constructed with a 100cm-high raised floor with flow ducts, notice-ably improving cooling efficiency. 2. Use of Network Clients (NCs) The data centre was only needed in the first place because when traditional work stations were replaced there was a move away from Personal Computers towards Network Clients. Today Dachser has around 7,000 NCs in use. These compact devices only require a tenth of the energy consumed by a PC. This saves the company 920,000 kWh of electricity and at the same time significantly reduces the amount of waste generated from electronic and electrical equipment. 3. Use of waste heat for new head office building Thanks to two heat exchangers, the waste heat from the data centre is collected and used to heat the head office building completed in 2010. This contributes 300 kW, which is up to 50% of the energy required to heat the entire building. The remaining 50% is harvested by Dachser using geothermal probes. The result for the logistics provider is a reduction in its annual CO 2 emissions of 144 tonnes and significant savings on the cost of heating from fossil fuels. “Sustainability is firmly enshrined in Dachser’s corporate values,” says Michael Schilling, managing director of European Network Management & Logistics Systems at Dachser. “By combining various different techniques we have been able to generate both environmental and economic benefits for the business, in the interests of sustainability,” says Stefan Selbach, manager of Dachser’s Information Technology division. W. Reinthaler Secretary of State Cornelia Rogall-Grothe, the German Government’s Commissioner for Information Technology, and Stefan Selbach, manager of Dachser’s Information Technology division, at the GreenIT award ceremony.
Giving children a future In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Dachser plays an active role in education and sustainable development. Spokesman Bernhard Simon on encouraging people to develop self-initiative. hMr Simon, the first phase of the joint aid project sponsored by Dachser and terre des hommes has recently drawn to a close. Are you satisfied with the results so far? Our initial aim was to reduce the number of school dropouts in the 30 villages we support. This was way above the national average, especially among girls. That goal has been achieved. Many more than the originally envisaged 7,000 children have so far successfully completed their schooling. Now it is a question of leveraging this education as a basis for sustainable development. What is the main challenge for the second phase of the project? We can only succeed in motivating today’s school-leavers, in turn, to encourage their own children to pursue their education for a better future if we can stabilize the emerging new social fabric. This is what we are now focusing on in the second phase, while at the same time promoting an awareness of the local environment. What does sustainability mean for the project? We have to accept that people who in the past have not had the opportunity to participate in prosperity are now also quite rightly entitled to claim a greater share of it, with all the resources and consumption of resources this implies. Our task now is to smooth the way and to the best of our ability accompany this process with our knowledge about sustainable development. This is why, in addition to the social dimension, we are increasingly incorporating environmental aspects, for example energy supply or solar-powered light. How does the Indian aid project reflect Dachser’s philosophy? A mother from India once asked me why we were supporting her village. I replied that 80 years ago, my grandfather, Thomas Dachser, showed vital entrepreneurial self-initiative when he founded our company. His ambition at the time was to take his fate into his own hands and ensure that even in difficult situations, we should be able to feed our families and provide for their future. Bringing this certitude and this strength, which remain the driving forces of our company to this day, to India is what links Dachser and terre des hommes in this aid project. What event has most moved you on your project visits? Meeting the lady mayor of one of the villages, a very remarkable and courageous woman. Together with her husband, the former mayor, COMPETENCE: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY she had embraced politics in an effort to drive her country’s future forward. She was particularly committed to combating corruption and in the process had made many enemies. In one dispute that turned violent, her husband was stabbed. She had continued fighting for the cause, became mayor herself and smartly created structures to ensure the sustained development of her village. She became a role model throughout the region and beyond for what it is possible to achieve through dedication. INFO Targeted aid Dachser’s aid project in cooperation with the international children’s relief organization terre des hommes has guaranteed regular schooling for numerous children in Uttar Pradesh since 2005. To date, 25 schools have been provided with educational materials and sanitary facilities. Two vocational training centres have also been set up, aimed at preparing 1,500 girls and boys for a working life. The second phase of the project began in October 2010. It will run for five years, over which time Dachser will contribute a total of EUR 400,000. DACHSER magazine 13
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COMPETENCE: SUSTAINABILITY<br />
Winning<br />
IT systems<br />
High distinction for sustainable<br />
and innovative IT: Dachser wins prestigious<br />
GreenIT Best Practice Award 2010.<br />
hIn early November, Dachser was invited<br />
to Berlin where it was awarded<br />
the “GreenIT Best Practice Award 2010”<br />
in the category “energy-efficient IT systems”.<br />
Dachser received the award for combining<br />
various different innovative concepts<br />
to produce a sustainable and effective overall<br />
solution:<br />
1. Energy-efficient<br />
data centre<br />
Dachser’s new data centre offers several innovations:<br />
In case of fire an argon fire<br />
protection system removes the oxygen from<br />
the air, not only saving supply energy. As<br />
the inert gas argon is in any case a normal<br />
component of the mixture of gases that we<br />
know as “air”, this has no adverse impact on<br />
the environment. In addition, the data centre<br />
12 DACHSER magazine<br />
At its new data centre, Dachser combines<br />
various different innovative concepts to produce<br />
a sustainable overall solution<br />
is only cooled to 24°C rather than the usual<br />
20°C, reducing energy consumption by<br />
15%. For high-performance servers the<br />
logistics provider uses water-cooled racks.<br />
The energy-optimized data centre is configured<br />
to have separate warm and cold aisles<br />
and was constructed with a 100cm-high<br />
raised floor with flow ducts, notice-ably<br />
improving cooling efficiency.<br />
2. Use of Network Clients<br />
(NCs)<br />
The data centre was only needed in the<br />
first place because when traditional work<br />
stations were replaced there was a move away<br />
from Personal Computers towards Network<br />
Clients. Today Dachser has around 7,000<br />
NCs in use. These compact devices only<br />
require a tenth of the energy consumed<br />
by a PC. This saves the company 920,000<br />
kWh of electricity and at the same time<br />
significantly reduces the amount of waste<br />
generated from electronic and electrical<br />
equipment.<br />
3. Use of waste heat for new<br />
head office building<br />
Thanks to two heat exchangers, the waste<br />
heat from the data centre is collected and<br />
used to heat the head office building completed<br />
in 2010. This contributes 300 kW,<br />
which is up to 50% of the energy required to<br />
heat the entire building. The remaining 50%<br />
is harvested by Dachser using geothermal<br />
probes. The result for the logistics provider is<br />
a reduction in its annual CO 2 emissions of<br />
144 tonnes and significant savings on the cost<br />
of heating from fossil fuels.<br />
“Sustainability is firmly enshrined in<br />
Dachser’s corporate values,” says Michael<br />
Schilling, managing director of European<br />
Network Management & Logistics Systems<br />
at Dachser. “By combining various<br />
different techniques we have been able to<br />
generate both environmental and economic<br />
benefits for the business, in the interests<br />
of sustainability,” says Stefan Selbach, manager<br />
of Dachser’s Information Technology<br />
division. W. Reinthaler<br />
Secretary of State Cornelia Rogall-Grothe,<br />
the German Government’s Commissioner for<br />
Information Technology, and Stefan Selbach,<br />
manager of Dachser’s Information Technology<br />
division, at the GreenIT award ceremony.
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