Sustainable Products & Material Flows
Jens Gröger
Senior Researcher
Special Expertise
Main areas of research: Sustainable information and communication technology
Topics:
- Energy-efficient data centres and IT infrastructures
- Environmental impact of software and cloud services
- Green public procurement
- Eco-label criteria (Blue Angel, EU Ecolabel)
Methods:
- Key Performance Indicators for Data Centre Efficiency (KPI4DCE)
- Green Cloud Computing (GCC)
- Digital carbon footprint
- Product Sustainability Assessment (PROSA)
- Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Key Projects
- Green Cloud Computing – development of a methodology for the assessment of the environmental impact of cloud services
- Key figures and indicators for assessment of data centre efficiency (KPI4DCE)
- Energy and resource consumption of digitalisation – brief expert report commissioned by the German Advisory Council on Global Change (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen – WBGU)
- Further development of the ecolabel Blue Angel
- Development and application of evaluation principles for resource-efficient software
Professional Training and Career
- Since 2009: Researcher at Öko-Institut, Sustainable Products & Material Flows Division
- 2004-2008: Collaboration and project management at the Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH, Berlin
- 1994-2003: Studies in energy, chemical and process engineering, Technische Universität (TU) Berlin; degree: Dipl.-Ingenieur (Diploma Engineer)
- 1987-1990: Apprenticeship as Communications Electronics Technician at Deutsche Telekom
Language Skills
English
Contact
Jens Gröger
- Sustainable Products & Material Flows
- Senior Researcher
- Berlin
- +49 30 405085-378