Jens Gröger

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