| Date | Title | Files and Links | |
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| 01/19/2017 |
Energy Efficiency Assessment Report Template Featured Word template for a data center energy efficiency assessment report that can easily be tailored to actual site data. |
 AssessmentReportTemplate01192017.docx |
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| 12/20/2016 |
DCEP Program Developers, Instructors, and Practitioners Featured List of developers, instructors, and generalists for the DCEP program. |
 DCEP_LIST_Updated 12202016.pdf |
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| 12/06/2016 |
United States Data Center Energy Usage Report (Presentation) Featured Slides from Arman Shehabi's webinar on the United States Data Center Energy Usage Report. |
EnergyUsageWebinar12062016.pdf |
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| 07/27/2016 |
Data Center Metering and Resource Guide Featured Guide intends to help data center owners and operators implement a metering system that allows their organizations to gather the necessary data for effective decision-making and energy-efficiency improvements. |
DataCenterMeteringandResourceGuide_07272016.pdf |
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| 06/01/2016 |
United States Data Center Energy Usage Report Featured This report estimates historical data center electricity consumption back to 2000, relying on previous studies and historical shipment data, and forecasts consumption out to 2020 based on new trends and the most recent data available. |
DataCenterEnergyReport2016.pdf |
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| 02/11/2016 |
Data Center Master List of Energy Efficiency Actions Featured Comprehensive list of recommended efficiency actions for data centers. The Master list also feeds into our Data Center Profiler (DC Pro) tool to provide tailored recommendations for improvement. |
DCProMasterList02112016.pdf |
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| 11/20/2015 |
Example Data Center Energy Efficiency Assessment Report Featured Data center energy efficiency assessment completed for an anonymous federal agency (Agency X) using the Center of Expertise's assessment template. |
Example_DC_EE_Assessment.pdf |
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| 07/25/2014 |
Data Center Energy Efficiency Measurement Assessment Kit Guide and Specification (Rev. 2014) Featured The purpose of this document is to empower data center owners and operators with information on the importance of energy assessments and provide structured guidance for conducting them. |
Wireless mesh sensor guide-Mahdavi- July 2014.pdf |
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| 03/03/2014 |
PUE: A Comprehensive Examination of the Metric Featured Document that allows executives to gain a high level of understanding of the concepts surrounding PUE, while providing in-depth application knowledge and resources to those implementing and reporting data center metrics. |
The Green Grid - Examination of PUE |
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| 01/19/2017 |
DCEP Program Description |
DCEP Program Description01192017.pdf |
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| 12/19/2016 |
Accelerating Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers: Phase II Final Report This report documents Phase II of the “Accelerating Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers” initiative, which built on Phase I findings related to international best practices and how existing energy efficiency standards in India could address data ce |
IndiaPhaseIIFinalReport_CIILBNL2016.pdf |
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| 12/19/2016 |
Accelerating Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers: Phase II White Paper This white paper is a condensed version of Accelerating Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers: Final Report for Phase II Activities. |
IndiaPhaseIIWhitePaper_CIILBNL2016.pdf |
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| 11/10/2016 |
Practical Considerations for Metering and Power Usage Effectiveness Slides presented by Dale Sartor to the Better Buildings Data Center Partners on November 2, 2016. |
Metering_PUE_Sartor112016.pdf |
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| 10/13/2016 |
Applying Data Center Energy Efficiency Best Practices Presentation slides from Dale Sartor's session at the Designing, Deploying and Managing Efficient Data Centers Conference in Santa Clara, CA. |
SartorBest Practices_100816.pdf |
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| 10/06/2016 |
Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) Website The DCOI website contains additional information including how to join the DCOI Community of Practice and the data center listserv. |
Datacenters.cio.gov | |
| 10/05/2016 |
FEMP's Energy Efficiency Resources for Data Centers Presentation slides covering the Federal Energy Management Program's data center-related resources. By Dale Sartor at the Data Center Optimization Initiative's Community of Practice meeting, October 2016. |
EEDCResources093016.pdf |
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| 09/20/2016 |
Getting Data Center Management Started with Profiler Tools Presentation slides that introduce the Data Center Profiler (DC Pro) Tools available to help data centers estimate Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) without sub-metering. |
DCProTools_09202016.pdf |
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| 08/18/2016 |
DC Pro User's Manual User's manual for the Data Center Profiler (DC Pro) Tool, V4. DC Pro estimates a data center’s current and potential Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and energy use distribution. It also provides a tailored list of recommended tasks for improvement. |
DCProManual_08182016.pdf |
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| 08/11/2016 |
Evidence-Based Best Practices Around Data Center Management Best practices document associated with the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI). |
DCOI_BestPractices92016.pdf |
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| 08/08/2016 |
Better Buildings, Better Data Centers: Applying Best Practices Presentation slides from Dale Sartor's Data Center Energy Efficiency Best Practices Workshop. The workshop was hosted as an Energy Exchange pre-training event in Providence, Rhode Island. |
EnergyExchangeDCworkshop_082016.pdf |
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| 08/01/2016 |
Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) Memorandum The Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI), as described in memorandum M-16-19 dated August 1, 2016, requires agencies to develop and report on data center strategies to consolidate inefficient infrastructure, optimize existing facilities, improve s |
OMB Memorandum M-16-19 | |
| 07/28/2016 |
Data Center Metering and Power Usage Effectiveness Webinar Presentation slides from the 7/28/2016 Data Center Metering and PUE Webinar hosted by Steve Greenberg from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL). |
MeteringandPUE_07282016.pdf |
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| 07/20/2016 |
United States Data Center Energy Usage Report - Presentation Slides from Arman Shehabi covering the United States Data Center Energy Usage Report. Presentation was given at the Data Center Dynamics Webscale San Jose, California. |
DCDWebscale_Shehabi_072016.pdf |
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| 07/08/2016 |
The European Code of Conduct for Energy Efficiency in Data Centre This Code of Conduct is a voluntary initiative aimed to bring interested stakeholders together, including the coordination of other similar activities by manufacturers, vendors, consultants and utilities. |
Code of Conduct and related resources | |
| 07/08/2016 |
2016 Best Practice Guidelines for the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centre Energy Efficiency Document is a companion to the European Union (EU) Code of Conduct on Data Centre Energy Efficiency and provides the full list of identified Best Practices for data centre operators as referenced in the Code of Conduct Participant and Endorser Guideline |
Best Practice Guidelines |
