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Date	Title	Files and Links
12/20/2021	Computer Server Selection Guidelines for Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization in Data Centers This report addresses air-cooled computer server selection guidelines in order to facilitate energy efficiency and decarbonization in data centers.	Computer Server Selection Guidelines 12-22 (4).pdf
12/16/2021	IT Efficiency Tool IT equipment is at the core of energy consumption in data centers. Energy savings at the IT level will have an impact on essentially all energy use in these facilities.	IT Tool 12-13-2021 - Version 2.1 Final Delivery.xlsx FINAL IT Tool User Manual 12-13-2021 Version 2.1.pdf
12/07/2021	Electrical Power Chain Tool This Excel-based tool helps data center owners identify energy efficiency opportunities in the electrical power chain of a data center (transformers, generators, UPSs, power distribution units).	Power Chain Tool v2.3 12-03-2021.xlsx
09/20/2021	Accessing Onboard Server Sensors for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers (Report) Monitoring data center energy use at an aggregated level, as well as at the system level can provide data center owners and operators with critical insight that in turn, can help them reduce energy use.	FINAL Accessing Onboard Server Data 9-20-2021 (1).pdf
12/10/2019	Investing In Data Center Resilience Data centers are cornerstones of modern digital living. They often also are critical infrastructure, essential support for emergency response, health and governance.	Designing and Managing Data Centers for Resilience - Demand Response and Microgrids_3Dec2019.pdf
11/05/2019	New Horizons: Getting Back to Liquid Cooling Amidst a backdrop of increasing computing demand, warm liquid cooling is among the cutting edge technologies that have emerged to lower energy bills and improve resiliency in data centers.	7x24LiquidCooling_New_Horizons.pdf
10/28/2019	CoE DCOI Fact Sheet In June 2019, The Office of Management & Budget (OMB) released updated guidance on the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI). OMB Memorandum M-19-19 rescinds and replaces OMB Memorandum M-16-19.	LBNL CoE DCOI Fact Sheet_1-30.pdf
08/19/2019	Getting Started: Identifying and Assessing Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Your Data Center This slide deck was presented at the Energy Exchange 2019 pre-conference workshop "Getting Started: Identifying and Assessing Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Your Data Center" on August 19th, 2019. The workshop covers:	EEx 2019 - Getting Started_ Identifying and Assessing Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Your Data Center_final.pdf
10/02/2018	The Information Factories Article Featured in Nature magazine in 13 September 2018 \| Vol 561	nature.pdf
06/22/2018	Open Specification for a Liquid Cooled Server Rack This document is a progress update on the development of an open specification for a liquid cooled server rack. The initiative to develop an open specification for liquid cooling is part of a larger initiative to harmonize international open standards i	OpenSpecification.pdf
06/01/2016	United States Data Center Energy Usage Report 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_0.pdf
02/11/2016	Data Center Master List of Energy Efficiency Actions 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_0.pdf
01/14/2023	Achieving the 20MW Target: Mobilizing the HPC Community to Accelerate Energy Efficient Computing The growth rate in energy consumed by data centers in the United States has been declining in the past five years compared to its earlier accelerating pace. This reduced growth rate was achieved in large part due to energy efficiency improvements.
06/05/2022	The Current State of the Data Center Optimization Initiative: Lessons Learned & Opportunities for Improvement Established by the U.S.	The current state of DCOI_0.pdf
06/05/2022	DCEP Program Developers, Instructors, and Practitioners List of developers, instructors, and practitioners for the DCEP program.	DCEP_LIST_Updated 6-5-2022 with May training.pdf
04/01/2022	Department of Energy(DOE) Energy Assessment Process Manual The process manual provides administrative step-by-step instructions for conducting an energy assessment (before, during, and after the assessment).	DOE_LBNL Data Center Energy Assessment Process Manual DOE v3_032222.pdf
03/16/2022	Air Management Tool User Guide User Guide for the CoE's Air Management Tool.	DOE AM Tool--User's Manual v2.1 (12-20-2021) (1)_0.pdf
01/25/2022	Computer Server Selection Guidelines for Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization in Data Centers This report addresses air-cooled computer server selection guidelines in order to facilitate energy efficiency and decarbonization in data centers.	Computer Server Selection Guidelines 12-22.pdf
01/11/2022	Open Specification for Liquid Cooled Rack – Transfer Fluid This Transfer Fluid specification is one section of a comprehensive Specification for the overall Liquid Cooled Rack System.	232500 Transfer Fluid Water Treatment For Closed Loop Hydronic Systems 122221 clean.docx
01/03/2022	DCEP Program Description The purpose of this program description is to provide information about the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) DCEP certificate training program; the target audience is those interested in participating in the Program.	DCEP Program Description 8-19-2022 - General.pdf
12/20/2021	Datacenter Air Management Tool Engineering Reference Engineering reference manual for the Air Management Tool.	DOE AM Tool--Eng Reference v2.1 (12-3-2021).pdf
12/20/2021	Data Center Air Management Tool The Data Center Air Management Tool (v.2) was developed to accelerate energy savings in data centers without affecting the thermal IT equipment environment by assessing the data center air-management status.	AM Tool v2.1 (12-20-21) Distribution (1).xls Air Management Tool User Guide, Air Management Tool Data Collection Guide, Air Management Tool Engineering Reference Manual
12/07/2021	Electrical Power Chain Tool This Excel-based tool helps data center owners identify energy efficiency opportunities in the electrical power chain of a data center (transformers, generators, UPSs, power distribution units).	Power Chain Tool v2.3 12-03-2021 (1).xlsx
11/04/2021	Webinar: Tracking Data Center Efficiency: What PUE Can Tell Us and Where We Can Look To Better Understand Energy Performance In this November 2021 webinar, LBNL presented its latest snapshot of efficiency in data centers, based on nearly 60 assessments of energy use and efficiency opportunities in data centers from 2006 to 2020.	DC Database and ODI_102921_FINAL for posting.pdf
10/25/2021	Webinar: Accessing Onboard Server Sensors for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers A data center houses a compute infrastructure as well as support infrastructure such as cooling and electrical systems. All this equipment needs constant monitoring to operate cost effectively.	Accessing Onboard Server Sensors FINAL_102520.pdf