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Date	Title	Files and Links
04/30/2015	Free-Cooling Calculator Based on environmental factors, and variables related to datacenter cooling infrastructure and IT energy use, this tool calculates potential savings attributable to the use of free cooling. From Green Grid.
04/30/2015	Data Center Maturity Model Assessment Tool The Data Center Maturity Model (DCMM) touches upon every aspect of the data center including power, cooling, co
04/30/2015	ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Benchmarking the energy performance of your buildings is a key first step to understanding and reducing energy consumption and your carbon footprint.
04/27/2015	ESTCP Project: Liquid Immersion Cooling of Electronics Project description that explains the potential of liquid immersion cooling in high performance computing (HPC) and highlights a demonstration of the technology at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC. Author(s): Coles, H.C.	ImmersionCooling_ESTCP_2015.pdf
04/23/2015	ETCC: Data Center Air Management Research Emerging Technologies Coordinating Council (ETCC) material on data center air management. Several common air management measures were included in the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling to explore the energy-saving potentials.
04/17/2015	Calculating Energy Savings Using High Efficiency DC Power Architecture in a Server Application (Tool) This Excel-based calculator provides a first-order estimate of the magnitude of the energy savings based on converting an AC-based powering architecture to a DC-based powering architecture for a rack of servers.	dc_server_powering_ calculator.xls
04/16/2015	ASHRAE Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments Presentation given at the data center workshop hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and PG&E at NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA. Author(s): Steinbrecher, R.	ASHRAE Thermal Guidelines_ SVLG 2015.pdf
04/16/2015	Case Study: Net App Data Centers and Lab Presentation given at the data center workshop hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and PG&E at NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA. Author(s): Renne, R.	Netapp Data Centers SVLG 2015.pdf
04/15/2015	Electronics Take a Bath- Update Presentation given at the data center workshop hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and PG&E at NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA. Author(s): Tschudi, B.	ImmersionCoolingUpdate_SVLG 2015.pdf
04/15/2015	Liquid Cooling Installation Lessons Learned at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Presentation given at the data center workshop hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and PG&E at NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA. Author(s): Bailey, A.M.	LLNL Liquid Cooling SVLG 2015.pdf
04/15/2015	ASHRAE Data Center Environmental Standards: Some Field Observations Presentation given at the data center workshop hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and PG&E at NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA. Author(s):Khattar, M.	ASHRAE observations_SVLG 2015.pdf
04/15/2015	SVLG Panel on Data Center Cooling Presentation given at the data center workshop hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and PG&E at NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA. Author(s):Hydeman, M.	SVLG Panel Data Center Cooling_Hydeman 2015.pdf
04/15/2015	Cool IT Systems Case Studies Presentation given at the data center workshop hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and PG&E at NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA. Author(s): Lyon, G.	CoolIT case studies_SVLG 2015.pdf
04/15/2015	The Green Grid Liquid Cooling Work Group Presentation given at the data center workshop hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and PG&E at NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA. Author(s): Lyon, G. (Chair)	TGG LCWG SVLG_2015.pdf
04/15/2015	PG&E Emerging Technology Case Study: Submersion Cooling for Data Centers Presentation given at the data center workshop hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and PG&E at NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA. Author(s): Fok, S.	PG&E Emerging Tech Case Study_ SVLG 2015.pdf
04/15/2015	Oil Immersion Cooling: Case Studies of Two Oil and Gas Data Centers Presentation was given at the data center workshop hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and PG&E at NetApp in Sunnyvale, CA. Author(s): Varma, D.	GRC case study SVLG_2015pdf.pdf
04/12/2015	Systematic Approach for Universal Commissioning Plan for Liquid-cooled Systems This study is a collaborative effort providing the methodology for commissioning liquid-cooled High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions.	Systematic approach for universal commissioning plan for liquid cooled systems.pdf
04/03/2015	Combination Corrosion Coupon Testing Needed for Today's Control Equipment Studies of both laboratory and field data collected by Purafil, Inc. has shown that using copper corrosion alone as a gauge for equipment reliability can seriously understate the corrosive potential of the local environment.	Combination Corrosion Coupon Testing Needed for Today's Control Equipment.pdf
03/31/2015	Self-benchmarking Guide (Datacenters) This guide describes energy efficiency metrics and benchmarks that can be used to track the performance of and identify potential opportunities to reduce energy use of data center HVAC and electrical systems. This guide is primarily intended for pe
03/19/2015	Executive Order 13693 -- Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade Executive Order (E.O.) 13693 mandates for data centers: Ensuring the agency chief information officer promotes data center energy optimization, efficiency, and performance -- Section 3(a)(ii)(A); Install and monitor advanced energy meters in all data ce
03/01/2015	Metering Best Practices: A Guide to Achieving Utility Resource Efficiency, Release 3.0 The focus of this guide is to provide energy, water and facility managers and practitioners with information that facilitates using metering to achieve potential savings and benefits.	Metering Best Practices_2015.pdf
02/25/2015	Applying Best Practices to Meet the Challenge: Participation in the DOE Better Buildings Challenge Presentation on the DOE Better Buildings Challenge given at the Technology Covergence Conference Santa Clara. Author(s): Sartor, D.	TCC 2015 Sartor Presentation021015.pdf
02/25/2015	Best Practices for Data Center Energy Efficiency Seminar, Santa Clara 2015 Presentation from seminar organized by Dale Sartor and hosted by the Technology Convergence Conference Santa Clara. Topics covered:	Sartor TCC Data CenterSeminar Feb 2015.pdf
02/18/2015	Data Center Leadership in the DOE Better Buildings Challenge Presentation from the AFCOM Symposium Southern California.	BBC Data Centers and LBNL case study 020815.pdf
02/04/2015	Better Buildings Challenge The Better Buildings Challenge supports commercial and industrial building owners by providing technical assistance and proven solutions to energy efficiency.