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Date	Title	Files and Links
09/03/2019	Operational Data Analytics: Optimizing the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center Cooling Systems In 2017/2018, the Energy Efficient HPC Working Group (EE HPC WG) Dashboard Team conducted an analysis that assessed the current use of information dashboards for operational facility management in major supercomputing centers around the globe, resulting	Operational Data Analytics_NERSC_Cooling_Systems.pdf
09/03/2019	Collecting, Monitoring, and Analyzing Facility and Systems Data at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center As high-performance computing (HPC) resources continue to grow in size and complexity, so too does the volume and velocity of the operational data that is associated with them.	camera ready version - paper7.pdf
08/19/2019	Implementing ECBC 2017 in Data Centers Advisory Group Meeting Slide deck on the ECBC User Guide effort from July 2019 Advisory Group Meeting.	ECBC Guide_Advisory Group minutes 080519.pdf
08/12/2019	Advisory Group Meeting \| July 2019 Agenda and meeting minutes from the second advisory group meeting for the Indian Data Center Efficiency Initiative.	Agenda 2nd AGM Data Centers Taj West End Bangalore 17 Julyv1.02.pdf AGM_July2019_MeetingMinutes.pdf
08/12/2019	IGBC and LBNL Project Review Meeting Agenda Agenda from the February 2018 Project Review Meeting	Advisory Group Meeting Feb 2018_Agenda.pdf
07/17/2019	A Joint Initiative of IGBC and LBNL US for Enhanced Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centres Presentation slides from the July 2019 Advisory Group Meeting.	2nd AGM Bangalore_SRD (1).pdf
07/17/2019	India Data Center Initiative \| July 2019 Advisory Group Meeting Resources from the July 2019 Advisory Group Meeting.	Agenda - AGM July 2019.pdf Meeting Minutes - AGM July 2019.pdf ECBC User Guide Presentation - AGM July 2019.pdf Slide Deck - AGM July 2019.pdf
07/16/2019	Free Cooling to Optimize Operational Expenditure Presentation made during the July 2019 Hyderabad Green Data Center Workshop.	Free Cooling to optimize Operational Expenditure.pdf
07/16/2019	Hyderabad Green Data Center Workshop Agenda & Flier Promotional materials from the July 2019 Hyderabad Green Data Center Workshop.	Green Buildings and Green Data Centers Flyer_FINAL.pdf ANSI Workshop - Green Buildings 15 July Hyderabad_v1.04_bp.pdf
06/26/2019	Half Day Workshop on Enhanced Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers (Flier)	4_eflyer-Data Center workshop mumbai.jpg
06/26/2019	Update to Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) On June 25, 2019, OMB released an update to DCOI (	M-19-19-Data-Centers.pdf
06/13/2019	An Analysis of Contracts and Relationships between Supercomputing Centers and Electricity Service Providers Increases in peak electricity demands and the growing use of renewable energy — with associated intermittency and variable output — present new challenges to electricity service providers (ESPs).	An Analysis of Contracts and Relationships between Supercomputing Centers and Electricity Service Providers.pdf
06/06/2019	Benefits of Green Data Center Rating System and New Initiatives by IGBC and LBNL	1_DC Rating System_Presentation 14 May 19_IGBC.ppt
06/06/2019	Practical Experiences in Optimising Cooling System	2_Schneider Air-cooled small chillers_IGBC event.pptx
06/06/2019	Excellence in Design & Operation through Electrical Infrastructure	4 Des & Ops Excllnce_Mr Pritam Goyal.pptx
06/06/2019	Capex free sourcing of renewable energy and storage solutions by Corporate India: A New Trend	3_CleanMax Presentation for CII Data Centre.pptx
06/06/2019	Agenda: Half Day Workshop on Green Data Centres: Joint Initiative of IGBC and LBNL US for “Enhanced Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centre Projects”	Agenda_Workshop on Green Data Centers Mumbai _Agenda 14 May 2019 (2).pdf
05/20/2019	Using a Thermosyphon Hybrid Cooling System to Optimize Data Center Water Efficienc The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) data center is home to warm-water liquid-cooled high-performance computing (HPC) systems that—while ultra energy efficient—generate a tremendou amount of heat.	Fact Sheet_0.pdf
05/20/2019	Thermosyphon Cooler Hybrid System for Water Savings in an Energy-Efficient HPC Data Center In August 2016, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) installed a thermosyphon hybrid cooling system to reduce water usage in its already extremely energy-efficient High- Performance Computing (HPC) Data Center.
05/20/2019	Thermosyphon Cooler Hybrid System for Water Savings in an Energy-Efficient HPC Data Center Improving data center operational efficiency requires focusing on both energy and water usage. The U.S.	Thermosyphon Cooler Hybrid System for Water Savings Paper.pdf
05/07/2019	CoE Fact Sheet This fact sheet on FEMP's Center of Expertise (CoE) for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers to reviews purpose of the program, popular tools and resources, training opportunities, and more.	CoE_Fact_Sheet.pdf
04/16/2019	Capex Free Sourcing of Renewable Power and Storage Solutions: A New Trend Slides from the Capex Free Sourcing of Renewable Power and Storage Solutions: A New Trend presentation, made in Bangalore on February 13th, 2019.	CleanMax Presentation for CII_13.02.2019_WIP.pdf
04/16/2019	Design and Operational Excellence for Enhanced Sustainability Slides from the Design and Operational Excellence for Enhanced Sustainability presentation in Bangalore on February 13th, 2019.	Design and Operational Excellence for Enhanced Sustainability _epi India Mr Siddharth Jain.pdf
04/01/2019	Implementing Instructions for Executive Order 13834 Efficient Federal Operations This document provides Federal executive departments and agencies (agencies) with instructions regarding implementation of Executive Order (E.O.) 1383	eo13834_instructions.pdf
03/20/2019	Energy Performance Evaluation of Aquila’s Aquarius Fixed Cold Plate Cooling System at NREL’s High Performance Computing Center This paper gives an overview of the Aquarius fixed cold plate cooling technology and provides results from early energy performance evaluation testing.	Aquila_NREL_white_paper_73356.pdf