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Date	Title	Files and Links
03/15/2017	How to be Cloud Smart: IAAS Considerations for the Data Center Community This whitepaper from the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) PMO, shares some of those lessons learned to provide a holistic view of cloud adoption and enable the federal data center community to be “cloud smart.”	IAAS Considerations for the Data Center Community.pdf
02/07/2017	Data Center Metering and Resource Guide 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_02072017.pdf
02/02/2017	ENERGY STAR Data Center web page ENERGY STAR page that includes links to purchase ENERGY STAR certified enterprise servers, storage, UPSs, and network equipment.
02/02/2017	FEMP's Covered Product Categories searchable table Federal agencies are required to purchase energy-efficient products.
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
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
12/06/2016	United States Data Center Energy Usage Report (Presentation) Slides from Arman Shehabi's webinar on the United States Data Center Energy Usage Report.	EnergyUsageWebinar12062016.pdf
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
10/17/2016	CEE Data Centers and Business IT Program Summary The Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE)'s Data Centers and Business IT Program Summary provides a downloadable Excel spreadsheet of the data center incentives that CEE members offer.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
08/04/2016	Re-examining HPC Energy Efficiency Dashboard Elements With increasing high performance computing (HPC) energy consumption and the rising cost of energy, it has become important to be able to monitor and manage energy and power consumption.	Re-Examining_HPC_Energy_Efficiency_Dashboard_Elements.pdf
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
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
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
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.
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
06/28/2016	DCEP Typical Training Agenda	DCEP Training 3-Day Agenda 6-28-2016.pdf
06/26/2016	PUE Estimator User's Manual User's manual for the PUE Estimator, V1. The tool quickly provides an estimate of a data center’s current Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and energy use distribution.	PUEEstimatorManual_06022016.pdf
06/15/2016	Supercomputing Centers and Electricity Service Providers: A Geographically Distributed Perspective on Demand Management in Europe and the United States Supercomputing Centers (SCs) have high and variable power demands, which increase the challenges of the Electricity Service Providers (ESPs) with regards to efficient electricity distribution and reliable grid operation.	2016_Book_HighPerformanceComputing.pdf