Resources

To find resources related to a specific technology or resource type please use the check boxes to filter results. You can also search by author's last name and other keywords through the search box in the top right of the site. "Featured" resources are shown first, followed by the most recent.

Technologies
Focus areas
Types
Date Title Files and Links
Demonstration of DASH at California Franchise Tax Board
Control software and wireless sensors designed for closed-loop, monitoring and control of IT equipment’s inlet air temperatures in datacenters were evaluated and tested while other datacenter cooling best practices were implemented.
Demo of DASH_2009.pdf
Demonstration of Intelligent Control and Fan Improvements in Computer Room Air Handlers
Computer room air handlers (CRAHs) at a Digital Realty Trust data center were retrofitted with improved efficiency fans and controlled by a central control system provided by Vigilent.  The resulting efficiency improvements were analyzed in this report.
Final-Report-lbnl-6007e.pdf
Demonstration of Rack-Mounted Computer Equipment Cooling Solutions
Eleven cooling systems for rack mounted computer equipment were evaluated and compared for their cooling effectiveness and their energy use.
Demo Rack Mounted_2014.pdf
Demonstration of Rack-Mounted Computer Equipment Cooling Solutions (PIER)
Eleven cooling systems, for rack mounted computer equipment were evaluated and compared for their cooling effectiveness and their energy.
Rack Mounted Cooling Solutions_2010.pdf
Demonstration Project Overview: DC Powering Architecture for Data Centers
This demonstration project focused on DC conversion at the Data Center (or Facility) level.
facility-level-overview-16may06.pdf
Demonstration Project Overview: DC Powering Architecture for Data Centers
This demonstration project focused on DC conversion at the equipment rack level.
rack-level-overview-6-21-06.pdf
Demonstration: Portable Air Management Measurement Tools
This report focuses on improving air management in small data centers due to the great potential for energy savings across the data center industry.
Air Management Measurement Tool Demo FINAL 2-23-2018.pdf
Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office
Manufacturers use our resources to reduce energy costs and chart a path to continuous improvement in energy efficiency and performance.

Department of Energy Laboratories: Leadership in Green IT
Join the 17 DOE laboratories as we recap stories about our efforts to make each laboratory’s energy-intensive IT capabilities “green” and supportive of DOE sustainability efforts.
Leadership_Green_IT.pdf
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
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
Design Recommendations for High-Performance Data Centers
Report from a whole-system design charrette organized by the Rocky Mountain Institute to challenge the current model for data centers and develop a groundbreaking data center design—a clean-sheet model with no compromises.
HPDC Charrette_2003.pdf
Designing and Managing Data Centers for Resilience (Webinar Recording)
This COE webinar recording describes demand response and microgrid technologies, the business case for their deployment, and proven examples of their implementation.

Direct Current Power for Data Centers of the Future
The Direct Current Power for Data Centers of the Future produced by LBL provides an in-depth overview of how direct current power can be deployed in your data center to achieve gains in energy efficiency.

Direct Liquid Cooling For Electronic Equipment
Report on the demonstration of direct liquid cooling for electronic equipment.  Cisco C200 M3 servers were retrofitted with the Asetek direct cooling technology.
direct_liquid_cooling.pdf
Discovering hidden costs in your data center - a CFO perspective
IBM report on what efforts forward-thinking CFOs are doing to properly account for energy costs and more efficiently manage their data centers.
Discovering hidden costs- CFO perspective.pdf
DOE Data Center Air Management (AM) Estimator: User's Manual
This document provides users with everything they need to know about the Air Management Estimator, a simplified version of the DOE Data Center Air Management Tool. 
DOE AM Estimator
User's Manual v1 (6-30-2017) (1).pdf
DOE's Better Buildings Data Center Partnerships Applying Best Practices to Meet the Challenge
Presentation given by Dale Sartor at the Data Center and Computing Conference in New York, NY.
NYC_DataCenterConference_52015.pdf
ECBC 2017
This is the 2017 Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) last updated in 2019. In accordance with section 14(p) of the Energy Conservation Act 2001 the purpose of the Energy Conservation Building Code (Code) is to provide minimum requirements for the e
ECBC_22June2017_printed_Nov2019 Final1 (4).pdf
ECBC 2017 Data Center User Guide
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Confederation of Indian Industry – Indian Green Building Council developed this guide to aid data center developers, suppliers and operators in complying with the Energy Conservation Building Code of 2017 an
USER GUIDE FOR IMPLEMENTING ECBC_v9.2_06_May 2021.pdf
EE HPC WG Liquid Cooling Controls Team Whitepaper
This paper defines data inputs for dynamic controls to manage high performance computing (HPC) facilities and IT control systems.
EE HPC WG Liquid Cooling Controls Team Whitepaper.pdf
Efficiency Opportunities in Data Centers - 2009
Presentation on efficiency opportunities in data centers.  Author(s): Tschudi, B.
2009-09-03-datacenter.pdf
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
The Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. conducts research, development and demonstration (RD&D) relating to the generation, delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public.

Electrical Grid and Supercomputing Centers: An Investigative Analysis of Emerging Opportunities and Challenges
Some of the largest supercomputing centers (SCs) in the United States are developing new relationships with their electricity service providers (ESPs).
Bates2015_Article_ElectricalGridAndSupercomputin.pdf
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).
Electrical Power Chain Tool v2.5 7-13-2023_0.xlsx