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Data Center Maturity Model Assessment Tool
The Data Center Maturity Model (DCMM) touches upon every aspect of the data center including power, cooling, compute, sto

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.

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
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.

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 personn

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

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
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
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
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
Better Buildings Challenge
The Better Buildings Challenge supports commercial and industrial building owners by providing technical assistance and proven solutions to energy efficiency.

Considerations of Non-Conventional Liquid Cooling Immersion Technologies
Presentation with the following learning objectives:
Patterson_LiqCool_ASHRAE_Chicago.pdf