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Data Center Infrastructure: Key takeaways from CtrlS
Presentation from the one day national workshop on “Enhanced Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers,” held in July 2018. 		Data Center Infrastructure Key Takewaways from Ctrls_Mr Kasu.pdf
Data center growth in the United States: decoupling the demand for services from electricity use
Data centers are energy intensive buildings that have grown in size and number to meet the increasing demands of a digital economy. 		Data center growth in the United States.pdf
Data Center Energy Efficiency Opportunities 10-3-2010
Presentation on Data Center Energy Efficiency Opportunities with the following objectives: 		2010-11-3sceworkshop.pdf
Data Center Energy Efficiency Measurement Assessment Kit Guide and Specification (Rev. 2014)
The purpose of this document is to empower data center owners and operators with information on the importance of energy assessments and provide structured guidance for conducting them. 		Wireless mesh sensor guide-Mahdavi- July 2014.pdf
Data Center Energy Efficiency Measurement Assessment Kit Guide and Specification (Archived)
A portable and temporary wireless mesh assessment kit can be used to speed up and reduce the costs of a data center energy use assessment and overcome the issues with respect to shutdowns. 		dc_assessmentkit.pdf
Data Center Energy Efficiency Investments: Qualitative Evidence from Focus Groups and Interviews
This study explores potential barriers to energy-efficiency investments in data centers through focus groups and interviews with data center managers, including split incentives, uncertainty about new technologies, and more.   		EE Investments Qualitative Evidence from Focus Groups and Interviews.pdf
Data Center Energy Efficiency Best Practices Workshop
FEMP Flier-7-13.pdf
Data Center Energy Benchmarking: Part 5 - Case Studies on a Corporate Data Center (No. 22)
Case study of data center located in an office building in Pasadena, California (#22). General recommendations for improving overall data center energy efficiency include improving the lighting control, airflow optimization, control of mechanical system 		Benchmarking case study 22_2007.pdf
Data Center Energy Benchmarking: Part 4 - Case Study on a Computer-testing Center (No. 21)
Case study of data center in multi-story office building in San Jose, California (#21). Since the data center was used only for testing equipment, it was not configured as a critical facility in terms of electrical and cooling supply. General recommenda 		Benchmarking case study 21_2007.pdf
Data Center Energy Benchmarking: Part 3 - Case Study on an IT Equipment-testing Center (No. 20)
Case study of data center in multi-story office building in San Jose, California (#20). Since the data center was used only for testing equipment, it was not configured as a critical facility in terms of electrical and cooling supply. General recommenda 		Benchmarking case study 20_2007.pdf
Data Center Energy Benchmarking: Part 2 - Case Studies on Two Co-location Network Data Centers (No. 18 and 19)
Case studies of two data centers within a co-location facility located on the sixth floor of a multi-story building in downtown Los Angeles, California (#18 and #19). General recommendations for improving overall data center energy efficiency include im 		Benchmarking case study 18&19_2007.pdf
Data Center Energy Benchmarking: Part 1 - Case Studies on Two Co-location Data Centers (No. 16 and 17)
Case studies of data centers located in a four-story building in San Francisco, California (#16 and #17). General recommendations for improving overall energy efficiency of the data centers included improving the design, operation, and control of mechan 		Benchmarking case study 16&17_2007.pdf
Data Center Efficiency and IT Equipment Reliability At Wider Operating Temperatures and Humidity Ranges
Paper concludes that many data centers can realize overall operational cost savings by leveraging looser environmental controls within the wider range of supported temperature and humidity limits as established by equipment manufacturers. 		WP50-Data Center Efficiency and IT Equipment Reliability at Wider Operating Temperature and Humidity Ranges.pdf
Data Center Economizer Cooling with Tower Water
A prototype computer equipment rack-level cooling device with two heat exchangers was demonstrated to illustrate an energy efficient cooling capability. 		PIER_Economizer Cooling Demo_2012.pdf
Data Center Economizer Contamination and Humidity Study
Project measured server equipment exposure to particulate matter in typical California data centers to better understand what level of particle concentration is actually present. 		PG&E Economizer Contamination_2007.pdf
Data Center Case Study: Crown Castle
Case study on Crown Castle's recent data center energy efficiency upgrade, which leveraged available utility incentives. 		111 8th Loop Optimization 2019.pdf
Data Center Blueprint Summit Materials
Data Center Bluprint Summit | Mumbai | September 2019 Resources related to the Energy Efficiency in India Initiative from the “Building Data Center Ecosystem Conducive to India’s Digital Convergence” Data Center Blueprint Summit, held in Septe 		CII Data Center Blueprint Summit_Agenda.pdf
CII Data Center Blueprint Attendance Sheet.pdf
A Joint Initiative of IGBC and LBNL US for Enhanced Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers.pdf
Making Datacenters Resilient and Efficient.pdf
Data is the Future, The Future is Datacentre.pdf
Delivering Business Value through Better Aligning Facility & IT.pptx
Data Center Blueprint Summit 2019
Agenda and Attendance sheet from the  2019 Data Center Blueprint Summit held in Mumbai.  		CII Data Center Blueprint Summit_agenda_24Sep.pdf
Building Data - Attendance Sheet.pdf
Data Center Assessments to Identify Efficiency Opportunities Presentation
Presentation that outlines a number of tools and strategies to aid practitioners in reducing energy consumption in datacenters. Author(s): Tschudi, B. 		webcast_2008-1113_data_centers.pdf
Data Center Airflow Management Retrofit
As data center energy densities, measured in power-use per square foot, increase, energy savings for cooling can be realized by optimizing airflow pathways within the data center. 		airflow-doe-femp.pdf
Data Center Air Management Tool
The Data Center Air Management Tool (v.3) was developed to accelerate energy savings in data centers without affecting the thermal IT equipment environment by identifying opportunities through air management upgrades. 		AM Tool v3.0 (3-15-23) Distribution.xls
Air Management Tool User Guide, Air Management Tool Data Collection Guide, Air Management Tool Engineering Reference Manual
Data Center Air Management Research
By applying a more rigorous methodology, this research focuses on how air management can be improved to save energy without negatively affecting the thermal IT-equipment environment and, in turn, the IT-equipment reliability. 		AirManagement_Herrlin2010.pdf
Data Center Air Management Report
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate to data center designers and operators the operational and energy benefits of thoughtful and efficient data center air management techniques. 		DC AIr Management Report_2006.pdf
Data Center Air Management Estimator
The Data Center Air Management Estimator is a simplified version of the Air Management Tool that uses the same engine. The input options in this tool have been reduced in favor of increased clarity.    		AM Estimator Version 1-0_0.xls
Creating a Data Center Efficiency Plan
This white paper demonstrates how to create a data center energy efficiency plan by outlining the required steps, overcoming common challenges, looking at what information is important and relevant in determining savings, and what factors to consider wh 		FRE-Data-Center-Efficiency-Planning-Whitepaper.pdf