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Cray Hybrid XC30 Installation - Facilities Level Overview
This paper focuses on the site preparation and integration of the Cray Hybrid XC30 into a state of the art HPC data center from a facilities point of view. Author(s): McMurtrie, C., L. Gilly, and T. Belotti 		CSCS Descrizione Colin Piz Daint.pdf
Corrosion Coupons May Not Be Useful for Predicting Data Center Equipment Failure Rates (Presentation)
Presentation at the Indoor Air Conference June 2011: Corrosion Coupons May Not Be Useful for Predicting Data Center Equipment Failure Rates Author(s): Han, T., H.C. Coles, P.N. Price, A.Gadgil, and B.Tschudi 		Indoor-Air-997-Henry Coles-v3.pdf
Corrosion coupons may not be useful for predicting data center equipment failure rates
Paper presented at the Indoor Air Conference June 2011: Corrosion Coupons May Not Be Useful for Predicting Data Center Equipment Failure Rates Author(s): Coles, H.C., P.N. Price, T. Han, A. Gadgil, and B. Tschudi 		Corrosion-Indoor-Air-2011-997v3.pdf
Cooling the Data Center: Design of a Mechanical Controls Owner Project Requirements (OPR) Template
As the power demands of supercomputers continue to grow, so do the demands of the mechanical cooling systems that support the infrastructure and building in which the supercomputers reside. 		Cooling the Data Center_ Design of a Mechanical Controls Owner Project Requirements (OPR) Template.pdf
Cooling Performance Testing of Attaway's Negative Pressure CDU
Attaway is a recently installed High-Performance Computing (HPC) machine at Sandia National Labs that is 70% water-cooled and 30% air-cooled. 		206888r.pdf
Sandia HPC Liquid Cooling_Case Study_NREL_July 2021.pdf
Cooling Data Centers with Warm Water
Presentation from 5/27/2021 on cooling data centers with warm water. 		Sartor IEEE Madison 052621 (1).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
Control of Computer Room Air Conditioning Using IT Equipment Sensors
The goal of this demonstration was to show how sensors in IT equipment could be accessed and used to directly control computer room air conditioning. 		lbnl-3137e.pdf
Contracting for Efficiency: A Best Practices Guide for Energy-Efficient Product Procurement
Contracting for Efficiency: A Best Practices Guide for Energy-Efficient Product Procurement, provides guidance to agencies with regard t
Continuously Improving Energy and Water Management
High performance computing (HPC) centers are unique in certain aspects such as task scheduling and power consumption patterns. 		030-037_Liu (2).pdf
Consumptive Water Use for U.S. Power Production
Evaporative cooling systems in buildings have been criticized for their water use and acclaimed for their low energy consumption, especially when compared to typical cooling systems. 		Consumptive Water Use for U.S. Power Production.pdf
Consortium for Energy Efficiency Thermal Energy Management
To address research challenges of the intermediate and long term nature associated with thermal and energy management of electronics, the Consortium for Energy Efficient Thermal Management (CEETHERM) was initiated in 2002.
Consortium for Energy Efficiency Data Centers and Servers Initiative
The CEE Data Centers and Servers Initiative serves to identify activities that will help program administrators better understand the complexity related to the design and maintenance of these types of loads.
Considerations of Non-Conventional Liquid Cooling Immersion Technologies
Presentation with the following learning objectives: 		Patterson_LiqCool_ASHRAE_Chicago.pdf
Computer Server Selection Guidelines for Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization in Data Centers
This report addresses air-cooled computer server selection guidelines in order to facilitate energy efficiency and decarbonization in data centers. 		Computer Server Selection Guidelines 12-22.pdf
Computer Server Selection Guidelines for Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization in Data Centers
This webinar and report provide guidelines for selecting air-cooled computer servers to facilitate energy efficiency and decarbonization in data centers. 		Webinar Server Selection Guidelines_FEMP-LBNL CoE_Sept. 2022.pdf
Computer Server Selection Guidelines 12-22 (4).pdf
Comparing Server Energy Use and Efficiency Using Small Sample Sizes
This report documents a demonstration that compared the energy consumption and efficiency of a limited sample size of server-­‐‑type IT equipment from different manufacturers by measuring power at the server power supply power cords. 		comparing_server_energy_use_and_efficiency_using_small_sample_sizes_-_final-hc_0.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
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
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
CoE DCOI Fact Sheet
In June 2019, The Office of Management & Budget (OMB) released updated guidance on the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI). OMB Memorandum M-19-19 rescinds and replaces OMB Memorandum M-16-19. 		LBNL CoE DCOI Fact Sheet_1-30.pdf
Cisco Energy Management: A Case Study in Implementing Energy as a Service
Case study that provides insight into how a Cisco lab organization solved capacity challenges using innovative network-based tools and reduced total energy costs by 33 percent, functional elements of IP-enabled energy management, and how Cisco Services 		CiscoEMSWhitePaper_2010.pdf
Chiller Plant Efficiency
Chilled water-based cooling systems are frequently used to aircondition large office buildings or campuses that encompass multiple buildings. 		Design Brief_Chiller Efficiency.pdf
Chilled Water Plant Design Guide
Technical Brief from Energy Design Resources. 		EDR_DesignGuidelines_CoolToolsChilledWater.pdf
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.