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Presentation Slides: Air Management Webinar
Slides from Magnus Herrlin's April 12th, 2018 webinar on Air Management. In this webinar, participants will: Learn basic Air Management "Best Practices" Detect Common Problems Correct Common Problems  
Air Management Webinar_0.pdf
Practical Experiences in Optimising Cooling System
2_Schneider Air-cooled small chillers_IGBC event.pptx
Practical Considerations for Metering Data Centers
Slides from Dale Sartor's presentation on metering in data centers at Energy Exchange 2018. 
Sartor EE18_Metering Presentation052018.pdf
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
PIER Final Report: Energy Efficiency in Server Rooms
A report on a final PIER project that investigated how IT equipment was deployed, powered, and cooled in small server rooms, and developed strategies to improve energy efficiency.
SmallServerRooms_Final Report_0.pdf
PG&E/FEMP Data Center Efficiency Workshop - San Francisco, CA 2012
Presentation from the PG&E/FEMP Data Center Efficiency Workshop PG&E/FEMP Data Center Efficiency Workshop in San Francisco. Author(s): Sartor, D.
pge-dc-workshop-4-29-2012.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
Particle concentrations in data centers
Study presents the first published measurements of particle concentrations in operating data centers. Indoor and outdoor particle measurements were taken at eight different sites in northern California for particulate matter 0.3–5.0 mm in diameter.
Partical concentations data centers_2007.pdf
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Small Data Center Market Study
Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) tasked Cadmus to provide insight into the energy-efficiency opportunity in small data centers in its service territory, particularly focusing on small and medium business (SMB) customers.
PGE_SmallDCs2013.pdf
Opportunities for ESPCs in Data Centers
This webinar, held by the CoE in May 2020, reviewed how energy savings performance contracts (or ESPCs) could be leveraged as a financing mechanism to reduce the barriers for energy efficiency in data centters.
Data Center ESPC Webinar-PPT_0.pdf
Opportunities for Combined Heat and Power in Data Centers
Report analyzes the opportunities for CHP technologies to assist primary power in making the data center more cost-effective and energy efficient.
chp_data_centers.pdf
Operational Data Analytics: Optimizing the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center Cooling Systems
In 2017/2018, the Energy Efficient HPC Working Group (EE HPC WG) Dashboard Team conducted an analysis that assessed the current use of information dashboards for operational facility management in major supercomputing centers around the globe, resulting
Operational Data Analytics_NERSC_Cooling_Systems.pdf
Open Specification for Liquid Cooled Rack – Transfer Fluid
This Transfer Fluid specification is one section of a comprehensive Specification for the overall Liquid Cooled Rack System.
232500 Transfer Fluid Water Treatment For Closed Loop Hydronic Systems 122221 clean.docx
Open Specification for a Liquid Cooled Server Rack
This document is a progress update on the development of an open specification for a liquid cooled server rack. The initiative to develop an open specification for liquid cooling is part of a larger initiative to harmonize international open standards i
OpenSpecification.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
NSIDC Data Center: Energy Reduction Strategies
The Green Data Center Project was a successful effort to significantly reduce the energy use of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).
nsidc_dcstrategies.pdf
Node Variability in Large-Scale Power Measurements: Perspectives from the Green500, Top500 and EE HPC WG
The last decade has seen power consumption move from an afterthought to the foremost design constraint of new supercomputers.
Node Variability in Large-Scale Power Measurements_ Perspectives from the Green500, Top500 and EE HPC WG.pdf
New Horizons: Getting Back to Liquid Cooling
Amidst a backdrop of increasing computing demand, warm liquid cooling is among the cutting edge technologies that have emerged to lower energy bills and improve resiliency in data centers.
7x24LiquidCooling_New_Horizons.pdf
New Energy Efficient Data Center Programming Guide
This guide addresses the energy issues a data center owner must consider for building an energy efficient data center.
LBNL DC Energy Programming Guide 09_01_12-2.pdf
NetApp Case Study
NetApp, Inc., is a hybrid cloud data services and data management company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. NetApp has five data centers (Sunnyvale, CA; Durham, NC; Boulder, CO; Amsterdam; and Bangalore).
NetApp Bangalore_Case Study - Free Outside Air Cooling_IGBC & LBNL 2021.pdf
National Workshops
Summary of National Workshops The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), formed by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), is making constant efforts towards wider adoption of green

National and regional implications of internet data center growth in the US
Combining estimates of US computer room floor space for hosting facilities with total computer room power density, we found that these US data centers in the aggregate required less than 500 MW of power in 2000, and used only about 0.12% of the electric
National_regional DC Growth_2002.pdf
Multi source cooling control algorithm
This paper describes how the automation team at ENI Green Data Center (GDC) solved the problem of controlling the temperature inside a data room that can be air cooled both with direct free-cooling and with water-based chillers and heat exchangers using
Multi source cooling control algorithm.pdf
Monitoring Kit for Data Centers
Presentation showcasing a monitoring kit for data centers with the following learning objectives:
Assessment kit presentation -Mahdavi I2SL 2014.pdf
Modular Data Centers
Presentation on modular data centers and results of a corrosivity study. Author(s): Coles, H.C.
March2012PG&ESanFrancisco.pdf