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Improving Energy Efficiency for Server Rooms and Closets
Brief Summary Fact sheet: Top 14 Measures to Save Energy in Your Server Room or Closet. Author(s): Brown, R., B. Tschudi, and P. Delforge
fact-sheet-ee-server-rooms-3.pdf
India Data Center Initiative | February 2019 Advisory Group Meeting
Resources and meeting materials from the February 2019 Advisory Group Meeting.
Advisory Group Meeting Feb 2019_Agenda.pdf
AGM Meeting - Project Review Meeting - February 2019.pdf
AGM Meeting - Chiller Performance Subgroup - February 2019.pdf
AGM Meeting - Cooling Performance Subgroup - February 2019.pdf
AGM Meeting - Electrical Performance Subgroup - February 2019.pdf
India Data Center Initiative | July 2018
Resources and meeting materials from the July 2018 Advisory Group Meeting.  
AGM Meeting - Agenda - July 2018.pdf
AGM Meeting - Kickoff - July 2018.pdf
AGM Meeting - Recommendations for 2017 ECBC Requirements- July 2018.pdf
India Data Center Initiative | July 2019 Advisory Group Meeting
Resources from the July 2019 Advisory Group Meeting.  
Agenda - AGM July 2019.pdf
Meeting Minutes - AGM July 2019.pdf
ECBC User Guide Presentation - AGM July 2019.pdf
Slide Deck - AGM July 2019.pdf
Indian Data Center Tip Sheet
This best practice tip sheet has been adapted from “A Quick Start to Energy Efficiency” developed by LBNL. 
Datacenter Tipsheet India_2009.pdf
Infosys Bangalore Case Study
Infosys intended its Bangalore data center to challenge India’s data center design practices and inspire the enterprise data center industry by demonstrating best-available technology and world-class performance.
Innovation in Energy Efficiency - Infosys Bangalore DC_IGBC&LBNL_2020.pdf
InterPACK 2013 - The Future of Data Center Infrastructure
Presentation from InterPACK 2013 on The Future of Data Center Infrastructure. Author(s): Coles, H.C.
Coles-InterPACK 2013 BurlingameCA-Presentation.pdf
Investigative Report on Electrical Commissioning in HPC Data Centers
The Energy Efficient High Performance Computing Working Group (EE HPC WG) has assembled a small diverse team to write a short investigative report on electrical commissioning.
Investigative_Report_on_Electrical_Commissioning_in_HPC_Data_Centers.pdf
Investing In Data Center Resilience
Data centers are cornerstones of modern digital living. They often also are critical infrastructure, essential support for emergency response, health and governance.
Designing and Managing Data Centers for Resilience - Demand Response and Microgrids_3Dec2019.pdf
ISO 50001 Certification
Designed to support organizations in all sectors, ISO 50001 provides a practical way to improve energy use, through the development of an energy management system (EnMS).

ISO 50001 FAQs
FAQs on the practical implementation and benefits associated with ISO 50001 certification. 

IT Efficiency Tool
IT equipment is at the core of energy consumption in data centers. Energy savings at the IT level will have an impact on essentially all energy use in these facilities.
FINAL IT Tool User Manual 10-27-2023 Version 2.5.pdf
IT Tool 10-27-2023 - Version 2.5 Final Delivery.xlsx
Joint initiative by CII-IGBC and LBNL for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers
Presentation from the one day national workshop on “Enhanced Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers,” held in July 2018.
IGBC and LBNL - DC Initiative_24 July_SRD.pdf
Joint initiative by CII-IGBC and LBNL for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers
Presentation from the one day national workshop on “Enhanced Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers,” held in July 2018.
CII Slide Deck 24072018_Dale.pdf
Label for UPS Systems
The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) commissioned the project „Parameteridentifikation und Messverfahren für USV-Anlagen“ [1] and created a basis for comparing UPS systems.
Swiss_Energy_Office_Label_2002.pdf
Laboratories for the 21st Century: Data Center Efficiency Workshop
Presentation from the Laboratories for the 21st Century: Data Center Efficiency Workshop in Providence, RI. Author(s): Sartor, D. and G.C. Bell
datacenter-workshop-19sep11.pdf
LBNL - ASETEK - Direct Liquid Cooling Demonstration
Presentation that details an evaluation of direct liquid cooled server technology developed by ASETEK and tested in a Data Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Author(s): Coles, H.C.
Coles-LBNL-SVLG2013-Presentation-Final.pdf
Lessons Learned from the World’s Most Energy Efficient Data Center
Slides from U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) presentation at Data Center World 2018.
Lessons_Learned_NREL.pdf
Lessons Learned in Achieving Data Center Efficiency Goals – 3 Case Studies
Today, data centers account for roughly 2 percent of the total U.S. electricity use, and national computational demand is expected to grow at a fast pace. Data center energy consumption can be reduced by 20 to
2017_09_11_17_7x24 Exchange_Better Buildings Reyher_Breland_Sartor.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
Liquid Cooling Requirements White Paper
In China and the United States, data centers are growing in number, size, and intensity, and consume a lot of energy.
Liquid Cooling White Paper.pdf
Liquid Cooling v. Air Cooling Evaluation in the Maui High Performance Computing Center
This paper describes the efficiency characteristics of a water cooled information technology (IT) system applied in a retrofit project at the Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) data center.
MHPCC White Paper _Mahdavi-July 2014.pdf
Liquid in the Rack: Liquid Cooling Your Data Center
Slides from NREL's presentation at the 2018 Better Buildings Summit Energy Exchange on designing and building the world's most efficient data center, with a focus on liquid cooling.
Liquid_Cooling_Your_Data_Center-NREL-EE.pdf
Lucasfilm - DOE Assessment Evaluates Energy Performance of Largest Computer Network in Entertainment Industry
Populated with high-end servers, the Lucasfilm data center is critical to delivering large volumes of data and high-resolution images to the desktops of graphic artists, game developers, and motion picture directors.
sen-lucasfilm.pdf
Making a Splash: Targeting Water Saving Measures for the Highest Impact
Slides from NREL's presentation at the 2018 Better Buildings Summit Energy Exchange on designing and building the world's most efficient data center, with a focus on water savings.
Targeting Water Saving Measures for the Highest Impact-NREL.pdf