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Date	Title	Files and Links
04/16/2019	Capex Free Sourcing of Renewable Power and Storage Solutions: A New Trend Slides from the Capex Free Sourcing of Renewable Power and Storage Solutions: A New Trend presentation, made in Bangalore on February 13th, 2019.	CleanMax Presentation for CII_13.02.2019_WIP.pdf
05/01/2014	Case Study: Innovative Energy Efficiency Approaches in NOAA's Environmental Security Computing Center in Fairmont, West Virginia Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)’s staff evaluated the energy efficiency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) new data center in Fairmont, West Virginia.	NOAA Case Study_Mahdavi-May 2014.pdf
07/01/2012	Case Study: JouleX Energy Management (JEM) Solution at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)- Draft This case study sought to demonstrate the capabilities of the JouleX Energy Manager (JEM), a promising automated IT assessment and management tool that can be useful in helping to manage the data center environment.	Joulex Case Study_2012.pdf
04/16/2015	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
05/01/2014	Case Study: Opportunities to Improve Energy Efficiency in Three Federal Data Centers Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) evaluated three data centers for potential energy efficiency improvements during the summer of 2012.	Three DC Case Study _Mahdavi-May 2014.pdf
02/06/2023	Case Study: Sandia National Laboratories' Holistic Data Center Design Integrates Energy and Water Efficiency, Flexibility and Resilience This NREL case study highlights Sandia National Laboratories and their holistic data center approach, which provides resilient energy- and water-efficient cooling for high-performance computing systems. Sandia’s optimized data center design and operatio	Sandia Labs_Holistic Data Center Design.pdf
10/17/2016	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.
12/01/2009	Chilled Water Plant Design Guide Technical Brief from Energy Design Resources.	EDR_DesignGuidelines_CoolToolsChilledWater.pdf
12/01/2009	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
09/24/2010	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
10/28/2019	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
05/07/2019	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
09/03/2019	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
04/03/2015	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
11/01/2014	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
01/25/2022	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
12/20/2021	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
02/04/2015	Considerations of Non-Conventional Liquid Cooling Immersion Technologies Presentation with the following learning objectives:	Patterson_LiqCool_ASHRAE_Chicago.pdf
06/01/2007	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.
12/12/2013	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.
12/10/2003	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
12/01/2020	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
02/22/2021	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
09/01/2009	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
04/15/2015	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