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MHPCC Data Center Energy Efficiency Measures: Impact of Higher Air Intake Temperatures
Presentation of the MHPCC case study, focusing on the impact of higher air intake temperatures. Author(s): Mahdavi, R.
MHPCC Slides .pdf
Metering Best Practices: A Guide to Achieving Utility Resource Efficiency, Release 3.0
The focus of this guide is to provide energy, water and facility managers and practitioners with information that facilitates using metering to achieve potential savings and benefits.
Metering Best Practices_2015.pdf
Meeting Minutes- First Advisory Group Meeting, Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Indian Data Centers Initiative
Meeting minutes from the first advisory group meeting held in Bangalore in July 2018.
Annexure-C Final agenda - 1st Advisory Group Meeting CII IGBC & LBNL _17 July 2018 Bangalore_0.pdf
Measuring and Managing Data Center Energy Use
This article summarizes best practices developed from an extensive study of energy use in 22 data centers. Author(s): Tschudi, B., E. Mills, S. Greenberg, P. Rumsey
Measure_Manage Data Centers_2006.pdf
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and NREL: Allies in Energy Efficiency, Systems Integration, and Resilience
This case study explores the collaboration between NREL and Marin Corp Air Station (MCAS) Miramar to build a new efficient, resilient, and cost-effective data center. 
NREL Program News_Miramar Data Center_04-06-21.pdf
Making Datacenters Resilient and Efficient
Slide deck presentation from the September 24th, 2019 Data Center Blueprint Summit held in Mumbai. 
How to make data centre resilient efficient - Copy.pptx
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ISO 50001 FAQs
FAQs on the practical implementation and benefits associated with ISO 50001 certification. 

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).

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
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
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