ATLANTA - According to the American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), more than 50 percent of
the total energy consumption of data centers can be attributed to the cooling
and power infrastructure that supports the IT equipment housed in them. A new
book released by ASHRAE aims to help reduce that energy use through
easy-to-implement tips, said the organization.
Green Tips for Data Centersidentifies
techniques for optimizing energy efficiency in existing datacom facilities.
Many of the techniques can be implemented through simple operational changes,
upgrades or modifications that require a relatively low investment and that
cause little disruption to the existing operations of the IT equipment, noted
ASHRAE.
“The book has particular relevance right now since there is a
significant focus on energy efficiency in data centers,” said Don Beaty, co-founder
of ASHRAE Technical Committee (TC) 9.9, Mission Critical Facilities, Technology
Spaces and Electronic Equipment. “While it is fun and exciting to look at how
we can design new data centers to be energy efficient, the fact is that there
are many, many existing data centers in operation.”
Among the 26 tips from the book are:
• Optimize supply air temperatures;
• Install monitoring equipment;
• Improve lighting efficiency;
• Optimize data storage; and
• Improve transformer efficiencies.
“The tips provide insight into practical techniques that have
proven successful in other datacom facilities and give owners and operators the
confidence to implement similar techniques in their own facilities,” Beaty
said.
The book is part of the ASHRAE Datacom Series, developed to
provide a more comprehensive treatment of datacom cooling and related subjects.
The cost ofGreen Tips for Data Centersis $54
($46, ASHRAE members). To order, contact ASHRAE Customer Service at
800-527-4723 (United States and Canada) or 404-636-8400 (worldwide), fax
404-321-5478, or visit www.ashrae.org/datacenterefficiency.
Bulk discounts are available.
Publication date:02/07/2011
