ASHRAE, Green Grid Collaborate to Develop Data Center Design, Operation Guidance
September 2, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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Publications that provide guidance for data center design and operation will result from a new agreement between the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc. (ASHRAE) and The Green Grid.
The cooperative publication agreement between ASHRAE and The Green Grid encourages the sharing of technical information, particularly guidance regarding energy efficiency, between the two groups.
With datacom center operations running 24 hours a week, seven days a week, approximately three times the annual operating hours of most commercial properties, energy use is typically large and concentrated.
As a result, issues such as sustainable design, energy efficiency and operating cost become important for these facilities, the organizations said.
"This agreement raises our collaboration efforts in the electronics industry and enhances our efforts to provide data center operators with important information to improve the energy efficiency of data centers, paralleling the work already being done by ASHRAE to improve energy efficiency in all types of buildings," said Roger Schmidt, a member and past chair of the ASHRAE technical committee on mission-critical facilities, technology spaces and electronic equipment.
"ASHRAE's unique membership makeup of manufacturers, designers, facility managers, architects and code officials will go a long way in assisting the member companies of The Green Grid," Schmidt said.
"With energy shortages and rising energy costs now topping the list of concerns for large scale organizations, the movement to reduce data center and other IT energy usage patterns is quickly gaining momentum," said Geoffrey Noer, a director of The Green Grid.
"We believe achieving greater IT energy efficiency is a crucial step to ensuring that growing companies can control costs while enabling future expansion," Noer said.
Source: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc. (ASHRAE).