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Using outside air in data centers (AKA "free cooling")

Here are some more analytics and data visualizations, this time on using outside air to cool a data center. When using this type of strategy, the hourly outside temperature and humidity conditions will drive the overall strategy and control of the HVAC...

Published 10-30-2009 5:25 PM by WilliamKosik

Filed under: energy, environment, data center, Green, Life Cycle Analysis, energy efficiency, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Data Centers Strategy, Alternative Energy, Data centers, facilities, data visualiztion, energy efficiency analytics

Will the new presidential order will speed up green IT?

The FEDERAL LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY,AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE presidential order went into effect on October 5, 2009. The main goal of the order is to "to establish an integrated strategy towards sustainability in the Federal Government...

Published 10-30-2009 4:55 PM by WilliamKosik

Filed under: energy, environment, data center, Life Cycle Analysis, energy efficiency, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Data Centers Strategy, Alternative Energy, Data centers, facilities, data visualiztion, energy efficiency analytics

EPA issues new greenhouse gas reporting requirements

On September 22, 2009, the EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson signed the rule on a new greenhouse gas emission reporting program which is a pre-cursor to potential carbon taxing policy. The reporting is for the top carbon emitters in the U.S, primarily from...

Published 09-24-2009 10:42 PM by WilliamKosik

Filed under: energy, environment, data center, Green, Life Cycle Analysis, energy efficiency, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Data Centers Strategy, Alternative Energy, Data centers, facilities, data visualiztion

Why we need to push hard for energy innovation

If you follow news related to the development of renewable energy technology, you’ll know that the United States is not keeping pace with other countries in research and development. And it is not just European countries but India and China as well...

Published 09-17-2009 8:29 PM by WilliamKosik

Filed under: energy, environment, Green, Life Cycle Analysis, energy efficiency, Alternative Energy, energy efficiency analytics

Visualization of Data - Comparing Hourly Climate Data with Psychrometrics

So here is another example of data visualization. Instead of table showing hourly dry-bulb and dew-point temperatures for different locations, plot them on a psychrometric chart. Remember there are 8760 hours in the year, so analyzing just one dataset...

Published 09-04-2009 6:04 PM by WilliamKosik

Filed under: data visualiztion, energy efficiency analytics

Visualization of data to improve energy use - using GIS to show climate data

For some weird reason, I have always been intrigued with charts, maps, graphs, etc. Anything that tells a story or conveys information without using a lot of words and numbers attracts my attention. I guess it is the geeky engineer in me. So I have turned...

Published 09-04-2009 5:50 PM by WilliamKosik

Filed under: energy, environment, data center, Green, energy efficiency, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Data centers, facilities

Formula One Racing – Can Green Strategies Lead to Winning (and BIG Money)?

I am an avid F1 fan. For those of you who aren’t familiar with F1, it is THE most widely watched international sport and is a multi-billion dollar industry. The cars are the pinnacle of engineering technology and cost upwards of US$20MM. The cars...

Published 08-30-2009 4:55 PM by WilliamKosik

Filed under: energy, environment, Green, energy efficiency, Alternative Energy

Q&A with Bill Kosik on Green Business Technology

(Bill Kosik is the Green Business Technology Principal for HP's Critical Facilities Services Group. In addition to project assignments, he is responsible for research and analysis on new techniques to optimize power use in data centers. He is a licensed...

Published 06-24-2009 12:20 PM by WilliamKosik

Filed under: energy, environment, data center, Green, Life Cycle Analysis, energy efficiency, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Data Centers Strategy, Alternative Energy, Data centers, facilities

Government Regulation of Data Center Energy Use?

I frequently get asked questions on what the future holds for government regulation of data center energy use. Although there are not completed plans in place, there are many programs early in the development stage. Here are some things going on: EPA...

Published 05-08-2009 5:35 PM by WilliamKosik

Filed under: energy, environment, data center, Green, Life Cycle Analysis, energy efficiency, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Data Centers Strategy, Alternative Energy, Data centers, facilities

Metrics in the “Green” Dimension

By Kfir L Godrich, HP CFS CTO Difficult times indeed for the market in general and for the Data Center market in particular. Most of the questions related to remediation have some interesting answers. Here is one of my favorites published lately in Condé...

Published 04-06-2009 10:12 PM by KfirGodrich

Filed under: energy, environment, Green, energy efficiency, Mission Critical Space, Data Centers Strategy, facilities

Connecting the Dots to Form a Green Business Technology Plan

Developing energy efficient and environmentally responsible strategies for enterprise business technology systems requires a wide and deep view along with integrated multi-disciplinary expertise. Only small gains can be made using a traditional silo approach...

Published 02-03-2009 7:02 PM by WilliamKosik

Filed under: energy, environment, data center, Green, Life Cycle Analysis, energy efficiency, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Data Centers Strategy, Alternative Energy, Data centers, facilities

On the PUE Soapbox Again...

I continue to see an on-going debate about defining PUE, including comparisons of one data center to another. What is particularly interesting are PUE comparisons that present PUE numbers accurate to the second significant digit. Also, the numbers are...

Published 02-03-2009 6:32 PM by WilliamKosik

Filed under: energy, environment, data center, Green, Life Cycle Analysis, energy efficiency, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Data Centers Strategy, Data centers, facilities

Where to Build my Data Center?

Interesting enough, in spite of the econo-crisis this question is raised - some people are using this period to plan for the next 24-36 month while others are just getting the Colo numbers and availability of space and can't find a right answer for...

Published 01-06-2009 2:51 PM by KfirGodrich

Filed under: environment, Green, Life Cycle Analysis, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Data centers, facilities

A New Appreciation for the Terms Energy Efficiency, Reliabity and Mission Critical

At a recent family holiday party, I was involved in a few conversations with topics such as mission critical, fuel cells, water-cooled systems and conserving electricity. You might think we were discussing the latest ideas in data center design (only...

Published 01-02-2009 8:05 PM by WilliamKosik

Filed under: energy, environment, data center, Green, energy efficiency, Data Center Strategy, Mission Critical, Mission Critical Space, Alternative Energy, Data centers, facilities

Alternative Energy in DCs – Focus on Fuel Cells

By Kfir L Godrich, HP CFS CTO Nowadays it is very popular to raise the “alternative energy” technologies topic and mostly related to how this great technology can impact the Data Center market design and implementation? Out of all the myriad of these...

Published 12-01-2008 9:11 PM by KfirGodrich

Filed under: Green, energy efficiency, Alternative Energy, Data centers

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Using outside air in data centers (AKA "free cooling")

Will the new presidential order will speed up green IT?

EPA issues new greenhouse gas reporting requirements

Why we need to push hard for energy innovation

Visualization of Data - Comparing Hourly Climate Data with Psychrometrics

Visualization of data to improve energy use - using GIS to show climate data

Formula One Racing – Can Green Strategies Lead to Winning (and BIG Money)?

Q&A with Bill Kosik on Green Business Technology

Government Regulation of Data Center Energy Use?

Metrics in the “Green” Dimension

Connecting the Dots to Form a Green Business Technology Plan

On the PUE Soapbox Again...

Where to Build my Data Center?

A New Appreciation for the Terms Energy Efficiency, Reliabity and Mission Critical

Alternative Energy in DCs – Focus on Fuel Cells