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 systems. This is why it is critical to develop a...
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WilliamKosik
on 10-30-2009
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
Recently, we were running to power and performance benchmarks on a server in our lab. We were using HP-UX 11i v3, update 5 [http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/w1/en/os/hpux11i-overview.html] and we were testing the impact of some of the power management features on the system. The power management...
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jacob.van-ewyk@hp.com
on 10-21-2009
Filed under: Integrity, green, power, servers, mission critical servers, HP Integrity, high-end, HP-UX 11i, OS, BCS, HP-UX, UNIX, HP Superdome, Green Idle, Energy Efficiency, Green Active
Did you know that there is an Energy Star certification for servers? More information is at http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=ent_servers.enterprise_servers . Did you know that HP had the first Energy Star certified servers (several HP ProLiant servers)? I attended a stakeholders meeting with the...
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jacob.van-ewyk@hp.com
on 09-29-2009
Filed under: Integrity, green, cooling, power, servers, EPA, mission critical servers, HP Integrity, high-end, HP-UX 11i, OS, energy star, BCS, HP-UX, UNIX
On Monday, Newsweek released their inaugural Green Rankings , and interestingly, HP finished at the top. In an article, titled " The Greenest Big Companies in America " they explain they decided to publicize this list to recognize the efforts of companies, and how they ranked companies in industries...
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Supply Chain Management Blog
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christianverstraete
on 09-25-2009
Filed under: Experience, Green, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Sustainability, CO2, DFE, Environment, Innovation, Carbon offsets, Award
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 the manufacturing sector where carbon emissions...
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Energy Efficient Technology Blog
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WilliamKosik
on 09-24-2009
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
While Kurt is off visiting customers and Lorraine is reflecting on the nature of mission-critical computing, I am also joining the blogging team. Let me introduce myself. My name is Jacob Van Ewyk, and I work in Business Critical Systems Marketing. I'm currently focused on Power, Cooling, and Cloud...
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. I don’t want to stray into the political...