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Una Song
1. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Data Center Efficiency Efforts
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December 3, 2012
2. What Is ENERGY STAR?
• Voluntary labeling program
managed the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
• Strategic approach to energy
management, promoting energy
efficient products and practices
• Tools and resources to help save
money and protect the
environment
• Influential brand recognized by
over 80 percent of Americans
3. ENERGY STAR 20th Anniversary
• Together with help from
ENERGY STAR, American
families and businesses have
saved a total of nearly $230
billion on utility bills &
prevented more than 1.7
billion metric tons of
greenhouse gas emissions
over the past 20 years.
4. What Are ENERGY STAR Qualified
Products?
• More than 65 product categories
(www.energystar.gov/products)
• Over 1,700 manufacturers use ES to
differentiate more than 40,000 models
• In 2011, Americans:
– Purchased more than 200 million ES
qualified products
– Prevented about 210 million metric tons of
greenhouse gas emissions ––equivalent
to annual emissions of 41 million vehicles.
5. Federal Purchasing Requirements
• Federal Agencies must buy:
– ENERGY STAR-qualified products
– Products that exceed FEMP-designated efficiency
requirements, AND
– Low standby power products
• Required by:
– Law, Executive Order, and the Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR)
– FAR 23.2 and 52.223-15
– Codified at 42 U.S.C. 8259 (EPAct 1992, 2005, EISA 2007)
• Applies to:
– U.S. Government (all agencies that use the FAR)
purchases, contracts, specifications for purchases
6. Data Center Efficiency Requires a
Two-Pronged Approach
• Addressing Products in Data Center
• Addressing Data Center Buildings and
Operations
7. ENERGY STAR IT Products
• Current specifications
– Computers
– Displays (monitors and professional)
– Servers
– Imaging
– Uninterruptible Power Supplies
• New specifications
– Storage
– Data center cooling
– Small networking equipment
– Large networking equipment
8. Standardized Information on Products
Needed
ENERGY STAR Power
and Performance Data
Sheet (PPDS) tool
– Displays the in-depth
information that
purchasers and users
look for
– Standardizes the way this
information is
communicated
– Operators can more
easily compare products
on energy use
9. Conducting Outreach and Education
on Products
• ENERGY STAR Low
Carbon IT Campaign
– Agency tool for conducting
outreach
– Targeted audience
• Data center facility managers
(with a focus on in-house and
co-location data centers)
• Chief Information Officers
• Other decision makers on
savings opportunities
– Focal point for a range of
resources
• Top 12 Ways to Save
• Case studies on best
practices and demonstrated
savings
10. Addressing the infrastructure and
efficiency of the data centers
– EPA has developed a resource that
outlines the top twelve ways to decrease
overall data center energy use
– Focuses on low cost steps that
organizations can take to significantly
improve data center efficiency
– Addresses everything from updating and
consolidating technology, managing data
center air flow, and improving HVAC
system operation
– The Number One recommended step is
server virtualization which involves
consolidating multiple, independent
servers to a single physical server,
operate the remaining servers more
efficiently, and reduce energy costs by
10% to 40%
11. Thank you
• Contact information:
Una Song
202-343-9024
Song.Una@epa.gov