This document describes the Reduction And Re-use of Energy in Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC) project at the University of Hertfordshire. The project involved refurbishing one of the university's main data centres to make it more energy efficient. Through implementing technologies like free air cooling and waste heat recycling, the project achieved a 55% reduction in the data centre's carbon footprint while increasing capacity by 69%. It also helped lower the university's energy bills and served as an exemplar project for other institutions to make their data centres more sustainable.
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Electricity Consumption: General
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Electricity Savings Through DC Power Feed
DC Data Center Projects in the World
ICT Energy saving actions
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Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Optimized Power, Cooling, and Management ...Schneider Electric
IT virtualization, the engine behind cloud computing, can have significant consequences on the data center physical infrastructure (DCPI). Higher power densities that often result can challenge the cooling capabilities of an existing system. Reduced overall energy consumption that typically results from physical server consolidation may actually worsen the data center’s power usage effectiveness (PUE). Dynamic loads that vary in time and location may heighten the risk of downtime if rack-level power and cooling health are not understood and considered. Finally, the fault-tolerant nature of a highly virtualized environment could raise questions about the level of redundancy required in the physical infrastructure. These particular effects of virtualization are discussed and possible solutions or methods for dealing with them are offered.
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On June 24th I presented to the Dependable Systems Engineering group here in the School of Computer Science, St Andrews. The group meets once a month for a presentation from one of its members over lunch. The presenter talks about their current research, providing a good opportunity to keep up to date with other work within the group.On June 24th I presented to the Dependable Systems Engineering group here in the School of Computer Science, St Andrews. The group meets once a month for a presentation from one of its members over lunch. The presenter talks about their current research, providing a good opportunity to keep up to date with other work within the group.
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The following presentation was given during the 2012 Data Center World conference in Las Vegas, NV by Jay Taylor at Schneider Electric. Learn more about Data Center World at www.datacenterworld.com.
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To view the recorded webinar, which includes a demonstration of a Real-Time Monitoring solution, please visit http://www.42u.com/webinars/Real-Time-Measurement-Webinar/playback.htm
The MiM Employment report for 2012 presents some interesting statistics for our MiM programme, with the most outstanding being that 95% of our MiM2012 class secured employment within three months of graduation.
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Improving your PUE while consolidating into an existing live data centerSchneider Electric
While there are multiple consolidation options to consider, upgrading an existing data center has a significantly lower capital investment, requires no new real estate acquisition, can be phased to match IT refresh cycles and IT virtualization, and can be done while the data center is live. This session explores these considerations which are particularly important in the Federal space as well as a high density POD overlay discussion and approaches to reducing PUE.
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. It is possible to dramatically reduce the electrical consumption of typical data centers through appropriate design of the data center physical infrastructure and through the design of the IT architecture. This paper explains how to quantify the electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.
CDM in Reduction in Transmission and Distribution LossesKrishan Kapil
In India, average T & D (Transmission & Distribution) losses; have been officially indicated as
26 percent of the electricity generated. There is immense potential to improve the supply side
energy efficiency by minimizing the transmission and distribution loss at its distribution network.
This paper focuses mainly on carbon credit generation potential of T&D loss reduction projects
in India.
Data Center Energy Efficiency Best Practices – Insights Into The ROI On Best Practices
Electricity expense has become an increasingly important factor of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. Energy consumption of typical data centers can be substantially reduced through design of the physical infrastructure and IT architecture.
To view the recorded webinar presentation, please visit http://www.42u.com/energy-efficiency-webinar.htm
Microgrid & renewable integration at burbank water & powerSchneider Electric
This presentation reviews Schneider Electric's collaboration avec Burbank Water and Power, a cutting-edge utility company in Burbank, California, to achieve challenging renewable energy requirements and provide reliable, safe, and affordable power to its customers using advanced technology solutions.
To prepare for increased renewable energy requirements, Burbank Water and Power sought a system to manage load, distributed energy resources, distributed storage systems, generation, and variable renewables in order to balance supply and demand and avoid undesirable voltage, power flow, and power quality problems. Burbank’s Integrated Automated Dispatch System (ADS) includes Schneider Electric’s advanced Power Control System (PCS) - for automatic generator control, load forecasting, and renewable forecasting - integrated with Schneider Electric’s OASyS SCADA and WeatherSentry system. The Integrated ADS will allow Burbank to co-optimize scheduling and dispatch of conventional supply resources, distributed generation, and demand-side resources, enable better control of inadvertent interchanges, and reduce reliance on external generation. Through the Integrated ADS, Burbank’s system operators will be able to manage the available system resources to optimize system reliability while achieving the most economic and sustainable energy supply portfolio.
Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Optimized Power, Cooling, and Management ...Schneider Electric
IT virtualization, the engine behind cloud computing, can have significant consequences on the data center physical infrastructure (DCPI). Higher power densities that often result can challenge the cooling capabilities of an existing system. Reduced overall energy consumption that typically results from physical server consolidation may actually worsen the data center’s power usage effectiveness (PUE). Dynamic loads that vary in time and location may heighten the risk of downtime if rack-level power and cooling health are not understood and considered. Finally, the fault-tolerant nature of a highly virtualized environment could raise questions about the level of redundancy required in the physical infrastructure. These particular effects of virtualization are discussed and possible solutions or methods for dealing with them are offered.
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Enclosure Strategies for Efficiency – Data Center Efficiency Best-Practice Starts with Your Racks
Historically, Data Center managers didn't invest much thought in their deployment of server racks beyond basic functionality, air flow, and the initial cost of the rack itself. Today, the widespread deployment of high-density configurations is causing major hot spot concerns and capacity issues. These factors, along with the high cost of power, require a sound understanding of how your server rack deployment plan relates to your overall efficiency strategy.
To view the recorded webinar presentation, please visit http://www.42u.com/enclosure-strategies-webinar.htm
On June 24th I presented to the Dependable Systems Engineering group here in the School of Computer Science, St Andrews. The group meets once a month for a presentation from one of its members over lunch. The presenter talks about their current research, providing a good opportunity to keep up to date with other work within the group.On June 24th I presented to the Dependable Systems Engineering group here in the School of Computer Science, St Andrews. The group meets once a month for a presentation from one of its members over lunch. The presenter talks about their current research, providing a good opportunity to keep up to date with other work within the group.
Benchmark the Relative Performance of Your Data CenterAFCOM
The following presentation was given during the 2012 Data Center World conference in Las Vegas, NV by Jay Taylor at Schneider Electric. Learn more about Data Center World at www.datacenterworld.com.
Real-time monitoring provides unprecedented visibility into power and cooling infrastructure. Through the technology, data center professionals can baseline energy use, diagnose inefficiencies, and take corrective actions to improve performance and cut costs.
To view the recorded webinar, which includes a demonstration of a Real-Time Monitoring solution, please visit http://www.42u.com/webinars/Real-Time-Measurement-Webinar/playback.htm
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While striving for a PUE of less than 1.00 undoubtedly gets us into the realm of physics-defying fantasy, that does not however mean there is no value in recycling the heat energy produced by our ICT equipment. After all, we have already recognized the great value in actually increasing PUE by dramatically reducing the divisor of our PUE equation through virtualization, turning off comatose servers, migrating from Windows to Linux, etc.
The PUE rock showing above the water level may be bigger, but the sea level itself is lower (hence, the ongoing discussion for new and improved metrics). Such is the case with looking for ways to perform useful work with the thermal energy produced by ICT equipment. While we may not give ourselves a bragging-rights PUE decimal fraction, perhaps we can improve our organization's bottom line and contribute positively to the planet's health. This session will explore five strategies for re-using data center heat energy while discussing their impacts on PUE, the bottom line, and the environment.
Key takeaways:
- Learn about the different strategies that are available to re-use (recycle) heat energy produced by ICT equipment.
- Understand the relationship between recycling data center heat energy and resultant impacts on PUE.
- Learn about the benefits of recycling data center heat energy for your organization's bottom line and the environment.
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Summary
Background
Information Technology Systems
Environmental Conditions
Air Management
Cooling Systems
Electrical Systems
Other Opportunities for Energy Efficient Design
Data Center Metrics & Benchmarking
• Janet Cloud Services frameworks
• Knowing IT costs to make informed decisions
• The outputs you will receive
• Benchmarking with peers
• How Janet works with you
• Our charges
• Modelling costs of cloud vs in-house
• Questions & discussion
• Electricity Incentivisation Scheme (EIS) at the University of Cambridge
• Design of Engineering’s Data Centre cooling system
• Energy use from 2010 onwards
• Next steps
What does central IT really cost? An attempt to find out! - Heidi Fraser-Krau...JISC's Green ICT Programme
• To understand where money is spent.
• To be able to compare our costs with those of other providers- cloud.....
• To be able to price services that we offer to others.
• Curiosity!
• To have evidence to argue for more resource.
• To understand central vs. local provision costs.
The Welsh Video Network: Supporting Video Conferencing in Welsh Education: Us...JISC's Green ICT Programme
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The Welsh Video Network: Supporting Video Conferencing in Welsh Education: Us...
Ppt4 exp birmingham - steve bowes phipps ( university of hertfordshire ) - eu code of conduct experiences
1. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Steve Bowes-Phipps, Data Centre
Manager, University of Hertfordshire
http://rare-idc.herts.ac.uk
2. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Reduction and Re-use of Energy in Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Data Centre Leaders Award Winner 2010
“Innovation in a Micro-Data Centre”
2011 Uptime Institute Green Enterprise IT AwardTM Winner
“Innovation in a Smaller Data Centre <1000 sq ft”
2010 Met with “Participant” status demonstrating compliance with the EU
Code of Conduct for Data Centres
Winner of Green Gown Awards 2011
3. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Overview
• Background
• Approach
• Constraints and Design
• Results
• Successful Outcomes
• Learning
• Q&A
4. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Background to the RARE-IDC project
• Refurbishment of one of two main 75m2 Data Centres for the University
• Funding had already been allocated in order to overcome several legacy risks
• We share many issues with other Public Sector institutions
• Sector leader in environmental management – consistently ranked in the
top ten of the People and Planet Green League
• Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) funding brought new constraints and new
objectives:
• “An exemplar of a Green Data Centre for the HE/FE Sector”
• “A model for other institutions to follow and learn from”
• “Meet the business need with capacity, resilience and economy for at least ten years”
5. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Background to the RARE-IDC project
• What were the benefits?
• National and international prestige and enhancing this University’s reputation for
pioneering development.
• Lower energy bills – not just in the Data Centre itself
• Applying the techniques and technologies to other facilities across campus
• Increased green skills within UH
• Knowledge sharing with other institutions working on similar or mutually beneficial
schemes
6. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Approach
• Mitigated the risks with the existing facility by moving into a temporary room
• Bolstered our skills in best practices, cutting-edge sustainable technologies and thought
leadership on reducing the carbon impact of Data Centres
• Opted for a tender process that included “Design and Build”.
• Design & Build Contract
– “Open process”
– Large No. Of responses, difficult to compare
– I.T.T. must reflect the exact deliverables
– Must be able to challenge the responses
– Supplier has ownership of design
– Fixed cost
• Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) help to reduce No. of appropriate responses
• The Invitation to Tender (I.T.T)
– Included Best Practices (EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres)
– British & International Standards (TIA942)
7. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Constraints
• Pillars
• Riser
• Capacity
• Contamination from work areas
• Overhead bulkhead
• Lack of under floor capacity
(only 250mm)
• Legacy incorrect (and
dangerous) power cabling
• Limited plant space
• Restricted external build space
• “Meet-Me” point for all network
cabling
• No external walls
8. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
New Data Centre Design
9. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Results
Energy Consumed Per
Hour Before: After:
Total IT Load 120kW 120kW
Total Facility Load 264kW 146kW
Electricity used per Year 2,312,640KWh 1,282,464kWh
Annual Carbon Footprint 1,394 Tons 773 Tons
Reduction in CO2 Emissions Equivalent to
1 Year 621 Tons 117 Fewer Cars
5 Years 3,106 Tons 586 Fewer Cars
10 Years 6,212 Tons 1,172 Fewer Cars
10. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Breakdown of Original Energy Requirements
• PUE Approximated at 2.2
Before Data Centre Energy Usage
• IT Load at 45%
IT Load
Cooling System • Cooling System taking up 42% of total
45%
42%
Power
Electrical
• Electrical usage significant at 13%
13%
11. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Breakdown of UH Data Centre Energy Requirements
• PUE Now down to 1.19L2,MD – 1.33L2,MD
After Data Centre Energy Usage
Target = 1.22
Actual = 1.26L2,MD
IT Load
80%
• IT Load increased from 45% to 80%
Cooling System
19%
• Cooling usage decreased
from 42% to 19%
Electrical
1%
• Electrical usage decreased
from 13% to 1%
(UPS losses and lighting, etc.)
12. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Successful Outcomes
• Capability of project to act as an exemplar to the wider market in relation to the issues of
the smaller centre
The first University in Europe to achieve compliance against the EU Code of Conduct for Data
Centres
Our pathfinder project enables others to follow our success and apply the lessons we’ve
learned along the way
Refurbishment not new Build
Re-use of some Equipment
“Free Air” Cooling for 86% of the year (based on local weather conditions)
Increase in capacity of 69% & a 55% reduction in the carbon footprint of the Data Centre
Operational cost savings of £186,000 per annum (inc Carbon cost £12/Tonne CO2)
Using a contained Hot Aisle configuration, waste heat is recycled into the building’s hot water
supply
Working with JISC to further EC-wide knowledge-sharing through the e-infranet project
13. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Learning
• Size doesn’t matter!
– Treat the project the same as any other
– Learn from others
– EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres (http://bit.ly/h4FA7)
• Realising that not all DC providers are the same
– Involve your provider as partner
– Don’t be afraid to challenge
• Cultural changes that breed success
– Work closely with Estates
– Embedding sustainable processes and technology
– To maintain compliance, continually improve
• Dissemination of outcomes
– Blog http://rare-idc.blogs.herts.ac.uk/
14. Reduction And Re-use of Energy in
Institutional Data Centres (RARE-IDC)
Thank You
Any Questions?