Articles
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1) It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity
William Kosik, PE, CEM, LEED AP
Engineered Systems, April 2008
This article discusses how humidity control in data centers and other critical facilities
is one of the more misunderstood aspects of the HVAC design for these buildings.
2) Seeing the Big Picture in the Greening of IT
William Kosik, PE, CEM, LEED AP
Zero Downtime, January/February 2008
This article discusses how data centers require a delicate balance of energy use, temperature,
and humidity and how adding fresh air may balance this equation.
3) Efficiency Plus Reliability
Christopher Kurkjian, PE
ASHRAE Journal, December 2007
This article reviews the major actions taken to reduce energy consumption
in a recently constructed enterprise data center in the Northeast.
4) Article 708: Critical Operations Power Systems
Robert Arno
Electrical Design, Construction & Maintenance, November 2007
This article discusses how the new Article 708, which is part of an effort by NFPA
to meet the government's need for improved power security standards, affects the reader.
5) Going Green in Data Centers
William Kosik, PE, CEM, LEED AP
Consulting Specifying Engineer, October 2007
This article discusses how organizations should work together to coordinate
an all-encompassing effort that will address data center energy efficiency,
so important ideas are not overlooked.
6) Optimizing Power Usage Effectiveness in Data Centers
William Kosik, PE, CEM, LEED AP
Engineered Systems, September 2007
This article discusses PUE, its value, and how it ties into the EPA’s “
Report
to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency” released
on August 2, 2007.
7) Assuring Operational Continuity in C4ISR Facilities
Peter Gross, PE, Kfir Godrich, Colin Coyle and Robert Arno
Zero Downtime, August 2007
This article discusses how the equipment, configurations, layouts and redundancies
are critical to ensuring the C4ISR facility can fulfill its mission.
8) Serving Up Efficiency
William Kosik, PE, CEM, LEED AP
Building Operating Management, August 2007
This article discusses how trends in IT operations and advance facility
design strategies offer opportunities to control data center energy costs.
9) New World Data Center Environment
Kfir Godrich and Larry Hinman
Zero Downtime, April/May 2007
This article discusses how today’s data centers are shifting into a “New
World” paradigm in which high-density technology deployments cannot be exclusively
focused around hardware/application deployments, but must be engineered
to take into consideration all elements of business, technology, and facilities
in order to integrate the entire process and operations as a cohesive unit.