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James Cerwinski
August 13, 2009
AFCOM’s Data Center World is scheduled for October 4-7, 2009 in Orlando Florida.
The “Early Bird Rate Cut-Off Date” is tomorrow August 14, 2009.
I have found the educational programs to be well worth the investment.
Hope to see you there.
James Cerwinski
James Cerwinski
August 10, 2009
Power IQ Data Center Energy Management System Release 1.4 is GA.
Power IQ 1.4 contains the following improvements over 1.3.1:
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James Cerwinski
James Cerwinski
August 4, 2009
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) offers a Data Center Energy Efficiency performance based incentive to offset the cost of projects that improve energy efficiency in Data Centers.
The Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) has approved funding of 93 million dollars for the period of 2009 - 2011. Their objective is to reduce the state’s consumption by 15% by 2015.
The incentive per kWh saved is $0.16/kWh for Con Edison customers and $0.12/kWh for upstate customers. Applicants are eligible for up to $5,000,000 per facility, not to exceed 50% of project cost.
Key project requirements are:
Get started by submitting an application:
https://www.nyserda.org/programs/Existing_Facilities/industrial.html">Data Center Energy Incentive Application
My understanding is that applications can be processed within a week followed by the following five steps:
Let me know if you have success with this program.
James Cerwinski
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James Cerwinski
July 31, 2009
Data Center Efficiency Solutions Consultant - Henry Hsu - Presented an insightful take on the utility and the limitations of Power Usage Effectiveness (“PUE”) as a data center efficiency metric. His thought leadership presentation covers:
I suggest you view it to at least find out how HenryandhisCat.com achieved a prefect PUE of 1.0. Do you know the PUE of your lab or data center? if so what is it?
PUE Reconsidered - AFCOM (MI), July 2009
James Cerwinski
James Cerwinski
July 17, 2009
Xcel Energy is a leading electric company with regulated operations in 8 Western and Midwestern states including - Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.
They have created an energy resource library with information on how commercial companies can reduce energy consumption. One section of this library specifically covers the topic of Managing Energy Costs in Data Centers (formerly found here: This section provides an overview of Data Center Energy Consumption, quick fixes to reduce energy consumption and longer-term solutions. I reached out to them to find out if the offer special rebates or incentives to data centers and labs. Do you know of any such programs? James Cerwinski