Green Data Center Cooling: Achieving 90% Reduction: Airside Economization and Unique Indirect Evaporative Cooling

Benjamin A. Weerts; David Gallaher; Ron Weaver; Otto Vangeet P. E.

doi:10.1109/green.2012.6200950

Green Data Center Cooling: Achieving 90% Reduction: Airside Economization and Unique Indirect Evaporative Cooling

Benjamin A. Weerts, David Gallaher, Ron Weaver, Otto Vangeet P. E.

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Abstract

The Green Data Center Project was a successful effort to significantly reduce the energy use of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Through a full retrofit of a traditional air conditioning system, the cooling energy required to meet the data center's constant load has been reduced by over 70% for summer months and over 90% for cooler winter months. This significant change is achievable through the use of airside economization and a new indirect evaporative cooling system. One of the goals of this project was to create awareness of simple and effective energy reduction strategies for data centers. This project's geographic location allowed maximizing the positive effects of airside economization and indirect evaporative cooling, but these strategies may also be relevant for many other sites and data centers in the U.S.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/green.2012.6200950 https://doi.org/10.1109/GREEN.2012.6200950
State	Published - 2012
Event	2012 IEEE Green Technologies Conference - Tulsa, OK, United States Duration: 19 Apr 2012 → 20 Apr 2012

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Conference	2012 IEEE Green Technologies Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Tulsa, OK
Period	19/04/12 → 20/04/12

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NREL/CP-7A40-55926

Keywords

airside economizer
data centers, indirect evaporative cooling
energy reduction
energy savings
free-cooling
PUE
sustainable design

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