@techreport{55478, keywords = {Energy, Efficiency, Closets, Fact Sheet, Server Rooms}, author = {H.Y Iris Cheung and Roozbeh Mahdavi and Steve E Greenberg and Richard E Brown and William F Tschudi and Pierre Delforge and Joyce Dickerson}, title = {Fact Sheet: Improving Energy Efficiency for Server Rooms and Closets}, abstract = {

Is there a ghost in your IT closet? If your building has one or more IT rooms or closets containing between 5 and 50 servers, chances are that they account for a significant share of the building{\textquoteright}s energy use (in some cases, over half!). Servers, data storage arrays, networking equipment, and the cooling and power conditioning that support them tend to draw large amounts of energy 24/7, in many cases using more energy annually than traditional building loads such as HVAC and lighting.

The good news is that there are many cost-effective actions, ranging from simple to advanced, that can dramatically reduce that energy use, helping you to save money and reduce pollution.

}, year = {2012}, month = {09/2012}, }