Sensor Networks for Optimized Data Center Energy Management and Control

Cliff Federspiel, Federspiel Controls
Bill Tschudi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

This presentation will discuss the use of wireless and wired sensor networks for temperature and humidity control of data centers. It will discuss security and reliability of wireless sensor networks, and interoperability issues with cooling and building automation equipment. The presentation will describe a Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) funded demonstration project involving wireless sensor networks for data center environmental control. Also discussed will be how future energy efficiency standards, such as ENERGYSTAR, will affect data center cooling control and energy management.

Biography:

Dr. Cliff Federspiel is the president of Federspiel Controls, which provides automation, control, and monitoring products and services to data center owners and operators. Previously he was a researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, where he managed projects on the application of wireless sensor networks (motes) to building automation. Prior to UC Berkeley, Dr. Federspiel was a senior member of the technical staff at Johnson Controls. Dr. Federspiel received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineergin from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

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