Best Energy-Saving Options for Small and Medium Data Centers
William Dunckel, P.E., Pacific Gas and Electric Company
The combination of aisle isolation, economizers, proper setpoints, and variable air volume can reduce HVAC costs dramatically and cheaply in mild climate areas like California. Learn how these measures work together synergistically and how to make sure they do so at your data center. Learn how to estimate how much HVAC energy you are wasting and how to improve in both existing and future data centers.
The focus of this presentation will be on smaller data centers that are traditionally "air cooled," but the concepts are applicable to "water cooled" data centers as well.
William Dunckel is the energy solutions manager for high-tech and biotech market segments at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). Mr. Dunckel's team is dedicated to self generation, demand response, and energy efficiency in high-tech facilities with a focus on laboratories, clean rooms, and data centers. This team has brought PG&E world-wide recognition as the leading utility company in high-tech energy efficiency. Having grown up in California's Silicon Valley, Mr. Dunckel has gathered experience in electronics manufacturing, robotics design, and information technology, in addition to facilities design and construction management. He holds degrees in mathematics from Cal Berkeley and industrial and systems engineering from San Jose State University. Mr. Dunckel is a licensed professional engineer in California and is currently the energy committee chairman of the Critical Facilities Roundtable, a consortium of data center and critical facilities owners and operators in the San Francisco Bay area.