Best Practices for Datacom Facility Energy Efficiency

Sustainable design, global warming, depleting fuel reserves, energy use, and operating cost are becoming increasingly more important. These issues are even more important in Datacom equipment centers for reasons such as: • Large, concentrated use of energy (can be 100 times the watts per square foot of an office building) • 24/7 operations have about three times the annual operating hours as other commercial properties The intent of this publication is to provide the reader with detailed information on the design of Datacom facilities that will aid in minimizing the life-cycle cost to the client and to maximize energy efficiency in a facility to align with ASHRAE’s stated direction to lead the advancement of sustainable building design and operations.