Executive Order 13693 established aggressive goals for data center energy use. This course offers an in-depth look at energy-saving opportunities with information technology (IT) equipment (such as servers) and discusses consolidation best practices.
It also covers efficiency ratings for different power supplies and the ways software can be managed to keep the optimal load for energy savings, virtualization, consolidation, decommissioning, data storage and legacy workload management, power supply efficiency, and more.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
- Evaluate servers by computations per watt and other efficiency standards
- Identify opportunities for data center consolidation
- Increase software efficiency through virtualization
- Improve data storage management by reducing redundancy
- Enable power management features within IT equipment.
Facility and Fleet Optimized Design
This curriculum offers courses that encompass the cost-effective design, operations, and maintenance of buildings, campuses, and fleet infrastructure. These courses include holistic approaches to facility planning; technology integration; power supply; building systems, design and planning; infrastructure systems, interior and exterior building issues, and more.
Specialty Facilities Design and Operations
Operations and Maintenance
This curriculum offers courses that encompass the operations and maintenance (O&M) of systems and equipment found in facilities. The courses feature resources that can help energy managers gain management support for O&M programs and save energy and money.
Specialty Facilities Design and Operations
Product Efficiency and Technology Integration
This curriculum offers courses that encompass various energy-efficient technology and equipment solutions, including building automation systems, maintenance management systems, optimal building performance strategies, advanced lighting systems, and emerging technologies.