1
Scope
2
References
3
Definitions
3.1
Term defined elsewhere
3.2
Terms defined in this Recommendation
4
Abbreviations and acronyms
5
Introduction to best practices for green data centres
5.1
Role of best practices
5.2
Value of practices
6
Planning, utilization, and management of data centres
6.1
Involvement of organizational groups
6.2
General policies
6.3
Resilience level and provisioning
7
ICT equipment and services
7.1
Selection of new ICT equipment
7.2
Selection of new telecom equipment
7.3
Deployment of new ICT services
7.4
Deployment of new telecom services
7.5
Management of existing ICT equipment and services
7.6
Data management
8
Cooling
8.1
Airflow design and management
8.2
Cooling management
8.3
Temperature and humidity settings
8.4
Computer room air conditioners
8.5
Re-use of data centre waste heat
9
Data centre power equipment
9.1
Selection and deployment of power equipment
9.2
Management of power equipment
10
Other data centre equipment
10.1
General practices
11
Data centre building
11.1
Building physical layout
11.2
Building geographic location
12
Monitoring
12.1
Energy use and environmental measurement
12.2
Energy use and environmental collection and logging
12.3
Energy use and environmental reporting
12.4
ICT reporting
13
Design of network
Annex A – Possible methodology for cooling data centres by using
renewable energy in cold regions
A.1
Data centres in cold regions
A.2 General
matters relating to data centre cooling
A.3 Outdoor
air cooling
A.4
Snow and ice cooling
A.5
Method of cooling data centres in cold regions
Annex B – Possible methodology for cooling data centres with high
density ICT devices
B.1
Outline of air conditioning methods
B.2
Selection of cooling systems suited to data centre specifications
Annex C – Practical solutions for correcting airflow direction for
equipment
C.1
Requirements for correcting airflow direction for equipment
Annex D – Minimum data set for controlling data centre equipment for
energy saving management in data centres
Appendix I – Validation test of a data centre cooling method using
renewable energy in a cold region
I.1 Background
and purpose of the test
I.2
Overview of the test
I.3
Test results
I.4
Prediction of annual energy consumption
I.5
Conclusion
Appendix II – Potential for primary energy savings in TLC/ICT centres
through free cooling
II.1
Introduction
II.2
Probabilistic model for the inlet conditions
II.3
Room temperature
II.4
Energy analysis
Appendix III – Verification test and feasibility study of energy and
space efficient cooling systems for data centres with high density ICT devices
III.1
Introduction
III.2
Outline of verification and testing
III.3 Verification
testing and results
III.4 Trial
calculations of energy conservation benefits in application to a full-scale
data centre
Appendix IV – Experimental studies on plates and ducts installed at
equipment inlets and outlets
Page
IV.1
Problem description of practical solutions for correcting airflow
direction for equipment
IV.2
Examples of practical solutions
IV.3
Experimental result
Appendix V – Rationale for minimum data set for evaluating energy
efficiency and for controlling data centre equipment in view of power
saving
V.1
Introduction
V.2
Definitions
V.3
Data set necessary for evaluation of energy efficiency in data centres
V.4
Data set necessary for coordinated control to save power in data centres
V.5
Summary of minimum data set and gap analysis with other standardization
works
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