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in operation for many years. The group publishes a set of documents and
manuals that provide data centers with cooling strategies that optimize
cooling delivery, data center temperature, and humidity profiles, and
maximize the cooling delivered per unit of energy applied. Please see
http://www.ashrae.org/ for additional information on ASHRAE.
The Uptime Institute consortium of data center operators focuses on
tools and strategies to maintain the serviceability and reliability of data
centers. The Institute sets various data center performance levels
through the tier system, which dictates equipment redundancy and data
center environment criteria to maintain a specified level of system avail-
ability. Uptime has been adding energy optimization, as well as other
critical criteria for data center operation and reliability, which needs to
be factored in when considering data center reliability and availability.
Please see http://uptimeinstitute.org/ for additional information on the
Uptime Institute.
Another group involved in data center and energy-efficiency activities
is the Association for Computer Operations Management (AFCOM),
which provides education and resources for data center managers. It
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devotes a portion of its efforts to assisting data center managers to iden-
tify energy-efficiency activities. Please see http://www.afcom.com/ for
additional information on AFCOM.
Many other groups are associated with energy-efficiency activities.
One active group is the Alliance to Save Energy (ASE). The ASE mis-
sion: “The Alliance to Save Energy promotes energy efficiency world-
wide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment, and greater
energy security. Energy efficiency is the quickest, cheapest, cleanest way
to extend our world’s energy supplies.” See http://www.ase.org/ for addi-
tional information on ASE. In addition to the groups discussed previ-
ously in this section, ASE collaborates with the following organizations:

■ ITherm: An international conference for scientific and engineering
exploration of thermal, thermo mechanical, and emerging technology
issues associated with electronic devices, packages, and systems
(www.itherm.com).
■ Efficient Power Supplies: A Web site created by EPRI Solutions, Inc.,
and Ecos Consulting to encourage a global discussion of energy-efficient
power supplies (www.efficientpowersupplies.org).