2003 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry

Informal Sessions Description

In 2001, a group of distinguished energy efficiency advocates met in an informal session at the ACEEE conference and enthusiastically endorsed the idea of understanding data center energy use and beginning steps to improve efficiency. Since that time LBNL and others including University of Maryland, Georgia Tech, and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) have engaged the industry and progress has been made. A roadmap has been developed for future public interest energy research for data centers in California. This session will be an open forum to discuss the next steps for tracking data center load, improving data center efficiency, barriers to be overcome, and possible directions for large computing centers.

For more information, contact:

William Tschudi
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
e-mail: wftschudi@lbl.gov

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