Green Efficiency Audits

With Data Center energy costs skyrocketing and often claiming up to 70 percent of the budget a Green Efficiency Audit is more than just a politically correct statement. Often it provides the roadmap to department success and survivability by freeing up much needed funds. Extropy experts have the tribal knowledge to help you identify waste and achieve more efficient use of energy.

 

Lack of energy efficiency could come from over cooling the data center, to inefficient rack layouts, to underutilized servers drawing more power than necessary. Understanding the energy utilization rates for your Data Center ecosystem is the first step in being able to tackle these problems. An Energy Efficiency Audit will provide you with the data you need to manage and reduce energy consumption, assess expansion capabilities, identify consolidation opportunities, analyze virtualization benefits, and enable internal Green IT initiatives.

 

Extropy Data Center Efficiency Audits are designed to empower our customers to identify ways to reduce energy consumption and operating expenses. Our experts will survey your datacenter and build an energy profile by measuring and recording power and cooling usage, assessing overall efficiency, assessing risk of power grid contention in your area, reviewing redundancy capabilities, and estimating your energy cost increases based on predicted growth and the rising cost for energy.

 

SOLUTION ELEMENTS

Our solutions vary based on your needs, but common elements of these solutions and their deliverables are:

 

Data Center Facilities Energy Assessment

Power and cooling systems can be a major source of inefficiency. Over cooling a data center, improper hot and cold isles layout, and loss of energy due to multiple AC/DC power conversions are some of the main culprits. To identify areas of improvement, Extropy will assess the energy usage and efficiency of Power - UPS, Generator’s, PDU’s, Lighting, etc; HVAC – CRACs; control and monitoring; Hot/Cold Isle layout; Building Management Systems

     Deliverables:

  • Five to Thirty-Day Energy Trend Analysis with real time monitoring and bench marking

  • Visual Data Center™ (VDC) map of your data center

  • Energy profile of your Data Center including PUE and DCiE Ratings

  • Mapping of thermal and humidity

  • H/C isle layout and effectiveness

  • Equipment inventory including device type, serial number, rack layouts, and estimated power usage

  • Gap analysis and recommendations for improvement


 

 

IT Systems Energy Assessment

The devices your data center has been built to house are potential sources of inefficient energy consumption. Old servers and power supplies, inefficient networking equipment, and poor equipment cooling architectures can be skyrocketing your energy needs and costs. We will assess the energy usage and efficiency of Servers and Storage; Network Devices; IT Support Systems – Printers, PC’s/Workstations, KVM’s; Telecommunications – PBX’s, IVR’s, Messaging

     Deliverables:

  • CPU/Storage/Bandwidth analysis

  • Energy consumption and efficiency report on system elements

  • Gap analysis and recommendations for improvement


 

 

 

Partner with the thought leaders at Extropy on your green initiatives and the journey will provide a roadmap to efficient energy use and cost savings.