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The Green Grid 2009
WP#17 - Proxy Proposals for Measuring Data Center Productivity (Obsolete)
Use as historical reference only.
- Later validated in WP#59.
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The Green Grid 2007
WP#2 - Guidelines for Energy Efficient Data Centers
Use as seed content for the tool's efficiency-measure checklist, linking each measure to the subsystem it affects.
- Dated 23 February 2007; one of The Green Grid's first papers.
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The Green Grid 2009
WP#21 - Fundamentals of Data Center Power and Cooling Efficiency Zones
In the energy model, present a Sankey or loss breakdown by zone (utility/MV, UPS, PDU, cooling plant, room air).
- Related standard: ISO/IEC 30134-2.
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The Green Grid 2009
WP#22 - Usage and Public Reporting Guidelines for The Green Grid's Infrastructure Metrics (PUE/DCiE)
In the reports module, attach the measurement nomenclature (measurement category and level, period, design or measured) whenever a PUE figure is exported.
- Related standards: ISO/IEC 30134-2, EN 50600-4-2.
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The Green Grid 2009
WP#23 - Proper Sizing of IT Power and Cooling Loads
In rack and IT load entry, let users enter measured or vendor-calculator power instead of nameplate.
- Dated 27 July 2009, with ten authors from APC, Emerson, Chatsworth, Sun, Dell, Intel, IBM and HP.
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The Green Grid 2011
WP#30 - Qualitative Analysis of Cooling Architectures
In a cooling option matrix, present architectures (room CRAH, in-row, rear-door, chilled-water versus DX, economised) with qualitative pros and cons.
- The paper is dated 1 March 2011; the editor is Bob Blough (Emerson).
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The Green Grid 2010
WP#31 - Issues Relating to the Adoption of Higher Voltage Direct Current Power in the Data Center
If the tool offers 380 V DC topologies, flag them as requiring DC-rated protection devices and connectors.
- Related documents: ETSI EN 300 132-3 and IEC 60364.
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The Green Grid 2010
WP#34 - The Green Grid Data Center Compute Efficiency Metric: DCcE
In an optional IT efficiency panel, allow users to enter server utilisation data.
- Dated 20 December 2010; editor Mark Blackburn (1E).
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The Green Grid 2007
WP#4 - Qualitative Analysis of Power Distribution Configurations for Data Centers
In the electrical topology library, tag topology templates (480/208 V AC, 415/240 V AC, DC options) with qualitative pros and cons.
- Dated 23 October 2007 and authored by the TGG Power Task Force.
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The Green Grid 2011
WP#41 - Survey Results: Data Center Economizer Use
Offer air-side and water-side economizer modes by default in the cooling wizard.
- The paper is dated 10 October 2011.
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The Green Grid 2011
WP#42 - Deploying and Using Containerized Modular Data Center Facilities
Support prefabricated module objects (power skids, container halls) as catalogue items with fixed capacity, footprint and interfaces.
- Dated 15 November 2011; editors Christopher Kelley (Cisco) and Jud Cooley (Oracle).
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The Green Grid 2012
WP#45 - Data Center Life Cycle Assessment Guidelines
In the embodied-carbon module, define explicit LCA boundaries (modules A-C per EN 15978) and life-cycle stages for the facility and IT.
- Related standards: EN 15978 and ISO 14040/14044.
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The Green Grid 2012
WP#46 - Updated Air-Side Free Cooling Maps: The Impact of ASHRAE 2011 Allowable Ranges
In the site/cooling module, compute free-cooling hours from hourly weather against the selected ASHRAE class envelope rather than relying on maps.
- Original maps (2009) used ASHRAE 2008 recommended temperature/humidity ranges.
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The Green Grid 2012
WP#48 - Evaluation of Eco Mode in Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems
In the UPS module, model double-conversion and Eco/ESS modes with separate efficiency curves.
- Related standard: IEC 62040-3.
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The Green Grid 2012
WP#50 - Data Center Efficiency and IT Equipment Reliability at Wider Operating Temperature and Humidity Ranges
When users raise supply air above the ASHRAE recommended range, show both the cooling-energy saving and a reliability note (ASHRAE x-factor) instead of a hard error.
- Dated 23 October 2012; editor Steve Strutt (IBM).
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The Green Grid 2012
WP#51 - Power Equipment and Data Center Design
In phased-build planning, support staged UPS and generator modules with efficiency at each load step.
- The guide is dated 15 November 2012; editors are David Loucks (Eaton) and Stephen McCluer (Schneider).
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The Green Grid 2013
WP#53 - Electronics Disposal Efficiency (EDE): An IT Recycling Metric for Enterprises and Data Centers
In operations and sustainability, add an EDE field to the IT refresh plan: the share of retired equipment going to responsible reuse or recycling.
- The paper is dated 5 March 2013; the editor is Eric Brown.
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The Green Grid 2013
WP#55 - Data Center Power System Harmonics
Compare THDi and THDv against IEEE 519 limits at the PCC rather than demanding near-zero values.
- White paper dated 15 October 2013.
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The Green Grid 2014
WP#59 - Productivity Proxies Validation Study
When adding ITEEsv/ITEUsv (ISO/IEC 30134-4/-5) inputs, reference this study as background.
- Related standards: ISO/IEC 30134-4 and 30134-5.
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The Green Grid 2008
WP#6 - The Green Grid Data Center Power Efficiency Metrics: PUE and DCiE
In the metrics panel, compute PUE = total facility energy / IT energy and optionally show DCiE = 100/PUE for legacy reports.
- Dated 30 December 2008 in the TGG library.
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The Green Grid 2014
WP#61 - Space Usage Effectiveness (SpUE)
In the layout module, report space metrics (IT kW per m2 of white space, racks per m2, white-space ratio) next to PUE/WUE as a SpUE-style indicator.
- Dated 5 December 2014; editor David Wang (Teradata), China-team contributors.
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The Green Grid 2014
WP#62 - Data Center Environmental Impacts
In a sustainability scorecard, group indicators into impact categories.
- Dated 11 December 2014.
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The Green Grid 2015
WP#63 - Free Power Quality
Offer a reduced-conversion topology scenario.
- Dated 13 March 2015.
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The Green Grid 2015
WP#64 - Data Center Segmentation: Workload Archetypes
At project setup, let users tag a facility with a workload archetype (for example HPC/AI, enterprise, cloud, storage).
- Dated 20 May 2015; author Henry M. Wong (Intel).
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