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Schneider Electric 2026
Add an OT-network section to the design: each monitored device class carries a protocol list and an IEC 62443 certification flag.
U.S. DOE FEMP 2025
For a small data center or server room, write metering, air management and monitoring requirements into the specification from the start, given that energy management in this class tends to be poor.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2014
Borrow the metric set (PUE, intake temperature and humidity, RTI, cooling efficiency, airflow efficiency, distribution efficiency) as the minimum list of measurements a monitoring design must support.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Center of Expertise for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers) / U.S. DOE FEMP 2020
Compare the planned UPS module count and redundancy scheme against the load curve: check the per-unit load at day-one and at full build, and consider modular units or switching off surplus modules.
U.S. DOE Better Buildings / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2017
At a stand-alone site, design meters that record energy (kWh) at the utility entrance and at the UPS output (or at panels serving only IT if there is no UPS); a UPS display that shows only power (kW) is not enough.
Schneider Electric 2011
Default the commissioning budget to about 2% of capex.
Schneider Electric 2011
In the project-workflow feature, provide a RACI template with roles per phase (Prepare/Design/Acquire/Implement/Operate).
Vertiv 2023
Calculation default: DLC flow = 1.5 L/min per kW of liquid-captured heat; to adjust by dT use flow = P/(4.18 x dT) L/s.
Schneider Electric 2011
Have the TCO engine report cost per rack and per kW over a user-selectable life (default 10 years) and split capex from opex.
Schneider Electric 2025
Use the eight challenges as a DLC readiness checklist in the commissioning and design-review module.
U.S. EPA / ENERGY STAR 2014
Design sub-metering for IT energy at the UPS output and feed it into monitoring with monthly records; this is a precondition for the score.
Uptime Institute Journal 2021
Do not display legacy availability percentages such as 99.671/99.741/99.982/99.995 as Tier properties
ASHRAE TC 9.9 2009
If an air-side economiser meets an urban or industrial site, prompt for corrosion coupon monitoring (G1 target) and MERV 11/13 makeup-air filtration.
U.S. General Services Administration (Public Buildings Service) 2020
Set up the commissioning plan at the start of a data center project: review the OPR and basis of design with the CxP and write measurable performance targets.
Schneider Electric 2015
Build a novice criticality wizard (C1-C4) and map defaults to it: fuel autonomy 0/24/72/96 h, utility feeds 1/1/2/2, fire rating 0/0/1/2 h.
Open Compute Project Foundation Year not stated
Write the PG25 or PG55 choice into the fluid specification according to the freeze protection the climate needs, and record that keeping glycol above 25% by volume removes the need for biocide.
Schneider Electric 2026
Add an AI cluster design profile with rack defaults of 750x1,200 mm, 48U, static 2,270 kg and dynamic 1,600 kg.
Schneider Electric 2024
Build an rPDU selector: from rack kW, voltage, phases and redundancy, compute PDU count with an 80% (NA) or 100% (IEC) factor.
Schneider Electric 2010
Add a hot-aisle work-environment check
Schneider Electric 2011
Expose a 'value of a kW' widget: lifetime cost = 8.76 MWh/yr x tariff x PUE x life (default $0.12/kWh, 10 years) plus a capacity-cost term.
Open Compute Project Foundation 2022
Run a probability-and-impact leak risk analysis at project start, specify BSPP/O-ring joints for serviceable connections and check the O-ring compound against the coolant chemistry using the full wetted-materials list.
Schneider Electric 2022
Keep hot-swappable-module and touch-safe fields in the UPS and PDU catalogue
U.S. DOE FEMP 2010
Choose maintenance strategy by equipment criticality: predictive for critical equipment with random failures, preventive for equipment subject to wear, reactive for small non-critical items; build a master equipment list and priority matrix.
ASHRAE TC 9.9 2015
In the zone model, define a thermal class per zone instead of one room setpoint (for example tape room A1/narrow, compute A2/A3).
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