Future Resource Engineering Identifies Over 24 Million kWh of Energy Savings for Data Centers in 2015
Energy efficiency division uncovers more than $2.2 million in cost
savings and $1.4 million in utility incentives in data centers across
the United States
Future
Resource Engineering (FRE), a leader in data
center operational and power optimization, announced today that it
has identified more than 24 million kWh in energy savings which could
result in $2.2 million cost savings for its data center clients this
year. Additionally, the company identified more than $1.4 million in
available utility incentives that these data centers can use to offset
the cost of retrofitting while enjoying a faster return on investment
(ROI).
Theses significant findings were identified as part of Future Resource
Engineering’s three phase Data
Center Optimization Process, which combines a Facility
Evaluation to highlight energy and operational inefficiencies,
validated Efficiency Reporting that outlines applicable utility
rebates, and the Implementation of energy efficiency
recommendations by the company’s seasoned engineers. This unique
approach has been developed so that data center managers can realize
immediate savings to operational costs with no data center downtime and
minimal impact on the staff.
To calculate these figures, Future Resource Engineering evaluated forty
data centers across the United States which spanned a variety of
industries, including: colocation, healthcare, higher education,
government and telecommunications. The computer rooms varied from 5,000
ft2 to 95,000 ft2, illustrating that energy and
operational efficiency are highly sought after goals of data centers,
regardless of size. The unifying factor across all sites were the best
practices that data center owners and operators should be employing to
reduce their energy usage, for example:
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Ensuring that all cooling resources are controlled in real-time to
provide maximum efficiency, while ensuring environment conditions
remain safe for IT equipment
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Monitoring cold aisles via sensors located in the data center to
record temperatures and establish trends as to how cold supply air and
hot return air is mixing
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Understanding the data center’s external environment so that
economization methods can be employed to lower energy consumption
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Evaluating current and future IT load demands to determine if UPS
equipment is right-sized and running efficiently
“I am quite pleased that our team of efficiency engineers could identify
such a tremendous amount of power and cost savings for our clients in
2015,” said Chris Pullen, President, Future Resource Engineering. “With
data centers projected to consume 140
billion KWh annually by 2020 in the United States, energy
optimization has become a topic that owners and operators can no longer
afford to put off. We look forward to working with even more data
centers in 2016, helping to make a significant impact on their budgets
while increasing their efficiency.”
Earlier this year, Future Resource Engineering released a complimentary
whitepaper that highlights the challenges and steps to creating an
effective and impactful data center energy efficiency plan.
About Future Resource Engineering
A subsidiary of RLE
Technologies, Future
Resource Engineering was launched in 2015 to identify energy and
operational efficiency opportunities for data centers that lead to
tangible savings. Unique in the marketplace, Future Resource Engineering
is one of the few energy efficiency companies that will help clients
implement efficiency plans with minimal financial or operational risk by
utilizing utility rebates and vendor neutral solutions to offset project
costs. By employing a three phase solution that encompasses facility
evaluations, efficiency reporting, and plan implementation, data centers
typically enjoy power savings estimated between 20 and 35% with an
average 24 month ROI.
Additional information on Future Resource Engineering can be found at http://www.futureresource.com/.
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