(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The US Department of Energy announced on Tuesday it is developing through its Save Energy Now program several training certificate programs for data center end users that will focus on improving data center energy efficiency.
The department has announced one of the first classes, which will be scheduled for October 21 in Atlanta at Georgia Tech’s Global Learning and Conference Center.
The Save Energy Now program is designed to reduce energy use in US data centers 10 percent by 2011. The program works to build on a similar, successful program in the manufacturing sector.
In order to reach this goal, Save Energy Now is actively targeting energy savings potential in the main data center areas of power conversion & distribution, server load, computing operations, cooling equipment and alternative power generation.
The one day class will focus on energy efficiency for data center cooling equipment, where they will receive the latest information and opportunities to save costs and become energy efficient.
The one day course will be hosted by DCJ Education (www.dcjeducation.com), a sister company of the Data Center Journal (www.datacenterjournal.com).
The course is included with DCJ Education’s two training programs, Data Center Infrastructure Awareness and Data Center Infrastructure Specialist, which will be both be offered during the week of October 19 to 23.
Those attendees who register for the week long DCJ Education program will receive the DOE training for free.
Registrations are now being accepted on the DCJ Education website.
The registration fee for DOE one day training event is $200 which includes a continental breakfast, lunch, book and other materials.
This is one of a few government-led initiatives in place to promote higher energy efficiency in data centers.
Governmental watchdog agency, the US Environmental Protection Agency, launched in May the Energy Star for Enterprise Servers certification.
The initiative strives to improve data center energy efficiency through new certification which sets the qualifications for servers as being considered energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.
