Top design trends in data centers: sustainability
An increasingly data-driven society demands advanced, high-performance data center facilities. Read on to learn the biggest sustainability and energy efficiency challenges, emerging technologies and upcoming trends affecting data centers.
Top design trends in data centers: codes and standards
An increasingly data-driven society demands advanced, high-performance data center facilities. Read on to learn the biggest codes and standards challenges, emerging technologies and upcoming trends affecting data centers.
Researchers develop architecture to reduce data center energy and space constraints
MIT researchers have developer a flash-storage system designed to cut the energy and physical space required to store and manage data in data centers by half.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer Articles, March 15-21
Mistakes to avoid with USP 797 and USP 800, AHUs in HVAC design, optimized heating with low-grade waste-heat recovery, data center AHU and conditioning design, and strategies to deal with turbulent times in the engineering industry were Consulting-Specifying Engineer's five most clicked articles from last week, March 15-21. Were you out last week? You can catch up here.
Designing data center air handling and conditioning systems
Strategies for implementing new air handling systems, including specific performance criteria, energy use targets, climate and heat recovery are among the many topics to be addressed during the conceptual engineering and design process.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer Articles, March 8-14
AHU component makeup, combined heat and power systems, female engineers as leaders, the 2019 HVAC & Building Automation Systems Study, and developing hyperscale data centers were Consulting-Specifying Engineer's five most clicked articles from last week, March 8-14. Were you out last week? You can catch up here.
Developing hyperscale data centers
When designing hyper scale data centers, consider elements of design, construction and commissioning.
Optimized heating with low-grade waste-heat recovery
Hydronic heating systems remain an energy-efficient and effective means to distribute low-grade waste heat throughout a high-performance building.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer Articles, January 11-17
Designing safe laboratories and research facilities; designing power systems for co-location data centers; how to design fire alarm notification systems; tips for transformer design in industrial buildings; and emergency, standby, and backup generators questions answered were Consulting-Specifying Engineer's five most clicked articles from last week, Jan. 11-17. Were you out last week? You can catch up here.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer Articles, December 21-27
Salary survey results, requirements for fire pump retrofits, data center co-location electrical system design, critical factors when designing fire suppression systems, and curbing VFD harmonics in HVAC applications questions answered were Consulting-Specifying Engineer's five most clicked articles from last week, Dec. 21-27. Were you out last week? You can catch up here.