Certified Data Centre Energy Professional (CDCEP®)
- Course Code CDCEP
- Duration 7 days
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Public Classroom
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Course Overview
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Become an expert in data centre energy management.
Learn how to create an energy efficiency plan for your data centre. Includes creation, implementation, analysis and formulating recommendations with the ultimate objective of reducing energy use and carbon emissions.
Combined with ever-rising wholesale energy prices and legislation that penalises those using excessive amounts of electricity and the impact of carbon emissions; energy and more importantly, energy efficiency, is now an issue that is foremost in the minds of those operating within the data centre space.
The Certified Data Centre Energy Professional (CDCEP®) program teaches expertise in energy efficiency and provides the tools to make a significant contribution to the energy strategy and effectively deal with, and manage, energy related issues and on-going energy efficiency.
Learners will learn how to strategically plan, design and implement an energy plan for data centre facilities, focusing on energy efficiency. They will be introduced to current energy profiler tools and models to analyse site data and formulate a comprehensive action plan to implement real energy savings potential and capacity reclamation.
The use and distribution of power will be explored considering computer systems, servers, networking and other IT equipment and how usage can quickly spiral out of control when it is not being measured, monitored and maintained correctly. In addition, the use of redundant and back-up power infrastructure will be analysed considering the power utilisation for air-conditioning, fire-suppression, security, alarms and other supporting systems. These types of high power, high density equipment all place additional burden on the power supplied and cooling systems.
The CDCEP® program content is continually updated to reflect the key industry energy efficiency developments and takes into account the requirements of the latest version of the EU Code of Conduct in Data Centres and the US DoE Data Centre Energy Practitioner (DCEP).
It also takes into account the requirements of the current BS EN 50600 and TIA 942-B standards, industry best practice documentation and codes of conduct.
During the program learners will also have access to current standards for reference purposes.
This program is a must for all Data Centre Managers, Operations Managers, Facilities Managers, IT & Network Managers and supporting departments responsible for improving the energy efficiency of all the data centre environments whilst meeting regulatory demands.
Course Schedule
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This program is targeted at individuals who are responsible for the management and use of energy within a data centre.
Course Objectives
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The CDCEP® is designed to provide an unrivalled knowledge and forward thinking approach to energy provision, use and management.
Those with the CDCEP® certification can demonstrate advanced knowledge and a holistic approach to improving energy efficiency potential in a data centre through the creation of a comprehensive, future-ready and sustainable energy strategy. Through implementation of the structured action plan they can provide long-term carbon reductions and financial savings, whilst continuing to meet the on-going requirements of the business and regulatory demands.
Course Content
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Core Unit:
Need for Energy Efficiency?
CO2 emissions issues
Impact of increased energy demand
Data centre constraints
Corporate Social Responsibility
Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Implementation of ISO 26000
Energy Audits
Energy audit process
Primary audit environments
Actions to improve energy efficiency
Energy Evaluation
Understanding energy consumption
Identification of areas of concern
Evaluation and modelling sources
Achievable Expectations & Energy Forecasting
Achievable expectations
Industry best practices
Analysis and calculations
Forecasting growth
Energy Metrics
Need for metrics
Current industry metrics
New proxy metrics
Capacity Reclamation
Understanding design parameters
Importance of the four key constraints
Decommissioning
Capacity management
KPIs & Metrics
Defining KPIs
Selecting and preparing KPIs
KPI measuring models
Business Continuity
Business continuity considerations
Site selection considerations
Energy efficiency considerations
Energy Strategy
Energy efficiency policy
Energy efficiency strategy
Energy action plan & management review
Energy Efficiency Plan
Elements of the energy efficiency plan
Continual monitoring
Professional Unit
Delivery of the Energy Efficiency Plan
Deployment of the energy efficiency plan
Measuring, monitoring and reporting
Energy efficiency procurement
Site Specific Energy Audits
Audit direction
Site specific audit plans
Keys energy audit areas
Energy Use Systems
Major energy use systems
Energy profile changes
Optimisation actions
System Specific Analysis
IT analysis
Power infrastructure analysis
Environmental analysis
Cooling analysis
Analysis Tool-sets
Data centre toolsets
Active Energy-Efficiency Measures
Establishing an energy baseline
Measuring and monitoring
Data analysis and energy plan preparation
Real-time monitoring
Return on Investment
Return on Investment (ROI)
IT value
Financial planning
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Codes & Best Practice
DoE DCEP
EU Code of Conduct
A Strategy for Energy Management
Energy management roadmap
Energy management team
Energy awareness
Immediate Energy Actions (4C’s)
Importance of the four key constraints
Identifying the immediate concerns
Actioning the immediate concerns
Medium-Term CAPEX Actions
IT measures
Cooling measures
Power measures
CAPEX & ROI impacts
Long-Term CAPEX/OPEX Actions
Long-term power efficiency
Long-term cooling efficiency
CAPEX & OPEX evaluation
Processes & Procedures
Process & procedure requirements
Process & procedure monitoring and control
Future Technical Developments
New developing technologies
Energy Efficiency Accreditations
Environmental accreditations
Energy accreditations
Data centre energy accreditations
There are a number of group and individual case studies to formulate energy efficiency plans throughout this program.
Course Prerequisites
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Learners are required to undertake pre-class reading and bring a laptop with internet connectivity to the class.
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