Federal Partnership for Green Data Centers

The Federal Partnership for Green Data Centers was created in 2009 to advance the energy efficiency and renewable energy use goals of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) as they relate to data centers. The group also works to reduce the Federal Government's cost burden by promoting data center energy efficiency.

The group meets these goals by facilitating communication between member agencies. Specifically, it works to spread best practices for data center energy efficiency across the Federal Government.

Members

The following Federal agencies and organizations participate in the Federal Partnership for Green Data Centers:

• Broadcasting Board of Governors
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of the Interior
• Department of Justice
• Department of State
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Federal Aviation Administration
• General Services Administration

Meetings

The Federal Partnership for Green Data Centers meets periodically. Please see the FEMP Calendar of Events for future meetings. Meeting summaries and presentations are available from the following past meetings:

January 25, 2012

• Innovative Financing Strategies for Green IT: Josh Silverman of the U.S. Department of Energy
• Liquid Cooling Thermal Guidelines: Bill Tschudi of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Consolidation Hub Performance Specification: Otto VanGeet of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

September 28, 2011

• ASHRAE's Groundbreaking Environmental Class Changes: Don Beaty of ASHRAE and DLB Associates
• FEMP Data Center Building Energy Programming Guide: Rod Mahdavi of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
• NIST Green Data Centers: Joseph Luptak and Terri Gladhill of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Research Support Facility Data Center Video