U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Industrial Technologies Program – Save Energy Now

DC Pro Software Tool Suite

Companies can use the DC Pro software tool suite to identify and evaluate energy efficiency opportunities in data centers. The suite features a profiling tool and a set of system assessment tools to perform energy assessments on specific areas of a data center. Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

DC Pro Profiling Tool

Version 1.0

Data center owners can quickly diagnose how energy is being used by their data centers and how they might save energy and money with this online software tool. Use DC Pro as a first step to identify potential savings and to reduce environmental emissions associated with data center energy production and use. Using DC Pro and information about your data center, you can complete a profile in about an hour. The tool provides an overview of energy use, savings potential, and a list of specific actions you can take to realize savings.

Download DC Pro Version 1.0
Read the DC Pro FAQs

DC Pro Assessment Tools

These tools can be used to conduct a more accurate assessment of energy efficiency opportunities for each major data center system.

Air-Management Tool

• Download Version 1.03 (Excel 536 KB)
• Air-Management Tool User's Manual Version 1.03 (PDF 1.1 MB)
• Air-Management Tool Engineering Reference Version 1.03 (PDF 1.2 MB)—provides detailed information on the tool calculations, equations, metrics, and limitations

Electrical Systems Assessment Tool

• Download Tool (Excel 268 KB)

Additional Resources

In addition to the tools, use these resources to conduct your own data center energy use assessment:

• Data Center Energy Assessment Process (PDF 72 KB)
• Master List of Actions for DC Pro (PDF 496 KB)
• Standard Report Template for Conducting a Data Center Energy Efficiency Assessment (MS Word 312 KB)