By Arica Chhay, Gary Jung, Ian Vaino Contents Energy Efficient Data Centers IT Tips to Reuse and ReduceSave a Tree and Go PaperlessCommitted to a Greener Future Berkeley Lab celebrates Earth Month annually throughout April. In support of the Lab’s sustainability initiatives, this … [Read more...] about IT Sustainability Practices
Sustainable Technology Tips
Berkeley Lab celebrates Earth Month throughout April and annually on Earth Day, April 22. IT is committed to building a sustainable future. In support of green initiatives, check out these quick eco-friendly technology tips to save energy and work more efficiently: Configure computer settings to … [Read more...] about Sustainable Technology Tips
PC Gamers Use 75 Billion Kilowatt Hours
By Tammera E Campbell on 2018-11-30T19:44:43Z Why would this article be featured in IT Spotlight? The Green Gaming Project was a collaboration between Science and IT. Evan Mills and Norm Bourassa, senior scientists from the Building Technology and Urban Systems Division, worked together with a … [Read more...] about PC Gamers Use 75 Billion Kilowatt Hours
Server Energy Efficiency and Performance Study presented at 2014 Data Center Efficiency Summit
Data centers consume approximately 2 percent of the nation’s electrical energy and roughly half of that is consumed by the IT equipment. Berkeley Lab EETD researcher and lead author Henry Coles and co-author, HPCS consultant Yong Qin from IT, recently published a paper where they evaluate server … [Read more...] about Server Energy Efficiency and Performance Study presented at 2014 Data Center Efficiency Summit
The Science of Clouds computed on Lawrencium
Gary M Jung posted on Mar 15, 2013 The climate models that scientists use to understand and project climate change are improving constantly, with better representations of the oceans, ice, land surfaces and other factors in the atmosphere. While there is still some degree of uncertainty in … [Read more...] about The Science of Clouds computed on Lawrencium
IT Division at Data Center Efficiency Summit 2012
Gary M Jung posted on Oct 30, 2012 HPC Services staff member Yong Qin was part of a panel, along with other Berkeley Lab scientists from the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, at the Silicon Valley Data Center Efficiency Summit 2012 last week in San Jose talking about Berkeley Lab's … [Read more...] about IT Division at Data Center Efficiency Summit 2012
Data Center Utilization Report – July 2012
Nina Lucido posted on Aug 06, 2012 What was installed: Cluster Support Received NSD cluster of 21 nodes (Not yet operational) Expected power usage is 6kW Business Systems Group None What was removed: Cluster Support Group Approximately 10kW Business Systems … [Read more...] about Data Center Utilization Report – July 2012
Greening our Datacenter Team Recognized with Director’s Achievement Award and UC Larry Sautter Award
The core team responsible for our multi-year initiative to improve the energy efficiency of our research and operational computing datacenter has been recognized with two awards in one month. The team was recognized with a Director’s Achievement Award and a Larry Sautter Award from the University of … [Read more...] about Greening our Datacenter Team Recognized with Director’s Achievement Award and UC Larry Sautter Award
Data Center Utilization Report – March 2012
Nina Lucido posted on Apr 13, 2012 What was installed: Cluster Support: Approximately 18.2kW Business Systems: No new systems What was removed: Cluster Support: Approximately 2kW Business Systems: None March average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE): … [Read more...] about Data Center Utilization Report – March 2012
Data Center Utilization Report – December 2011
Nina Lucido posted on Jan 19, 2012 What was installed: Cluster support group added the following: No new equipment Business Systems group added the following: No new systems What was removed: Cluster support group removed the following: No new equipment … [Read more...] about Data Center Utilization Report – December 2011
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