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2011

Masanet, Eric R, Richard E Brown, Arman Shehabi, Jonathan G Koomey, and Bruce Nordman."Estimating the Energy Use and Efficiency Potential of U.S. Data Centers." (2011).

Coles, Henry C, Tae Won Han, Phillip N Price, Ashok J Gadgil, and William F Tschudi."Air Corrosivity in U.S. Outdoor-Air-Cooled Data Centers is Similar to That in Conventional Data Centers." (2011).

2010

Shehabi, Arman, Eric R Masanet, Hillary Price, Arpad Horvath, and William W Nazaroff."Data center design and location: Consequences for electricity use and greenhouse-gas emissions."Building and Environment 46.5 (2010) 990–998. DOI

Ghatikar, Girish."Smart Grid Opportunities for Data Centers."Datacenter Dynamics North America (2010).

Shehabi, Arman, Srirupa Ganguly, Lara A Gundel, Arpad Horvath, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Melissa M Lunden, William F Tschudi, Ashok J Gadgil, and William W Nazaroff."Can combining economizers with improved filtration save energy and protect equipment in data centers?."Building and Environment 45.3 (2010) 718-726. DOI

Ghatikar, Girish, Mary Ann Piette, K Sydny Fujita, Aimee T McKane, Junqiao Han Dudley, Anthony Radspieler Jr, KC Mares, and Dave Shroyer."Demand Response and Open Automated Demand Response Opportunities for Data Centers." (2010) 56.

2009

Xu, Tengfang T."Performance Evaluation for a Modular, Scalable Passive Cooling System in Data Centers." (2009).

Xu, Tengfang T."Performance Evaluation for Modular, Scalable Cooling Systems with Hot Aisle Containment in Data Centers." (2009).

Xu, Tengfang T."Performance Evaluation for Modular, Scalable Cooling Systems with Hot Aisle Containment in Data Centers." (2009).

Xu, Tengfang T."Performance Evaluation for Modular, Scalable Liquid-Rack Cooling Systems in Data Centers." (2009).

Xu, Tengfang T."Performance Evaluation for Modular, Scalable Overhead Cooling Systems In Data Centers." (2009).

Shehabi, Arman, William W Nazaroff, Arpad Horvath, Ashok J Gadgil, and Edward A Arens."Energy Demands and Efficiency Strategies in Data Center Buildings."Civil and Environmental Engineering (2009) 275.

Mathew, Paul A, Steve E Greenberg, Srirupa Ganguly, Dale A Sartor, and William F Tschudi."How Does Your Data Center Measure Up? Energy Efficiency Metrics and Benchmarks for Data Center Infrastructure Systems."HPAC Journal (2009).

Mathew, Paul A, Srirupa Ganguly, Steve E Greenberg, and Dale A Sartor."Self-benchmarking Guide for Data Centers: Metrics, Benchmarks, Actions." (2009).

2008

Hong, Tianzhen, Dale A Sartor, Paul A Mathew, and Mehry Yazdanian."Comparisons of HVAC Simulations between EnergyPlus and DOE-2.2 for data centers."ASHRAE Conference 115 Part 1 (2008).

Shehabi, Arman, Arpad Horvath, William F Tschudi, Ashok J Gadgil, and William W Nazaroff."Particle Concentrations in Data Centers."Atmospheric Environment 42.24 (2008) 5978 - 5990. DOI

Brown, Richard E, Eric R Masanet, Bruce Nordman, William F Tschudi, Arman Shehabi, John Stanley, Jonathan G Koomey, Dale A Sartor, and Peter T Chan."Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency: Public Law 109-431." (2008).

Bhattacharya, Prajesh."Convergence of IT and Facilities Real-Time and Historic Data Leads to Data Center Efficiency."ITHERM (2008).

Mathew, Paul A."An Estimate of Energy Use in Laboratories, Cleanrooms, and Data Centers in New York." (2008).

Ghatikar, Girish."Demand Response (DR) and Automated DR (Auto-DR) Strategies for Data Centers." (2008).

Shehabi, Arman, Srirupa Ganguly, Kim Traber, Hillary Price, Arpad Horvath, William W Nazaroff, and Ashok J Gadgil."Energy Implications of Economizer Use in California Data Centers." (2008).

2007

Tschudi, William F, and Charles H Williams."Power Supply Options for Data Centers." (2007).

Shehabi, Arman, William F Tschudi, and Ashok J Gadgil."Data Center Economizer Contamination and Humidity Study." (2007).

Xu, Tengfang T, and Steve E Greenberg."Data Center Energy Benchmarking: Part 1-5." (2007).

2006

Tschudi, William F, and Stephen Fok."Best Practices for Energy Efficient Data Centers Identified Through Case Studies and Demonstration Projects."2007 ASHRAE Winter Meeting (2006).