Metrics & TCO For Real Efficiency Improvements It’s About The Total Cost of Ownership My Friend

Presenter (Robert J Walker) 20 Years of Experience in Electrical Power Quality Companies –JT Packard – Thomas & Betts, Computer Power & Service Inc - Cooper Power Systems - Rockwell Automation - The Courtney Company - Best Power Technology - Marquip Inc - Positions Held –Application Engineering, Project Manager, Field Service, Industrialization, Service Instructor, Service Manager, Maintenance Electrician, Sales Engineer, Technical Support, Marketing, Technical writer and collections adjuster when needed.

The Status Quo “Typical” 5,000 sq. ft. data center: –> 1,100 kilowatts (more than 1 megawatt!) –Running 24x7 –Energy Cost: $750,000 - $1MM annually Typical Server: kWh annually –Up to $150 a year per Server!

Computer use Projections 1.5% of Total US Electricity Usage 0.8% of Total US Electricity Usage 2.9% of Total US Electricity Usage

Average Data Center Power Allocation

Measuring Efficiency PUE:  1 = GOOD DCiE: % of power doing work

How We Begin Start with simple initiatives Look at ongoing projects Consider new technologies Make it part of your process!

Tools Billing history Sub-metering Major manufacturer website tools Benchmarking – metrics

ReactiveProactive Hardwired I/O Hardwired I/O Remote and Local Annunciations Remote and Local Annunciations Predictive Intelligent information collected via protocols Intelligent information collected via protocols Remote and Local Annunciations Remote and Local Annunciations Correlate information Correlate information Identify trends Identify trends Integration Integration Monitoring Sirens, Strobes, and LEDsSirens, Strobes, and LEDs Local AnnunciationsLocal Annunciations

UPS On Bypass Over Voltage On Battery Low Battery Reactive Monitoring Dry Contacts

Proactive Monitoring Analog Values – Multiple thresholds

Predictive Monitoring Intelligent Protocols

When will I run out of power When will I run out of power When will I run out of cooling When will I run out of cooling Historical information analysis Historical information analysis Future equipment failures Future equipment failures Preventative maintenance Preventative maintenance Changes created a problem Changes created a problem Capacity planning Capacity planning Examples of Predictive

Why do we need to monitor? You can’t manage what you can’t measure! To gather data about potentially threatening conditions To gather data about potentially threatening conditions To determine why a given event occurred and how to prevent it To determine why a given event occurred and how to prevent it Obtain metrics that help us benchmark and show improvement Obtain metrics that help us benchmark and show improvement Reduced budgets = reduced staff Reduced budgets = reduced staff Reduce Downtime Reduce Downtime Sleep Better Sleep Better

Tools Local State & Federal energy saving programs, calculators, tools, expertise

Nationwide… US DOE Arizona Public Service Austin (TX) Energy Avista Utilities (ID, WA) Bonneville Power Administration BC Hydro (Canada) Efficiency Vermont Energy Trust of Oregon Eugene (OR) Electric Idaho Power Los Angeles DWP New York State (NYSERDA) Oncor Electric (TX) Pacific Gas & Electric Puget Sound Energy (WA) Sacramento San Diego (Sempra) Southern California Edison Xcel Energy (MN, CO, etc.) Wisconsin Focus on Energy

TCO/ROI – UPS Systems Tools

Obtaining Info on Existing UPS Using an FSR from a PM visit or Site Survey should provide input and output values that will allow us to use the TCO/ROI Tool to calculate an approximate efficiency of the present system.

Obtaining Info on Existing UPS With the Input & Output Values entered the sheet will calculate the Output load % and Efficiency % along with Electrical Losses of the UPS and power required for cooling

Replacement UPS

Using the efficiency chart curves, we look at were the partial load percentage lands with the new UPS and identify the expected efficiency based on the load, not the optimum rating which is typically based on full load values

Old vs Replacement UPS

Energy Rebates and Tax Incentives Most energy credits are calculated on a number of factors and they have eligibility limits as well as cap limits

Energy Rebates and Tax Incentives Example of eligibility limit may be if the ROI is 18 months or less the project does not qualify.

Energy Rebates and Tax Incentives Example of a Tier 1 rebate that Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy uses is. $ per kW reduced plus $.04 per kWhr saved annually with a cap of 30% of the cost of the project or $250,000 as a max available

Maintenance & Repair Cost of Existing UPS

Repair Cost of Existing UPS

Cost of Replacement System

Maintenance Contract Cost

How We Can Help UPS Maintenance & Service –Factory level trained Field Engineers –Critical Asset Portfolios to summarize system performance at all your facility locations and dedicated account service coordinators Monitoring Services –Branch Circuit Monitoring –Battery Monitoring –PUE & DCIE Measuring and Monitoring Equipment Sales –Provide one source for your UPS, Generator, Switchgear, HVAC, and Power Distribution equipment –TCO/ROI tools to help pull the Cap X and Op X dollars into focus Data Center Services and Engineering –Leverage our partnerships to provide customer with industry expertise from design/build to maintenance

Thank You Robert J Walker Sr. Application Engineer JT Packard / Thomas & Betts