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Table 1 Building 4 electricity end-use
breakdown.
DATA CENTER & UPS
16.00%
TEST AREA EqUiPMENT
16.30%
VENTiLATiON
11.60%
LigHTiNg
4.80%
PLUg LOADS
4.30%
MiSC.
1.90%
HEATiNg
0.00%
CH
2
44.40%
COOLiNg
CH
1
CH
3
Electrical Room
CRAH
1&2
Data Center CRAH
1 Through 8
CRAH
1&2
CRAH
1 to 8
Primary
Pump
Table 2 Historical electricity consumption
of Building 4 over the 12 months prior to the
installation of the airside economizers.
Primary
Pump
Primary
Pump
Secondary Pump
Common Leg
Chilled Water Piping to the
AHU Serving Building 4
MONTH
ELECTRiCiTy
CONSUMPTiON
kWH
TOTAL
ELECTRiCiTy
COST
JAN-2010
1,480,170
$133,519
DEC-2009
1,333,391
$121,314
NOV-2009
1,241,354
$113,910
OCT-2009
1,206,565
$111,451
MERV 13 Filter Rack
SEP-2009
1,279,875
$117,270
Motorized Damper
AUg-2009
1,282,587
$117,793
JUL-2009
1,213,277
$110,972
JUN-2009
1,143,765
$104,976
M
MAy-2009
1,286,584
$118,348
M
APR-2009
1,097,900
$105,873
MAR-2009
936,024
$86,937
FEB-2009
936,024
$107,841
Water Seal (Typ. All)
12 in. Deck
Data Center
Ceiling Space
Concrete Wall
Ducted Supply Air
glass
Sloped for Water Runoff (Typ. All)
Return
grilles
R.A. From Data Center
Ceiling to CRAH
CRAH
Typ.
Motorized R.A.
Damper
Return Air
M
M
Stationary
Louver
M
Data Center
96 in.
CRAH Alley
is less than 41.9°F (5°C) or
more then 60% RH to avoid dry
or humid conditions in data
center, as recommended by
Reference 1.
FigURE 1 Simplified chilled water schematic diagram for Building 4.
New Opening on the Back of the CRAH for Outside Air
FigURE 2 Outside air and return air economizer damper design for CRAH.
Design Build
This was a fast-tracked design-build project that had
challenges during the design and construction such as
keeping the data center live and running while building
the economizer systems. Another challenge was integrating an airside economizer into systems that were
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originally designed for recirculation air only through the
CRAHs.
For these reasons, the parts of economizer system
needed to be designed and built in pieces and then
installed one by one in the field. In the end the project
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Contents
Commentary
Industry News
Letters
Meetings and Shows
Feature Articles
Sustainable Design of Water Source VRF
Economizer for Data Center
Total Dissolved Solids in Reclaimed Water
Hot, Humid Lab Hood Facility
Engineer's Notebook
Building Sciences
The Performance Gap
ASHRAE Honor Roll
ASHRAE Research Report
Technical vs. Process Commissioning: Basis of Design
Emerging Technologies
Data Centers
HVAC Applications
Energy Modeling
Refrigeration Applications
Products
Classified Advertising
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