coolingzone 2015 thermal management summit, a live webcast!  october 20-22, 2015, is delighted to announce   that dr. cliff federspiel, ph.d., will be speaking on "predictive analytics for data center thermal risk  and reliability management".  to register for coolingzone-15 please visit the main conference page here.  or see the coolingzone-15 speaker and topic schedule at the conference program here.

about cliff federspiel

dr. federspiel is a leader and visionary in the field of energy management, having authored more than 50 papers on topics ranging from hvac and crac control, to indoor air quality and cooling optimization. he is the recipient of the ralph g. nevins physiology and human environment award from ashrae, and holds numerous patents in the field.

dr. federspiel began his career in r&d at johnson controls after receiving his bsme from california polytechnic state university san luis obispo, and his smme and phd from the massachusetts institute of technology. in 1998 he joined the university of california, berkeley, where he was a specialist at the center for environmental design research and the electronics research laboratory.

in 2004 dr. federspiel launched vigilent, building on his pioneering research in dynamic cooling technology and wireless networking, to address the emerging need of treating cooling and energy consumption as a managed resource. today, he is a leading voice in the field of sustainable energy solutions and green technology, and a frequent speaker at industry conferences, where he advocates for technology solutions for a better planet.

about his talk at coolingzone 2015

real-time operational data in combination with analytics has the power to reveal previously unseen and unknown weaknesses in a data center. specifically, high temperature events can trigger expensive, emergency truck rolls or sla violations.

this presentation will describe a means of precisely determining the functional cooling redundancy of a facility, show statistical analysis that correlates poor redundancy with high temperature events, and share tools that identify and suggest remediation for rooms – and facilities – at risk.  use of cooling analytics is an important aspect of operational excellence, and is a competitive differentiator for datacenter operators.

by combining industry standards for design redundancy and equipment performance with data from a properly monitored data center, it is possible to determine a “score” or metric that identifies low/poor redundancy.  a low score can be caused by three things:  underperforming or non-performing equipment, operator issues, and it problems.  equipment problems are flagged when cooling units aren’t responding to commands or are underperforming according to ashrae 90.1 or corporate standards.  operator issues usually involve manual overrides – both known and unknown - that often reduce cooling capacity in a complex environment.  it problems are identified as overloaded rooms, or rooms in which it load is present but not accomplishing its purpose, i.e. decommissioned but still-powered it equipment.  individually and together, these factors contribute to compromised redundancy, lower reliability, and higher risk.

the presentation will describe the science behind the metrics, stepping through a statistical analysis based on data from hundreds of facilities.  the analysis projects that rooms with scores of 0-2 are likely to experience a high temperature event, while rooms with scores below zero (no redundancy) are significantly more likely to experience a high temperature event.  such events result in expensive, emergency truck rolls and painful middle-of-the-night calls.  a tool showing the scoring and identifying specific issues that contribute to the score, along with methods to remediate those issues, will be demonstrated.

about coolingzone 2015 thermal management summit, a live webcast!

coolingzone thermal mangement summit s an engineering and technical conference for all professionals in thermal management, electronics cooling, heat transfer and energy transport.  the event is in its 15th year.

coolingzone brings together not only theory but solutions from leading technology companies in thermal management.  our speaker's discuss challenges facing today’s and tomorrow’s electronics and concepts and solutions to solve them.  you won’t leave with formulas, you’ll leave with answers and what is on the horizon for your thermal management needs.

our live webcast format allows for the broadest audience from around the world to participate and learn from the world's leading experts in thermal management.

to register for coolingzone-15 please visit the main conference page here.  or see the coolingzone-15 speaker and topic schedule at the conference program here.