Message from the TC 9.9 Officers - June 2008
We had a very exciting and productive meeting in Salt Lake City, thanks to everyone who participated and attended the program sessions and various committee meetings!
As of June 2008, new officers have been selected to head the committee. Congratulations to the new management team and thank you to the outgoing management team for all of their efforts! Click here to download the current member roster.
Roadmap
A new publication from TC 9.9 is now available for at ASHRAE bookstore which is titled “High Density Data Center - Case Studies and Best Practices”. This is the 7 th book published by TC 9.9.
The ASHRAE TC9.9 committee currently has plans for one other book to be completed this year which is titled “Contamination in Datacom Equipment Centers”.
The committee agreed to start work on several new books including Economizers for Datacenters; CFD for Datacenters; Green Tips for Datacenters; Cooling Technologies for Datacom Rooms; and IT Facility Measurements and Control of Datacenters. The committee is seeking individuals with expertise in any of these areas to participate on the these publications. Please send an email to Roger Schmidt, if interested.
Future Programs
Chicago (Jan 2009)
Listed below are 2 Call for Papers for Transactions sessions planned for Chicago 2009.
ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.9 (Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment), is sponsoring a Transactions session for January 2009 ASHRAE Winter Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, and seeks papers for transaction session High Density Cooling Issues Update January 2009. This transactions session will accept papers on a variety of issues that are pertinent to the cooling of high density data centers, telecommunications facilities, and combinations thereof. Issues of recent concern include planning for future data centers, site selection criteria and guidelines, development and use of value model to aid in site selection. Papers are due for review on ASHRAE’s Manuscript Central by April 4, 2008. Transactions chair/contact: Jeffrey Rutt 240-373-5790.
ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.9 (Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment), is sponsoring a Transactions session for January 2009 ASHRAE Winter Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, and seeks papers for transaction session Liquid Cooling Issues Update January 2009. This transactions session will accept papers on a variety of issues that are pertinent to the cooling of high density data centers, telecommunications facilities, and combinations thereof. Issues of recent concern include lessons learned with recent liquid cooling products, reliability issues or best practices, and the return to liquid cooling and transitional technologies for cooling. Papers are due for review on ASHRAE’s Manuscript Central by April 4, 2008. Transactions chair/contact: Jeff Trower 714-921-6010.
MESSAGE FROM >>>
Fred Stack (Chair) Emerson Network Power & Magnus Herrlin (Vice Chair) Ancis, Inc.
This technical committee is concerned with all aspects of Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces, and Electronic Equipment / Systems. This includes data centers, computer rooms / closets, raised floor environments, high density loads, emergency / network operations centers, telecom facilities, communication rooms / closets, and electronic equipment rooms / closets.
If you would like to get involved in this TC's issues at the Society level, read through the pages of this site, attend the biannual meetings, or contact our committee chair,
Fred Stack, at fred.stack@emerson.com.
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Committee Chair:
Fred Stack
Emerson Network Power
fred.stack@emerson.com
Upcoming Meetings:
2009 Winter Conference
Chicago, Illinois
January 24 - 28, 2009
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