Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment

ASHRAE Overview1. ASHRAE (formed 1894) is non profit technical society; specializes in HVAC.

2. ASHRAE has over 50,000 members & 2,000 technical committee members

3. ASHRAE focuses on maintaining an unbiased role within the industry

4. ASHRAE actively writes standards, guidelines, model codes, etc.

5. ASHRAE has over 100 standards / guidelines, almost 100 technical committees.

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Ice Cooled System(Circa 1890)

General Electric Room Cooler(Circa 1932)

Computer Room Air Conditioner(Circa 1970)

ASHRAE Org Chart

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ASHRAE Handbook Series

ASHRAE Handbook Series is the backbone resource of the HVAC Industry

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www.ashrae.org

ASHRAE TC9.9• ASHRAE organizes technical 

committees into ten basic groups.• TC9.9 is part of Group 9, the 

Buildings Group

A group of volunteers who provide the Society with expertise in a specific field or subject(Manufacturers, Consultants, R h U i iti UtilitiBuildings Group

• TC 9.9 Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment is concerned with the design operations maintenance

Researchers, Universities, Utilities, Regulators, Contractors, and Government).

Participate in 5 Areasdesign, operations, maintenance, and efficient energy usage of modern data centers and technology spaces. 

Standards Handbooks Program  Technical Activities Technical Activities Review technical papers 

submitted to the Society Advise Society on technical matters 

l d h TC’ irelated to the TC’s expertise.

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ASHRAE – Technical Committee TC 9.9 Overview

Title:Title:

Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces, & Electronic Equipment

Mission Statement:

To be recognized by ALL areas of the datacom industry as the UNBIASED engineering leader in HVAC & an effective provider of technical datacom informationinformation.

Scope:TC9 9 is concerned with all aspects of mission critical facilities technology spaces andTC9.9 is concerned with all aspects of mission critical facilities, technology spaces, and electronic equipment/systems. This includes data centers, computer rooms/closets, server rooms, raised floor environments, high‐density loads, emergency network operations centers, telecom facilities, communications rooms/closets, and electronic 

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equipment rooms/closets

ASHRAE TC 9.9 ‐Membership TC9.9 is ASHRAE’s largest and most active TC (approx 250 members)

d f i Producer of Datacom Equipment (manufacturers of computer hardware, HVAC equipment, software vendors, etc)

User of Datacom Equipment (facility owners, operators, managers, etc)

General Interest (government agencies, utilities, consultants, academia, testing laboratories, etc.)g , )

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ASHRAE TC 9.9 ‐MembershipMr David Quirk PE USERMr. David Quirk, PE USERMr Robin Steinbrecher PRODUCERMrs Rhonda Johnson PRODUCERMr Terry Rodgers GENERALMr Terry Rodgers GENERALMr Mukesh Khattar, PhD USERMr Joseph Gangemi GENERALMr John Bean Jr PRODUCERMr John Bean, Jr PRODUCERMr Herb Villa GENERALMr Gregory Jeffers, PE GENERALMr Francis Mills GENERALMr Francis Mills GENERALMr Ecton English USERMr Donald Beaty, PE GENERALMr David Moss PRODUCERMr David Moss PRODUCERMr Christopher Kurkjian, PE GENERALDr Roger Schmidt, PE PRODUCER

TC9.9 Datacom Book Series1. Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments 2nd Edition (2008)

2. Datacom Equipment Power Trends & Cooling Applications (2005)

3 Design Considerations for Datacom Equipment Centers (2006)3. Design Considerations for Datacom Equipment Centers (2006)

4. Liquid Cooling Guidelines for Datacom Equipment Centers (2006)

5. Structural & Vibration Guidelines for Datacom Equipment Centers (2008)

6. Best Practices for Datacom Facility Energy Efficiency (2008)

7. High Density Data Centers – Case Studies & Other Considerations (2008)

8 P ti l t & G C t i ti i D t E i t (2009)8. Particulate & Gaseous Contamination in Datacom Environments (2009)

9. Real‐Time Energy Consumption Measurements in Data Centers (2009)

10. Green Tips for Data Centers

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TC9.9 Activities Act as a conduit between electronic system manufacturers, end users and designers

f Maintain DataCom Chapter of ASHRAE Handbook

Provide input specific to DataCom to relevant ASHRAE Standards CommitteesStandards Committees

Propose research topics relevant to DataCom to ASHRAE

Produce technical publications relevant to the industry Produce technical publications relevant to the industry

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TC9.9 Activities‐ STANDARDS

‐ Give your thoughts on standards applicable to our industry during the ASHRAE open comment periods; currently relatively few individuals make comments. Refer to ASHRAE 90.1‐2010 Applicability to Data Com, pp y ,http://tc99.ashraetcs.org/documents.html 

‐ Input on the upcoming Energy Standard 90.4, Energy Standard for Data Centers and Telecommunications Buildings

‐ HANDBOOKHANDBOOK‐ Write and/or review Handbook updates

‐ PUBLICATIONS‐ Feedback on TC9.9 publications and activities‐ White papers, books, papers and presentations at annual meetings

‐ RESEARCH‐ Write and/or Review RTAR’s, work statements

S Ad i P l‐ Serve on Advisory Panels

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Applying for Membership on aApplying for Membership on a Technical Committee ASHRAE welcomes new members to its technical committees. To be considered for technical committee membership, you must: Notify ASHRAE staff at TCStaff@ashrae.net of your interest in a particular TC, TG, TRG, 

or MTGor MTG. “Manage Your Membership” link from the ASHRAE Web site Please note: If you do not have an ASHRAE ID, are or not applying for ASHRAE membership, and are y pp y g p

applying for a position that requires an ASHRAE bio to be on file, please click here to request an ID and PIN. You may also use that link if you already have an ASHRAE ID as a non‐member, but you do not have a record of what that number is.

You will immediately be assigned as a Provisional Corresponding Member. The You will immediately be assigned as a Provisional Corresponding Member. The acceptance of provisional corresponding membership implies participation in committee activities through correspondence or in‐person involvement. Provisional corresponding members serve 2 year terms. Although provisional corresponding members are not voting members, at the end of your term and based on participation in the committee, voting members, at the end of your term and based on participation in the committee, you may be considered for future voting membership.

Notification of acceptance to a TC is emailed upon your appointment.

THANK YOU

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