Municipal Information Systems Association Conference

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Municipal Information Systems Association
Conference

• BC Hydro Power Smart
• IT Energy Conservation Initiatives

David Rogers IT Advisor, BC Hydro Power
Smart September 25, 2008
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IT Energy Management
BC Hydro Power Smart
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Data Centers The Big Picture Numbers are
estimates based on external information and BCH
is not accountable
PRE 2007
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The Tools
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Computer Power Management Software
Example
1,000
Computer Power Management Software
Energy Savings
Dollar Savings
17,000/yr
320,000 kWh/yr
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Energy Efficient Power Bars
Control Plug Load
Example
1,000
Energy Efficient Power Bars
Energy Savings
Dollar Savings
5,000/yr
100,000 kWh/yr
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Virtual Desktops
Example
1,000
Virtual Desktop Thin Clients
Energy Savings
Dollar Savings
15,000/yr
270,000 kWh/yr
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DesktopECM Combination
Example
1,000
Combination of virtual desktop, EE power bars
computer power management software
Energy Savings
Dollar Savings
25,0000/yr
500,000 kWh/yr
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Virtual Storage Numbers are estimates based on
external information and BCH is not accountable
Double Parity RAID (RAID-DP) Saves up to 70
versus mirrored data or RAID 10. Annual savings
16,672 kWh
Deduplication Saves up to 95 for full backups
25 to 55 for most data sets. Annual savings
8,336 kWh
Efficient D2D Backup Disk-to-disk backup with
SnapVault saves up to 95. Annual savings
22,800 kWh
Thin Provisioning(FlexVol) 20 to 33 typical
savings. Annual savings 1,443 kWh
Writable Snapshot (FlexClone) Copies Savings
equal size of the original data set minus blocks
subsequently changed in clone. Annual savings
1,905 kWh
Snapshot Copies NetApp Snapshots do not require
copy space, resulting in savings of up to 80
over other vendors Annual savings 3,840 kWh
20TB storage system 24,000 kWh/yr
consumption So NetApps
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Server Virtualization
Example
200
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Server Virtualization
Virtual server
Physical servers
Storage
Dollar Savings
Energy Savings
49,000/yr
980,000 kWh/yr
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IT Energy Conservation Opportunity in B.C.
Numbers are estimates based on external
information and BCH is not accountable
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Success Stories

• All BC Hydro desktops are power managed
• Downsized from 292 servers to about 37 servers
• Realizing savings of 80,000 per year
• Saving 1.3 GWh per year enough to power 118
• homes for one year

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BC Hydro Server Virtualization Initiative
Which BC Hydro Customers Qualify? Spend gt
50,000/yr on electricity Each project must save
gt 100,000 kWh/yr Minimum of 50 Servers gt 228W
each NOTE all projects will be assessed to
determine if a valid energy efficiency
opportunity exists.
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Program Flow Process
The Customer
The BC Hydro Key Account Manager
The Approved Consultant
Acronyms ES Energy Study PSP Power Smart
Partners Agreement
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The Opportunity Server Virtualization in B.C.
Source LBNL Report to Congress Server Data
Center Energy Efficiency
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The Pre-Screen Template
Approved Consultants Verify the
Pre-Screen Numbers in their Energy Study The use
Software To Determine kW Base loads and Energy
Savings
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Software Tools Server Power Calculators
Example of Software Tools HP Systems Insight
Manager SIM HP Insight Power Manager IPM
Server Model HP DL 380 G5 Power Supply 208 V
1 Power Supply Processors E5260 3.33 GHz x 2
Count Memory 2 GB x 6 4 GB x 2 Port Slots PCI
Cards x 3 Storage HDD 72 GB SAS x 6
Count Idling 5 Total Server Input Power
337W
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Questions Comments
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References

• References
• Report to Congress on Server and Data Center
  Energy Efficiency Public Law 09-431 U.S.
  Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR
  Program August 2, 2007 pp7
• 2007 BC Annual Population http//www.bcstats.gov.b
  c.ca/DATA/pop/pop/BCPop.asp
• Population for USA http//www.census.gov/populatio
  n/www/popclockus.html
• Report to Congress on Server and Data Center
  Energy Efficiency Public Law 09-431 U.S.
  Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR
  Program August 2, 2007 pp10 Figure ES-1
• Koomey, J. G., Estimating Total Power
  Consumption by Servers in the U.S. and the World
  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, report
  February 15, 2007
• Report to Congress on Server and Data Center
  Energy Efficiency Public Law 09-431 U.S.
  Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR
  Program August 2, 2007 pp8
• PGE, Excel Spreadsheet calculator for estimate
  energy savings and incentives from
  virtualization, 2007.
• PGE, Consultant report on estimating energy
  savings offered by server virtualization, 2006.
• Márquez, A. Seim, T., Regimbal, K., Elbert, S.,
  Fox, K., Wood, B., Energy Smart Data Center
  Phase I Energy Center Pacific Northwest National
  Laboratory (PNNL) Slide 32
• SPEC, server power performance methodology
  SPECpower_ssj2008 V1.00, 2007
• Downloaded Excel Spreadsheet for calculation for
  the power consumption of a Hewlett Packard DL385
  server. http//h30099.www3.hp.com/configurator/cal
  c/DL385.xls
• Koomey, J. G., Estimating Total Power
  Consumption by Servers in the U.S. and The
  World, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
  2007 p 30 table 6.
• Rogers, D., Power Smart Engineering template for
  data centre PS Smart Alliance approved
  consultants to complete, draft version, 2008.

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References cont.

• ASHRAE Handbook, HVAC Applications, chapter 35
  Energy Use and Management, 2007
• ASHRAE Handbook, HVAC Applications, chapter 40
  Building Energy Monitoring, 2007
• ASHRAE Standard 90.1, Energy Standard for
  Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings,
  2007
• ASHRAE RP-669, SP-56 Procedures for Commercial
  Building Energy Audits, 2004
• ASHRAE Standard 100, Energy Conservation in
  Existing Buildings, 1995
• ASHRAE Standard 105, Standard Methods of
  Measuring and Expressing Building Energy
  Performance, 1984
• Ton, M., Fortenbury, B., High Performance
  Buildings Data Centers Uninterruptible Power
  Supplies (UPS) Ecos Consulting EPRI Solutions
  Portland, December, 2005, Figure 17
• Eilert, P., Dry-type Transformers Codes and
  Standards Enhancement (CASE) Study Pacific Gas
  and Electric Company September 29, 2000 Figure 2.
• Tschudi, W., Datacenter Energy Efficiency
  Research An Update Lawrence Berkeley National
  Laboratory, July 29, 2004, Slide 22
• Avista Electric Utility, Excel spreadsheet for
  determining electrical energy savings for Spray
  Cool data centre cooling, 2007
• PGE, Excel Spreadsheet for determining
  electrical energy savings for Spray Cool data
  centre cooling, 2006
• Ton, M., Fortenbury, B., Tschudi, W., DC Power
  for Improved Data Center Efficiency Ecos
  Consulting, EPRI Lawrence Berkeley National
  Laboratory, January 2007.
• Ton, M., Fortenbury, B., Tschudi, W., DC Power
  for Data Centers a demonstration Slide 23
• Fujitsu Siemens Computers and Knürr "Energy
  Efficient Infrastructures for Data Centers" White
  Paper July 2007 pp 9-11
• King, C., Power Conservation Inside and Outside
  the Box Pund-IT Report EMCs Cross-Platform
  Approach to Energy Efficient Information
  Management Principal, 2007, Pund-IT.
• Tschudi, W., Fok, S., Best Practices for data
  centres ASHRAE, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
  and Pacific Gas and Electric Company, January
  2007, Slides 10-28
• Wong, J., Rogers, D., Power Smart Marketing
  Opportunity Assessment, 2007.
• BC Hydro Commercial Conservation Potential
  Review, 2007, section 6.11.3 pp 74-75
• Washington County Annual Performance Report
  Information Technology, 2006 pp 4