Target Audience & Professional Profile
Sustainability officers, facility managers, data centre designers, corporate ESG teams, and energy consultants.
Selected Course Benefits
- ✓Measure and communicate data centre environmental performance.
- ✓Identify energy, water and waste improvement opportunities.
- ✓Develop a structured sustainability improvement roadmap.
For further details on the programme and its benefits, download the CDESS® brochure.
What the CDESS® Programme Covers
View the detailed topics included in EPI’s Certified Data Centre Environmental Sustainability Specialist training programme.
CDESS® Course Syllabus
Module 1 – Impact of Data Centres on the Environment
- Predictions in 2010
- Current situation
- Outlook and commitments
Module 2 – What is Environmental Sustainability
- The importance of sustainability
- Senior management commitment
- Environmental sustainability framework
- Sustainability policies
- Performance standards and metrics
- Information policies
- Transparency
- Awareness
- Service charging models
Module 3 – Environmental Management
- Environmental sustainability framework (ISO 14001)
- Standards and guidelines – ISO 50001 / ISO 30134
- Measurement and categories
- Baselining
- Trend analysis
- Reporting
Module 4 - Data Centre Green House Gases Emissions
- The usage of CO² equivalent
- The three scopes for GHG emissions
- Definitions for various emission scopes
- How to calculate Carbon emissions from the electrical grid
- How to calculate Carbon emissions from back-up generator
- How to calculate Carbon emissions from refrigerant leakage
- How to calculate Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE)
Module 5 – Power Efficiency Indicators
- Various efficiency indicators
- Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
- PUE measurement levels
- Factors affecting PUE
- Measurement points and intervals
- PUE in mixed source environments
- Measuring PUE in a mixed-use building
- PUE reporting
- Impact of PUE after optimising IT load
Module 6 – Electrical Energy Savings (Electrical)
- Identifying the starting point for saving energy
- Sizing of power
- DC power
- Generators
- UPS systems
- Power Factor (PF)
- Energy savings on lighting
Module 7 – Electrical Energy Savings (Mechanical)
- Energy savings on the cooling infrastructure
- Temperature and humidity setpoints
- Various energy efficient cooling technologies
- Energy savings on the airflow
- Liquid cooling
- Energy reusage
- PUE, ERE/ERF and Control Volume
Module 8 – Electrical Energy Savings (ICT)
- Procurement
- IT equipment energy efficiency
- ITEEsv, SMPE, SMPO
- IT equipment utilisation
- Server virtualisation
- Open compute project
Module 9 – Electrical Energy Savings (Data Storage)
- Data management
- Data storage management
- Data storage equipment efficiency
Module 10 – Water Management
- Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE)
- Improving WUE
- Water usage at the power generation source
- Energy Water Intensity Factor (EWIF)
Module 11 – Waste Management
- Waste management policies
- Life-cycle assessment (Cradle to the grave)
- 3 R’s for waste management
- Reduce
- Reuse
- Second-hand market
- Recycle
Module 12 – Sustainable Energy Usage
- Sustainable energy sources
- Power purchase agreements
- Energy attribute certificates
- Renewable Energy Factor (REF)
- Matching renewable energy supply and demand
- Sustainable energy storage
- Carbon trading
Module 13 – Automated Environmental Management Systems
- Use of AI and machine learning
- Load migration
- Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions
Key Learning Outcomes
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Measure and report key sustainability metrics: PUE, WUE, CUE, and carbon accounting standards
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Implement energy and cooling efficiency improvements without sacrificing availability
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Formulate an actionable institutional roadmap towards carbon neutrality
Exam
The exam is a 60-minute closed book exam, with 40 multiple-choice questions. The candidate requires a minimum of 27 correct answers to pass the exam.
Certification & Accreditation
Candidates who successfully pass the exam will receive the official ‘Certified Data Centre Environmental Sustainability Specialist’ certificate. The certification is valid for three years after which the student needs to re-certify.
The CDESS® course is accredited by EXIN, which is a global, independent and not-for-profit accreditation and examination provider.
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