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ANCIS is publishing and presenting at many industry events. The following listing includes selected publications and presentations that we have authored or co-authored. Please click the links to view or download the complete documents.


  Future Publications                                                                                                                                              


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  Past Publications                                                                                                                                                  


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"Data Center Optimization Using Performance Metrics"

Presented at InterPack 2015 conference, July 6-9, 2015, San Francisco, California


 
 
 

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"Data + Metrics + Training = Data Center Efficiency"

RF Code Blog, September 26, 2014.


 
 
 
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"Optimizing Data Center Designs with CFD"

Part of CoolSim's Series of Web Presentations, July 23, 2014.


 
 
 
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"Predicting CRAC Failure Analysis with CoolSim"

Part of CoolSim's Series of Web Presentations, May 23, 2013.


 
 
 
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"Point of View on the New ASHRAE Thermal Guidelines: A Conversation with Dr. Magnus Herrlin (ANCIS) and Bruce Taylor (Uptime Institute)"

Part of RF Code's Series of Web Presentations, December 11, 2012.

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"Optimizing the Energy Envelope of the Data Center"

Part of CoolSim's Series of Web Presentations, March 18, 2012.


 
 
 
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"New Metrics in Data Center Cooling Optimization"

Part of RF Code's Series of Web Presentations, October 6, 2011.

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"The Benefit of Adding a Ceiling Plenum to an Existing Data Center"

Part of CoolSim's Series of Web Presentations, July 28, 2011.


 
 
 
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"Data Center Air Management Research"

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Emerging Technologies Program, Application Assessment Report #0912, Issued September 22, 2010 

Free download to the right, Copyright © 2010 Pacific Gas and Electric Company.


 
 
 
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"Room-Level Energy and Thermal Management in Data Centers: The DOE Air Management Tool"

Presented at IMAPS Advanced Technology Workshop on Thermal Management, September 28-30, 2010, Palo Alto, CA.

Free download to the right, Copyright ANCIS © 2010.


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IMAPS 2010

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"Thermal Management in Telecommunications Central Offices: The Next Steps"

Presented at Intelec 2010 Conference,
June 6-10, 2010, Orlando, Florida.

Free download to the right, Copyright Intelec © 2010


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Intelec10

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"Thermal Design of Data Centers to Safeguard the Electronic Equipment"

Presented at the Thermal Design Center,
March 9, 2010, Santa Clara, California.

Free download to the right, Copyright ANCIS © 2010.


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TDS 2010

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"Top-Level Energy and Environmental Dashboard for Data Center Monitoring"

Presented at ASHRAE '10 Winter Meeting, Orlando, FL, January 23 - 27, 2010 and published in ASHRAE Transactions, Volume 116, Part 1.

Free download to the right, Copyright ASHRAE © 2010

The paper was published in ASHRAE Transactions (Volume 116, Part 1). Copyright (2010) American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. This posting is by permission of ASHRAE and is presented for educational purposes only. ASHRAE does not endorse or recommend commercial products or services. This paper may not be copied and/or distributed electronically or in paper form without permission of ASHRAE. Contact ASHRAE at www.ashrae.org

The content has been modified with a Trademark footnote.


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ASHRAE OR10

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"Energy-Efficient Air Cooling of Data Centers at 2000 W/ft2"

Presented at ASME InterPACK '09 Conference,
July 19-23, 2009, San Francisco, California.

Free download to the right, Copyright ASME © 2009.


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IP SF09

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"DOE Data Center Certified Energy Practitioner (DC-CEP) Program"

Presented at DatacenterDynamics Conference,
July 17, 2009, San Francisco, California.

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DCD SF09

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"ASHRAE Data Center Activities and Revised Cooling Capacities of Raised Floors"

Presented at the ASHRAE Southern California Chapter Monthly Meeting,
April 7, 2009, Los Angeles, California.


 

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"Load Strategies for Telecom Switching Centers"

Published in ASHRAE Journal, January 2009.

Free download to the right, Copyright ASHRAE © 2009

The article was published in ASHRAE Journal, January 2009. Copyright (2009) American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. This posting is by permission of ASHRAE and is presented for educational purposes only. ASHRAE does not endorse or recommend commercial products or services. This article may not be copied and/or distributed electronically or in paper form without permission of ASHRAE. Contact ASHRAE at www.ashrae.org


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ASHRAE Journal

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"How to Apply ASHRAE Temperature Guidelines to Evaluate Air-Based Cooling Systems in Data Centers"

Presented at Labs21 '08 Annual Conference, San Jose, CA, September 16 - 18, 2008.

Free download to the right, Copyright ANCIS © 2008.


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DC21 2008

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"Airflow and Cooling Performance of Data Centers: Two Performance Metrics"

Presented at ASHRAE '08 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, June 21 - 25, 2008 and published in ASHRAE Transactions, Volume 114, Part 2.

Free download to the right, Copyright ASHRAE © 2008

The paper was published in ASHRAE Transactions (Volume 114, Part 2). Copyright (2008) American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. This posting is by permission of ASHRAE and is presented for educational purposes only. ASHRAE does not endorse or recommend commercial products or services. This paper may not be copied and/or distributed electronically or in paper form without permission of ASHRAE. Contact ASHRAE at www.ashrae.org

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ASHRAE SL08

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"Cooling Electronics and Data Centers: The Big Picture"

Presented at the Semi-Therm '08 Conference, San Jose, CA, March 16 - 20, 2008.


 

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"Method for Optimizing Equipment Cooling Effectiveness and HVAC Cooling Costs in Telecom and Data Centers"


Presented at ASHRAE '08 Winter Meeting, New York, NY, January 19 - 23, 2008 and published in ASHRAE Transactions, Volume 114, Part 1.

Free download to the right, Copyright ASHRAE © 2008

The paper was published in ASHRAE Transactions (Volume 114, Part 1). Copyright (2008) American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. This posting is by permission of ASHRAE and is presented for educational purposes only. ASHRAE does not endorse or recommend commercial products or services. This paper may not be copied and/or distributed electronically or in paper form without permission of ASHRAE. Contact ASHRAE at www.ashrae.org


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ASHRAE NY 08

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"Best Practices for Datacom Facility Energy Efficiency"

ASHRAE Datacom Series, Copyright ASHRAE © 2008

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"Engineered Cooling Solutions for Data Centers: Energy Efficiency and Cooling Effectiveness"

Presented at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) '07 Conference, San Francisco, CA, September 18 - 20, 2007.


 

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"Improved Data Center Energy Efficiency and Thermal Performance by Advanced Airflow Analysis"

Presented at the Digital Power Forum '07 Conference, San Francisco, CA, September 10 - 12, 2007.
 
Free download to the right, Copyright ANCIS © 2007


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DPF 2007

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"New Way of Using Flovent for Effective Data Center Analysis"

Part of Flomerics' Series of Web Presentations, October 4, 2006.


 
 

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"Prerequisites for Successful Energy and Thermal Management in Data Centers: Metrics" 

Presented at Digital Power Forum '06 Conference, Richardson, TX, Sept. 18 – 20, 2006.


 

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"A New Tool for Evaluating and Designing the Thermal Environment in Telecom Central Offices"

Presented at INTELEC 2006 Conference, Providence, RI, Sept. 10 – 14, 2006.

Free download to the right, Copyright IEEE-INTELEC © 2006


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INTELEC-06

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"Understanding Gravity's Role in the Data Center: How It Could Help Improve the Cooling Design"

Published in ZERODOWNTIME, The International Data Center Design and Management Journal, Summer 2006.

Free download to the right, Copyright ZERODOWNTIME © 2006


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ZERO-06

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"Energy Efficiency and Effective Equipment Cooling in Data Centers?"

Presented at ASHRAE Summer Meeting in Quebec City, June 24 - 28, 2006.

Free download to the right, Copyright ANCIS © 2006


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ASHRAE-Quebec

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“Gravity-Assisted Air Mixing in Data Centers and How it Affects the Rack Cooling Effectiveness”

Presented at IEEE–ITherm 2006 Conference, San Diego, CA, May 30 – June 2, 2006.

Free download to the right, Copyright IEEE-ITHERM © 2006


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ITherm

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"Energy Efficiency and Rack Cooling Effectiveness in Data Centers"

Published in Energy & Power Management, May 2006, Vol. 31, No. 5.


 

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“Efficient Cooling of Electronic Equipment and Equipment Rooms”

Presented at PG&E Pacific Energy Center, San Francisco, CA, April 6, 2006.


 

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“Relationship between Equipment Reliability and Energy Efficiency”

Presented at EPA ENERGY STAR Conference on “Enterprise Servers and Data Centers: Opportunities for Energy Savings,” Sunnyvale, CA, February 1, 2006.

Free download to the right, Copyright ANCIS © 2006


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EPA

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"Rack Cooling Effectiveness in Data Centers and Telecom Central Offices: The Rack Cooling Index (RCI)"

Presented at ASHRAE Summer Meeting in Denver, CO, June 25-29, 2005 and published in ASHRAE Transaction 2005, Vol. 111, Part 2.

Free download to the right, Copyright ASHRAE © 2005.

The paper was published in ASHRAE Transactions (Volume 111, Part 2). Copyright (2005) American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. This posting is by permission of ASHRAE and is presented for educational purposes only. ASHRAE does not endorse or recommend commercial products or services. This paper may not be copied and/or distributed electronically or in paper form without permission of ASHRAE. Contact ASHRAE at www.ashrae.org

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RCI Paper

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"Design Considerations for Datacom Equipment Centers"

ASHRAE Datacom Series, Copyright ASHRAE © 2005

For more information and purchase, please visit ASHRAE


 

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"Datacom Equipment Power Trends and Cooling Applications"

ASHRAE Datacom Series, Copyright ASHRAE © 2005

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“Evolution of Data Center Environmental Guidelines”

ASHRAE 2004 Technical Symposium Paper Award

Presented at ASHRAE Winter Meeting in Anaheim, CA, January 24-28, 2004 and published in ASHRAE Transaction 2004, Vol. 110, Part 1.

Free download to the right, Copyright ASHRAE © 2004

The paper was published in ASHRAE Transactions (Volume 110, Part 1). Copyright (2004) American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. This posting is by permission of ASHRAE and is presented for educational purposes only. ASHRAE does not endorse or recommend commercial products or services. This paper may not be copied and/or distributed electronically or in paper form without permission of ASHRAE. Contact ASHRAE at www.ashrae.org


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Evolution

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"Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments"

ASHRAE Datacom Series, Copyright ASHRAE © 2004

For more information and purchase, please visit ASHRAE


 

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