Energy management in cleanrooms: From the lab to themarketplace
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory is working to improve energy efficiency in high-tech facilities, i.e., laboratories, data centers, and clean rooms. With their high ventilation requirements and correspondingly high process loads, 7x24 operation, and importance to the overall economy, these types of facilities offer important (and often under-exploited) potential for energy savings. In California alone, two large electric power plants could be avoided with the widespread adoption of measures to improve energy efficiency in this arena, saving half a billion dollars per year for facility owners. To help identify specific promising opportunities, the California Energy Commission sponsored the development of technology research ''Roadmaps'' for clean rooms and laboratories (in 2002) and data centers (in 2003). These were developed with industry participation and provided dozens of specific recommendations. The balance of this article focuses on the case of clean rooms.
- Research Organization:
- Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; US Environmental Protection Agency; Pacific Gas andElectric Company, San Deigo Gas and Electric Company, California EnergyCommission
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 881369
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL/PUB--903; BnR: 600305000
- Journal Information:
- Association of Facility Engineers Newsletter, Journal Name: Association of Facility Engineers Newsletter
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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