Spotlight on Syska Hennessy Group's
Green Critical Facilities Committee

In this quarter’s issue of Uptime Updates, we highlight a division of Syska Hennessy Group’s Critical Facilities Team that focuses on greener solutions for data centers in today’s world. This group called the Green Critical Facilities Committee was formed in 2006 and was the first in the nation at the time. Since its inception, the team has continually sought to research and evaluate technologies, as well as recommend guidelines that promote energy efficiency and sustainability, without reducing reliability. Find out more about the Green CF Committee >>

Often regarded as thought leaders in the industry, many team members from both Syska’s Critical Facilities Team and Green CF Committee have been asked to present at industry conferences, author technical articles in trade publications, and develop white papers. Uptime Updates also celebrates these accomplishments in this issue, which recaps 2009. See “Recap of 2009 Articles” and “Recap of 2009 White Papers”

In addition, we congratulate the recent appointment of Cyrus Izzo, Syska Hennessy’s Co-CEO, as he was recently appointed to the 7x24 Exchange International’s Board of Directors.
Read more about his new role >>

Finally, please don’t forget to check out “Upcoming Industry Events” where our Critical Facilities and Green CF Committee team members are going to be speaking at next!

Recap of 2009 Articles

Through authored and bylined articles, or interviews, our Critical Facilities Team and Green CF Committee have contributed tremendously in leveraging our exposure in our industry and to our clients. By clicking on each article title below you can read about the innovative topics or projects from Syska Hennessy Group.

Recap of 2009 White Papers

Last year we put out three technical white papers through Uptime Updates. If you missed these, you can still order them online via the Syska.com website:

Greening Reliability
Syska’s Green Critical Facilities Team explores the question, “Can Green really be reliable?” in their White Paper, Greening Reliability. The journey begins with a discussion of the Historic Data Center and Today’s Best Practices, advancing quickly toward Tomorrow’s Facilities, synonymous with Syska’s Best Practices. Explore topics including Indoor Air Quality, The Central Chilled Water Plant, On-Site Power Generation, Critical Power Distribution, IT Infrastructure, Controls, and Site Selection. Order the full white paper >>

Opportunity Knocks: Managing Airflow to Enhance Data Center Cooling Performance
Syska’s Kishor Khankari, a PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics and developer of several CFD software tools, authored this white paper, Opportunity Knocks, as he explores practical techniques to enhance the legacy data center’s cooling performance, and further promote its energy efficiency. Order the full white paper >>

Integrated Waterside Economizer Operation for Data Center Central Chiller Plants
Written by Alex Myers and Vali Sorell, this white paper explores the effectiveness of using an Integrated Water Side Economizer (IWSE), which differs from the traditional water side economizer, as it pipes a Heat Exchanger (HX) in series with the chillers. Order the full white paper >>

Visit our website to see a complete list of Syska Hennessy Group White Papers, including our Global Best Practice Series, Opinion Series and Special Edition Series >>