IP-Enabled Energy Management: A Proven Strategy for Administering Energy as a Service

IP-Enabled Energy Management: A Proven Strategy for Administering Energy as a Service

by Rob Aldrich, John Parello
Released October 2010
Publisher(s): Sybex
ISBN: 9780470607251

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Book description

Extend Your Energy Management Capabilities

Managing energy usage via a company network allows you to create an energy management program that can be scaled company-wide, and this unique book shows you just how to do it. Through step-by-step instruction and real-world case studies drawn from the expert author team's own experience at Cisco, this book lays out an IP-based energy management strategy to optimize resources, dramatically increase energy savings, and significantly reduce your carbon footprint.

How do you establish energy management across multiple functions, such as compute, network, and storage while preparing for building infrastructure convergence? How do you set up energy domains on a network? How do you bring this all together into one unified energy program—then deploy it, manage it, and measure results? Find the answers in this timely guide.

  • Consider energy in terms of risk, cost, and resource management

  • Gather raw data on where your company is now and set up benchmarking

  • Create strategies across multiple stakeholders and goals, including facilities, IT, security, and sustainability

  • Establish and administer energy domains

  • Review the basics of energy accounting, measure results, and set up reporting

  • See how to make your program sustainable and prepare for the future

Table of contents

  1. IP-Enabled Energy Management: A Proven Strategy for Administering Energy as a Service
    1. Copyright
    2. Dear Reader,
    3. Dedication
    4. Acknowledgments (1/2)
    5. Acknowledgments (2/2)
    6. About the Authors
    7. Contents at a Glance
    8. Contents
    9. Introduction
      1. What This Book Covers
      2. What’s Inside This Book?
    10. Chapter 1: A Stake in the Ground
      1. How Did We Get Here? (1/2)
      2. How Did We Get Here? (2/2)
      3. What You Should Know about Energy
      4. Energy Accounting
      5. Energy Use in the Digital Age (1/2)
      6. Energy Use in the Digital Age (2/2)
      7. The State of Energy Management Today (1/2)
      8. The State of Energy Management Today (2/2)
      9. The Future of Energy Management (1/3)
      10. The Future of Energy Management (2/3)
      11. The Future of Energy Management (3/3)
    11. Chapter 2: Benchmarking
      1. Understanding the Scope of Considerations
      2. Accessing Benchmark Data (1/3)
      3. Accessing Benchmark Data (2/3)
      4. Accessing Benchmark Data (3/3)
      5. Structuring the Data (1/2)
      6. Structuring the Data (2/2)
      7. The Bottom Line
    12. Chapter 3: Assessing Value
      1. Organizing the Data
      2. Translating Data Models
      3. Presenting the Data (1/2)
      4. Presenting the Data (2/2)
      5. The Bottom Line
    13. Chapter 4: Managing Your Project
      1. Getting Started
      2. Building a Team (1/2)
      3. Building a Team (2/2)
      4. Getting Organized
      5. The Bottom Line
    14. Chapter 5: Building a Pilot Deployment
      1. Understanding Energy Management
      2. Selecting Your Teams
      3. Defining the Mission and Philosophy
      4. Creating the Root System (1/3)
      5. Creating the Root System (2/3)
      6. Creating the Root System (3/3)
      7. Understanding Energy Domains
      8. Selecting Pilot Energy Domains
      9. Communicating Results
      10. The Bottom Line
    15. Chapter 6: Pilot to Production
      1. Creating a Production Plan
      2. Reviewing the Pilot
      3. Partitioning
      4. Performing Inventory and Categorization (1/2)
      5. Performing Inventory and Categorization (2/2)
      6. Implementing Policies
      7. The Bottom Line
    16. Chapter 7: Reporting
      1. Information Review
      2. Government Mandates
      3. Conversion to GHG and CO2 Equivalencies
      4. Energy Domain Breakdown
      5. Live, Operational, and Historical Data
      6. The Bottom Line
    17. Chapter 8: Administering Energy Domains
      1. Organizing the Energy Domains
      2. Specifying Policies
      3. Implementing Policies
      4. The Bottom Line
    18. Chapter 9: Making Your Program Sustainable
      1. Funding Your Program
      2. Determining Program Placement
      3. Choosing a Program Structure
      4. Program Scalability (1/2)
      5. Program Scalability (2/2)
      6. The Bottom Line
    19. Chapter 10: Preparing for the Next Big Thing
      1. Chart Your Course
      2. On the Horizon
      3. Resource Management
      4. The Bottom Line
    20. Appendices
      1. Appendix A: The Bottom Line (1/2)
      2. Appendix A: The Bottom Line (2/2)
        1. Chapter 2: Benchmarking
        2. Chapter 3: Assessing Value
        3. Chapter 4: Managing Your Project
        4. Chapter 5: Building a Pilot Deployment
        5. Chapter 6: Pilot to Production
        6. Chapter 7: Reporting
        7. Chapter 8: Administering Energy Domains
        8. Chapter 9: Making Your Program Sustainable
        9. Chapter 10: Preparing for the Next Big Thing
      3. Appendix B: Links and Resources (1/2)
      4. Appendix B: Links and Resources (2/2)
        1. Useful Software
        2. Topical Resources
      5. Glossary (1/3)
      6. Glossary (2/3)
      7. Glossary (3/3)
    21. Index (1/2)
    22. Index (2/2)

Product information

  • Title: IP-Enabled Energy Management: A Proven Strategy for Administering Energy as a Service
  • Author(s): Rob Aldrich, John Parello
  • Release date: October 2010
  • Publisher(s): Sybex
  • ISBN: 9780470607251