Electronic Environments Corporation Achieves Data Center Energy Practitioners (DCEP) Certification

Electronic Environments Corporation (EEC), a provider of critical facility solutions to information technology and telecommunication facilities, announced that Jim Stark, design/build manager, has recently been certified as a Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP).

Stark has experience in delivering mission-critical data center projects and performing site assessments and evaluations to address industry standards and power quality.

Data centers are energy-intensive and extremely expensive to operate. The certification enables EEC to offer better solutions to data center customers. Users will benefit from working with experts who can perform data center energy assessments based on training provided by the U.S. Department of Energy.

In order to receive the DCEP certification, Stark met criteria such as specific work experience and expertise in IT-equipment, cooling systems, air management, and electrical systems. Other skills for getting the certification include design, operation, and diagnostics experience, as well as proficiency with measurement equipment techniques and data collection.

The Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) program enables professionals to become energy experts with the experience to conduct energy assessments for data centers, according to a press statement.

Professionals require significant knowledge, training, and skills to perform accurate energy assessments in data centers.

The DCEP program is designed and implemented in association with industry stakeholders to train a core group of professional energy practitioners to help data centers reduce their energy demands and accelerate energy savings.

EEC data center experts have the experience and skills in all data center disciplines to help companies to review, assess and provide solutions to maximize energy savings and reduce operating expenses – all the while maintaining uptime of their critical facilities, company officials said.

Recently, an independent report by Stanford University civil and environmental engineering department consulting professor, Jonathan G. Koomey, said that electricity use in data centers has been lagging in the past five years, as opposed to 2000 to 2005, when data center electricity use doubled. From 2005 to 2010, electricity use rose about 36 percent in the U.S., and 56 percent worldwide.