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Workshop Report on "Making Data Centres and Laboratories more sustainable"

Brief overview of the workshop

Running laboratories and IT server rooms is energy-intensive and an obvious place for savings. However, design and equipment choice often neglect measures for energy-efficiency. The University of Luxemburg (UL) and the UK Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement (HEEPI) project, and the US Labs21 Initiative co-organised a workshop in Luxembourg to disseminate best practice in optimising laboratory and IT room design and equipment for minimal energy use. The Chambre de Commerce du Luxembourg provided for the venue.

A study by HEEPI has shown that adherence to best practice in IT server room and laboratory design and equipment can reduce fossil fuel consumption between two- and four-fold and halve the electricity bill. For example, the typical energy performance of medical or bioscience laboratories without secure facilities was a consumption of fossil fuel and electricity of 289 kWh/m2 and 300 kWh/m2, respectively. By contrast, laboratories of the same type implementing best practice consumed 130 kWh/m2 from fossil fuel and 109 kWh/m2 electricity.

T his workshop discussed practical measures and policies to achieve such savings:

Flyer Colloque 5 mars 2009.pdf 347,15 kB

Speakers 5 mars 2009.pdf 30,02 kB