[san-tech][02789] ANSI/ASHRAE 90.1-2010発行

Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:35:31 +0900
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ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers) の

Standard 90.1-2010 (I-P Edition)
-- Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residental Buildings
(ANSI Approved; IESNA Co-Sponsored)

が下記サイトから購入可能となりました：
  http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?doc_no=ASHRAE|90_1_2010_I_P_&product_id=1739526
※PDF版、ハードカバー版は 11月、どちらも $125。



Description
  "Standard 90.1 has been a benchmark for commercial building energy
   codes in the United States and a key basis for codes and standards
   around the world for more than 35 years."

  "This 2010 edition has been expanded to include new features, an
   expanded scope, and more detailed requirements, as well as
   incorporating changes from more than 100 addenda."


ちなみに一つ前の 2007年版は無償公開されています：

"Standard 90.1-2007 Available as Free Download"
 Oct. 25, 2010
  http://www.ashrae.org/pressroom/detail/17639
Free Download of Standard 90.1-2007 (I-P units)
  http://www.ashrae.org/publications/page/2728


何でこれを取り上げたかと言いますと、2010年版改訂のパブリックコメント
募集の際に、データセンター運用・提供側から連名で異見が表明されました：
[san-tech][02261] データセンター効率規格についての議論と PUE承認

"Setting efficiency goals for data centers",
 April 12, 2010, Google Public Policy Blog
  http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/04/setting-efficiency-goals-for-data.html

  "Recently, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
   Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) added data centers to their
   building efficiency standard, ASHRAE Standard 90.1. This standard
   defines the energy efficiency for most types of buildings in America
   and is often incorporated into building codes across the country."
....
  "We believe that for data centers, where the energy used to perform
   a function (e.g., cooling) is easily measured, efficiency standards
   should be performance-based, not prescriptive. In other words, the
   standard should set the required efficiency without prescribing the
   specific technologies to accomplish that goal."
.....
  "Unfortunately, the proposed ASHRAE standard is far too prescriptive.
   Instead of setting a required level of efficiency for the cooling
   system as a whole, the standard dictates which types of cooling
   methods must be used."
.....
  "Thus, we believe that an overall data center-level cooling system
   efficiency standard needs to replace the proposed prescriptive
   approach to allow data center innovation to continue." ....
  "As leaders in the data center industry, we are committed to
   aggressive energy efficiency improvements, but we need standards that
   let us continue to innovate while meeting (and, hopefully, exceeding)
   a baseline efficiency requirement set by the ASHRAE standard."

署名者:

Chris Crosby, Senior Vice President, Digital Realty Trust
Hossein Fateh, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dupont Fabros Technology
James Hamilton, Vice President and Distinguished Engineer, Amazon
Urs Hoelzle, Senior Vice President, Operations and Google Fellow, Google
Mike Manos, Vice President, Service Operations, Nokia
Kevin Timmons, General Manager, Datacenter Services, Microsoft
Joseph F. Dzaluk, VP, Global Infrastructure and Resource Management, ITDelivery, IBM


これをきっかけに、例えば
"Right Problem but Wrong Approach", April 12th, 2010
  http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2010/04/12/RightProblemButWrongApproach.aspx
"Execs to ASHRAE: Don't Favor Economizers", April 12th, 2010
  http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/04/12/execs-to-ashrae-dont-favor-economizers/
"Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nokia, Digital Realty Trust, Dupont Fabros vs.
 ASHRAE standard 90.1 requirement for economizers limits innovation
 - comment to be heard", 日付逆算が面倒
  http://www.virtualizationtimes.com/google-microsoft-amazon-nokia-digital-realty-trust-dupont-fabros-vs-ashrae-standard-901-requirement-
"Everybody Stay Cool...", 7 Jul 2010
  http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications::Article&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=DD17CE1862FC48C89783EC792B567180

等々意見が出されました。つい最近でも
"Facebook Urges Changes on Cooling Standards", October 4th, 2010
  http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/10/04/facebook-urges-changes-on-cooling-standards/

  "Facebook has joined the chorus of major data center operators
   opposing new guidelines on data center cooling being considered by
   a key industry standards body. The debate focuses on technical
   details of a standard being proposed by the Society of Heating,
   Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)."

実際に発行された ASHRAE 90.1-2010が Data Centerをどう扱っているか、
未だ入手してないので解りません (後追い記事・意見等が見あたりません)。