DATA CENTER AND TELECOM FACILITIES
General Requirements: Free cooling system must be installed in a data center, telecom facility, or similar space that has a 24/7 cooling load for computer, router, switch, or similar IT equipment. For other free cooling solutions, or for optimization of existing free cooling capability, custom incentives may be available. DATA CENTER AND TELECOM AIR SIDE ECONOMIZER Requirements: • Complete Table J of the “Process Systems Incentive Catalog Supplemental Data Sheet” for this measure. • The “Economizer Shutoff Temperature” is the temperature above which the economizer is disabled. • The “Supply Air Temperature” is the temperature of cool air leaving the air handler. • The “Cooling System EER” is the efficiency at AHRI conditions. • If the cooling system does not have a cooling tower, enter “N/A” in columns related to cooling towers. • This incentive is for the installation of an air-side economizer to offset electric cooling in a data center, telecom facility, or similar facility that has a 24/7 cooling load that does not already have some air-side economizer functionality.
• Air-side economizer must be automatically controlled based on outside air temperature or enthalpy. • Redundant and backup cooling equipment does not count towards the total tons of cooling. • Process loads in manufacturing facilities are not eligible. • Air side economizer limited to offsetting ≤ 100 tons of mechanical cooling. Custom incentives may be available for larger systems. EQUIPMENT UPGRADES AND RETROFITS Measure Description Code Incentive
Unit
Air Side Economizer, Data Center/Telecom
PS4776*
$100
Ton
* Supplemental Data Sheet needed
ENERGY-EFFICIENT DRYCOOLER FOR DATA CENTER AND TELECOM Requirements: • Complete Table K of the “Process Systems Incentive Catalog Supplemental Data Sheet” for this measure. • This incentive is for installing a water-side economizer that is automatically controlled to enable economizer operation based on outside air temperature. • Water-side economizer must be installed new and is not for replacement of an existing water-side economizer. • Only for data centers and telecom facilities with direct expansion (DX) computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units. (Drycoolers for chilled water systems may be eligible for custom incentives.) • Redundant CRAC units that are not in operation do not count toward the total capacity (i.e., the total capacity of redundant, non-operational CRAC units should not be included when calculating the total capacity). • Provide documentation of total rated capacity of data center cooling system. Documentation should include an inventory of CRAC units with quantity, capacity, manufacturer, and model number of each unit. EQUIPMENT UPGRADES AND RETROFITS Measure Description Code Incentive Unit Energy-Efficient Drycooler, Data Center/Telecom PS2305* $80 Ton * Supplemental Data Sheet needed
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