Certified Data Centre Environmental Sustainability Specialist
The CDESS® course is aimed at providing knowledge of the standards and guidelines related to environmental sustainability, and how to move your data centre (existing or new) to a more environmentally sustainable design and operations.
Audience Profile
The primary audience for this course is any IT, facilities or data centre professional who works in and around the data centre and has the responsibility to achieve and improve efficiency and environmental sustainability, whilst maintaining the availability and manageability of the data centre.
Course Benefits
Understand the impact of data centres on the environment
Describe the various environmental/energy management standards
Understand the purpose and goals of the legally binding international treaties on climate change
Implement various sustainable performance metrics and how to use them in the data centre environment
Manage data centre environmental sustainability using international standards
Set up the measurement, monitoring and reporting of energy usage
Explain the impact of Green House Gases (GHG) and calculate carbon emissions
Use power efficiency indicators in a variety of data centre designs
Use best practices for energy savings in the electrical infrastructure and in the mechanical (cooling) infrastructure
Use best practices for energy savings for the ICT equipment and data storage
Understand the importance of water management and waste management
Understand the different ways to use sustainable energy in the data centre
Get practical tips and innovative ideas to make a data centre more sustainable
Course Syllabus
Exam
Attendees will take a 1-hour CDESS® exam. The exam is 40 questions, multiple-choice, closed-book. The passing mark is 27 out of 40.
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