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Energy Smart Products
In fiscal year 2007, Dell introduced Energy Smart, a complementary program to ENERGY STAR that helps customers achieve a higher level of efficiency. Since 2005, we've enabled customers to save more than $3 billion in energy costs. Visit the Energy Calculator at www.dell.com/earth.
Energy efficiency is fundamental for all Dell PowerEdge servers. Energy Smart servers reduce server power draw and the resulting system heat, requiring less cooling. Dell PowerEdge Energy Smart servers use energy-efficient hard drives, advanced fan technology, high-efficiency power supplies and low-voltage processors.
We constantly review and measure component energy consumption across our supplier base. We select components that deliver superior performance and reduced energy consumption and we review these components periodically for leading-edge performance.
80 PLUS
The 80 PLUS program unites electric utilities, the computer industry and consumers to bring energy-efficient power supplies to desktop computers and servers. The 80 PLUS performance standard requires power supplies in computers and servers to be 80 percent or greater energy-efficient at 20, 50 and 100 percent of rated load with a true power factor of 0.9 or greater. This makes an 80 PLUS-certified power supply substantially more efficient than typical power supplies. Dell was the first in the industry to achieve 80 PLUS Gold energy efficiency for a server power supply. Visit www.80plus.org
for more information.
Energy Smart Consulting Services
In addition to selling energy-efficient products, we provide consulting services to improve the energy efficiency of our customers’ data centers. Our consulting services include data center optimization assessments, capacity planning, virtualization and energy efficiency research for maximizing value.
Environmental Assessment: Dell encourages customers to achieve energy efficiency in existing and new facilities. We perform comprehensive assessments and develop customized plans to reduce energy use in heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) and power-delivery systems.
Capacity Planning: Growing businesses requires increasing your IT infrastructure, which usually means adding servers in the data center. The heat generated by each server requires additional energy to cool the equipment. Every watt consumed by a server and other IT equipment generally incurs at least another watt through cooling, power backup and power delivery. Dell provides an online tool for customers to plan their data centers to use the latest energy efficiency and computing technology to accommodate capacity growth. Learn more about Capacity Planning.
Virtualization: Many are turning to virtualization as a means of consolidation to fewer, higher-performing servers. This approach not only reduces the amount of equipment needed, but also lowers power consumption, cooling requirements and data center square footage. Dell Consultants from our Virtualization Practice, can help simplify your operational processes within a virtual server environment, they can ensure that you achieve “Operational Readiness,” which is the ability to routinely provision, consume and manage virtualization effectively in production environments. Learn more about Virtualization.
Energy Efficiency Research: Vendors or customers who want to validate or develop custom energy-efficient solutions can work directly with the Dell Energy Smart Research Center in Austin. At the lab, customers and vendors test different HVAC, power delivery and airflows on a range of IT deployments and workloads. The tests help identify which technology or combination of technologies delivers the most efficient solutions.
Product Concept and Design
We design technology with the environment in mind. We monitor the integrity of design elements with rigorous business controls and supplier audits. Core design elements include:
Energy Efficiency: Our energy-efficient products deliver optimized performance per watt and maximum efficiency. This decreases cost of ownership and enhances productivity while reducing your company’s carbon footprint.
Precautionary Chemicals and Materials Use: We attempt to eliminate the use of unregulated substances if we think they could be hazardous. If alternatives are available, Dell works to develop reliable, environmentally-responsible solutions. Learn more about Materials Use.
Supply Chain Sustainability: We expect suppliers to uphold the same commitment to environmental responsibility as we do, as a condition of doing business with them.
In fiscal year 2007, Dell introduced Energy Smart, a complementary program to ENERGY STAR that helps customers achieve a higher level of efficiency. Since 2005, we've enabled customers to save more than $3 billion in energy costs. Visit the Energy Calculator at www.dell.com/earth.
Energy efficiency is fundamental for all Dell PowerEdge servers. Energy Smart servers reduce server power draw and the resulting system heat, requiring less cooling. Dell PowerEdge Energy Smart servers use energy-efficient hard drives, advanced fan technology, high-efficiency power supplies and low-voltage processors.
We constantly review and measure component energy consumption across our supplier base. We select components that deliver superior performance and reduced energy consumption and we review these components periodically for leading-edge performance.
80 PLUS
The 80 PLUS program unites electric utilities, the computer industry and consumers to bring energy-efficient power supplies to desktop computers and servers. The 80 PLUS performance standard requires power supplies in computers and servers to be 80 percent or greater energy-efficient at 20, 50 and 100 percent of rated load with a true power factor of 0.9 or greater. This makes an 80 PLUS-certified power supply substantially more efficient than typical power supplies. Dell was the first in the industry to achieve 80 PLUS Gold energy efficiency for a server power supply. Visit www.80plus.org
for more information. Energy Smart Consulting Services
In addition to selling energy-efficient products, we provide consulting services to improve the energy efficiency of our customers’ data centers. Our consulting services include data center optimization assessments, capacity planning, virtualization and energy efficiency research for maximizing value.
Environmental Assessment: Dell encourages customers to achieve energy efficiency in existing and new facilities. We perform comprehensive assessments and develop customized plans to reduce energy use in heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) and power-delivery systems.
Capacity Planning: Growing businesses requires increasing your IT infrastructure, which usually means adding servers in the data center. The heat generated by each server requires additional energy to cool the equipment. Every watt consumed by a server and other IT equipment generally incurs at least another watt through cooling, power backup and power delivery. Dell provides an online tool for customers to plan their data centers to use the latest energy efficiency and computing technology to accommodate capacity growth. Learn more about Capacity Planning.
Virtualization: Many are turning to virtualization as a means of consolidation to fewer, higher-performing servers. This approach not only reduces the amount of equipment needed, but also lowers power consumption, cooling requirements and data center square footage. Dell Consultants from our Virtualization Practice, can help simplify your operational processes within a virtual server environment, they can ensure that you achieve “Operational Readiness,” which is the ability to routinely provision, consume and manage virtualization effectively in production environments. Learn more about Virtualization.
Energy Efficiency Research: Vendors or customers who want to validate or develop custom energy-efficient solutions can work directly with the Dell Energy Smart Research Center in Austin. At the lab, customers and vendors test different HVAC, power delivery and airflows on a range of IT deployments and workloads. The tests help identify which technology or combination of technologies delivers the most efficient solutions.
Product Concept and Design
We design technology with the environment in mind. We monitor the integrity of design elements with rigorous business controls and supplier audits. Core design elements include:
Energy Efficiency: Our energy-efficient products deliver optimized performance per watt and maximum efficiency. This decreases cost of ownership and enhances productivity while reducing your company’s carbon footprint.
Precautionary Chemicals and Materials Use: We attempt to eliminate the use of unregulated substances if we think they could be hazardous. If alternatives are available, Dell works to develop reliable, environmentally-responsible solutions. Learn more about Materials Use.
Supply Chain Sustainability: We expect suppliers to uphold the same commitment to environmental responsibility as we do, as a condition of doing business with them.