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CDESS - Certified Data Centre Environmental Sustainability Specialist [R23] (12-CDESSR23)


Description
The CDESS (Certified Data Centre Environmental Sustainability Specialist) 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.

Subscribing to this course will provide unlimited access for a duration of 1-year from the moment of purchase. In addition you will receive the student manual and EXIN exam voucher.

Complimentary you will receive a free personal copy of the Computer Room Utilization Ratio guideline (CRUR).

This course supports English subtitles and playback speed. Subtitles can be turned on or off. On small portable devices such as mobile phones, subtitles are loaded automatically, but can be turned off.

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Content
  • Course Introduction
  • Welcome
  • CDESS - Course Introduction
  • Module 1
  • Module 1 - Impact of Data Centres on the Environment
  • Module 1.1 - Data Centre Energy Consumption Growth
  • Module 1.2 - Exponential Rising Demand
  • Module 1.3 - International Agreements and Regulations
  • Module 1.4 - Continuous Improvement Required
  • Module 2
  • Module 2 - What is Environmental Sustainability
  • Module 2.1 - Why is Sustainability Important
  • Module 2.2 - Sustainability Definitions
  • Module 2.3 - Environmental Policies
  • Module 2.4 - Performance Standards and Metrics
  • Module 2.5 - Awareness and Commitment
  • Module 3
  • Module 3 - Environmental Management
  • Module 3.1 - Sustainabillity Framework
  • Module 3.2 - Green Standards and Guidelines
  • Module 3.3 - ISO/IEC 30134
  • Module 3.4 - ISO 50001
  • Module 3.5 - Energy Management
  • Module 3.6 - Data Centre Efficiency Model
  • Module 3.7 - Measurements
  • Module 3.8 - Metering Program
  • Module 3.9 - Metering Specifics
  • Module 3.10 - Metering Costs
  • Module 3.11 - Reporting
  • Module 4
  • Module 4 - Data Centre Green House Gases (GHG) Emissions
  • Module 4.1 - Green House Gases
  • Module 4.2 - Emission Scopes
  • Module 4.3 - Scope 3 Catagories
  • Module 4.4 - Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE)
  • Module 4.5 - Example CUE Calculation
  • Module 5
  • Module 5 - Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
  • Module 5.1 - What is PUE
  • Module 5.2 - PUE Values
  • Module 5.3 - Measuring PUE
  • Module 5.4 - Mixed Source Environments
  • Module 5.5 - PUE Additional Considerations
  • Module 6
  • Module 6 - Electrical Energy Savings (Electrical)
  • Module 6.1 - Power Allocation
  • Module 6.2 - DC Power
  • Module 6.3 - Generators
  • Module 6.4 - Selecting the Right UPS
  • Module 6.5 - Additional Electrical Savings
  • Module 7
  • Module 7 - Electrical Energy Savings (Mechanical)
  • Module 7.1 - Buiding Design
  • Module 7.2 - Free Cooling
  • Module 7.3 - Raising the Cold Aisle Temperature
  • Module 7.4 - Airflow
  • Module 7.5 - Liquid Cooling
  • Module 7.6 - Alternative Chilled Water Supply
  • Module 7.7 - Heat Energy Reuse
  • Module 7.8 - Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES)
  • Module 7.9 - Waste Energy From Liquid Cooling
  • Module 7.10 - Energy Reuse Factor (ERF)
  • Module 8
  • Module 8 - Electrical Energy Savings (ICT)
  • Module 8.1 - Purchasing New ICT equipment
  • Module 8.2 - IT Equipment Energy Efficiency for Servers (ITEEsv)
  • Module 8.3 - IT Equipment Utilization for Servers (ITEUsv)
  • Module 8.4 - Energy Efficient IT Technologies
  • Module 9
  • Module 9 - Electrical Energy Savings (Data Storage)
  • Module 9.1 - Data Storage Management
  • Module 9.2 - Software Defined Storage
  • Module 9.3 - Energy Efficient Data Storage Systems
  • Module 10
  • Module 10 - Water Management
  • Module 10.1 - Water Usage
  • Module 10.2 - Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE)
  • Module 10.3 - Hidden Water Usage
  • Module 11
  • Module 11 - Waste Management
  • Module 11.1 - Sustainable Lifecycle Management
  • Module 11.2 - 3 R's
  • Module 12
  • Module 12 - Sustainable Energy Usage
  • Module 12.1 - Energy Attribute Certificates
  • Module 12.2 - Renewable Energy Factor (REF)
  • Module 12.3 - Time-based Compensation
  • Module 12.4 - Renewable Energy Storage
  • Module 12.5 - Carbon Trading
  • Module 13
  • Module 13 - Automated Environmental Management Systems
  • Module 13.1 - Using Artificial Intelligence
  • Module 13.2 - Load Migration
  • Module 13.3 - DCIM
  • Sample Exam and Survey
  • CDESS Sample Exam
  • CDESS Course Survey
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: 3 years