Switch Off Server Room Air-Conditioning & Save Money

With Smarter, Cheaper and More Efficient Cooling Technologies

More and more companies are discovering they can switch off expensive server room air-conditioning when they install our intelligent cooling rack solutions

Why cool all this...

Server Room Cooling Area:
2.5m x 4m x 3m = 30m³

When you can just cool this!

Rack Cabinet Cooling Area:
2x (2.3m x 0.3m x 1m) = 2.76m³

Out With the Old...

Many businesses are wasting money and energy because of these following reasons;

They have adopted or inherited an inefficient strategy of cooling an entire server room.

Air-conditioning is an expensive and ineffient cooling technology.

Server room requirements are over-specified because they were calculated some years ago when equipment was less efficient.

Companies are downsizing their server technology due to cloud systems, virtualisation and branch developments.

In With the New!

Cooling the inside of each rack is smarter, cheaper and more efficient;

Equipment is cooled as needed by installing a specialist enclosure or adapting the existing standard rack.

Air-conditioning can be switched off, or set to thermostatic control for unusually warm days.

Can provide N+1 server room redundancy - new cooling technologies can be run off existing UPS devices.

Specialist racks can provide a better server environment than a server room alone.

Being Paid to Switch Off

Many customers start seeing the financial benefits immediately, because the money saved per month in electricity more than off-sets the monthly financing costs*. It's as if you are being paid to switch off your air-conditioning! Here is a comparison of electricity used in 1 Year by 3.4kW Unit;

Air-Conditioning Unit: 13,414.88 kW/h
Cooling Solution: 1,576.80 kW/h
Energy Saved Per Yr: 11,838.08 kW

Cost Saving: £4.66 Per Day / £1,703.50 Per Year
Energy Saving: 88.25%

Pricing taken from the Energy Saving Trust. Electricity standard rate 14.39 pence/kWh. Air conditioning unit running at a medium level consuming 1.531 kWh. Cooling Solution running at a medium level (75%) consuming 0.180 kW/h
*Energy Efficiency finance agreement is optional - usually over a 3-5 year period.

The Disadvantages of Air Conditioning

Air conditioning has been widely accepted as a standard cooling solution for server rooms, but in realisty, it is an expensive and inefficient cooling technology. The Carbon Trust a world-leading organisation helping businesses move faster towards a low carbon economy, states that "Air conditioning can use a huge amount of energy. In fact, air conditioning can increase a building's energy consumption and associated carbon emissions by up to 100%."

An Accredited Supplier for the Carbon Trust

The Rack People is a Carbon Trust Accredited Supplier We (The Rack People™) have been awarded accredited supplier status by The Carbon Trust in a new scheme which leads the market in high quality energy efficient equipment and renewable technology suppliers. The Carbon Trust accredited supplier scheme provides independent validation and a trusted quality standard in an emerging green market.

R-22 Refrigerant Ban in Air Conditioning

Many organisations will need to replace their air-conditioning technology due to legislation changes. Until 2002, the majority of air conditioners used R-22 refrigerant, which studies have shown have a detrimental effect on the ozone layer. From 31st December 2014 sales or use of recycled/recovered R-22 units will be prohibited.

Advantages of using cooling racks instead of cooling entire rooms*;

	Save Money - cooling racks rather than whole rooms means you can turn off expensive air-conditioning!
	N+1 server room redundancy - new cooling technologies can be run off existing UPS devices
	Green - use much less energy by cooling a smaller space using more efficient technologies
	Cool - innovative air-flow design or water cooling provides more efficient yet effective thermal performance
	Lockable - security features are available for each rack to ensure your equipment is safe

	Easy to Deploy - for most specialist rack solutions simply plug and go
	Expandable - if you need more capacity, just add another!
	Portable - easily moved to another room or building
	Dustproof - some cooling racks have dust filtering option
	Soundproof - our cooling solutions can incorporate acoustic technologies to reduce noise to an unnoticeable level in a working environment if required

*Advantages depend on solution selected.