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		<title>Caltech adopts Hot Aisle Containment</title>
		<link>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/01/28/caltech-adopts-hot-aisle-containment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/01/28/caltech-adopts-hot-aisle-containment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve O'Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The California Institute of Technology – also known as Caltech &#8212; is installing monitors and developing metrics to determine the efficiencies and savings of Hot Aisle Containment enclosures recently installed in one of their data centers.   The partitions and dividers were designed and manufactured by Simplex Isolation Systems of Fontana, CA, to isolate hot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Aisle Containment and Fire Protection</title>
		<link>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/09/08/hot-aisle-containment-and-fire-protection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve O'Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently we have been writing a lot about how hot-aisle/cold aisle containment. It is important to be aware this strategy, fire detection and protection requires special attention. A recent article in Search Data Center gives some good advice: Hot-aisle/cold-aisle containment – a variation on the traditional data center best practice of hot-aisle/cold-aisle design – is a way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cold Aisle Curtains gain Popularity</title>
		<link>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/08/01/cold-aisle-curtains-gain-popularity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/08/01/cold-aisle-curtains-gain-popularity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve O'Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading an article about the recent Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) Data Center Energy Summit, in San Francisco, engineers and data center pros gathered to study 11 case studies on energy efficiency. The data center studies varied, but one green data center tactic stood out: hot-aisle/cold-aisle containment. The Hot Aisle readers know that data center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cold Aisle Containment Curtain</title>
		<link>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/24/cold-aisle-containment-curtain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/24/cold-aisle-containment-curtain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve O'Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A photograph from the BT Rochdale Data Center showing how the transparent curtains are attached to the roof. These curtains are used to separate the Hot Aisle from the Cold Aisle in order to drive up cooling capacity and efficiency. There are a number of articles about using Curtains to drive energy efficiency on The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Curtains to Manage Data Center Airflow &#8211; Revisited</title>
		<link>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/11/using-curtains-to-manage-data-center-airflow-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/11/using-curtains-to-manage-data-center-airflow-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve O'Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had two great questions from Hot Aisle readers following the latest article on Cold Aisle containment. Dan asked about the impact on fire suppression and Mark asked about where we got the transparent curtains. Lets start with the impact on fire systems of having either hot or cold aisle containment. The safety of personel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cold Aisle</title>
		<link>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/09/the-cold-aisle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/09/the-cold-aisle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve O'Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/09/the-cold-aisle/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love this photograph that I took last year (2007) at the British Telecommunications Rochdale Data Center. It shows such a simple and easy to implement Green initiative that costs chump change and can take 15% off your electricity bill overnight. My colleague and friend Ged McLean of BT is that man who pulled it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh Air Cooling Revisited</title>
		<link>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/06/06/fresh-air-cooling-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/06/06/fresh-air-cooling-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve O'Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plenum Floor]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have had a great interchange from a subscriber to The Hot Aisle:- Darek Wichniewicz of ATM SA in Warsaw, Poland. Darek is looking for some real technical advice on building a new Data Center facility of 2000 &#8211; 3000 square meters utilizing fresh air cooling. Like many Data Center operators Darek is concerned about being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attention to Detail &#8211; The Basics of Green IT</title>
		<link>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/04/18/attention-to-detail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/04/18/attention-to-detail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve O'Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Data Centre Basics There are some basics that just need to be done to keep a data centre efficient and as green as possible. Maintaining the floor is often a task that is left too late. Gaps and unnecessary holes in the floor are bad news and lead to the mixing of hot and cold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Curtains to manage Data Center Airflow</title>
		<link>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/04/18/being-smart/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/04/18/being-smart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve O'Donnell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Separation of Hot and Cold Aisle The photograph above was taken in BT&#8217;s Rochdale Data Centre. It shows the use of curtains to separate the hot and cold aisles, thereby reducing the amount of hot air that mixes with cold air from the plenum floor and dramatically increasing cooling efficiency. Inside the curtained off space [...]]]></description>
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