by Shane Henson — September 7, 2012—Telect, a designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative connectivity solutions for the communications networking industry worldwide, has launched a new product that facilities managers can use to see energy savings on all of their data center server racks.
Telect’s universal C°Flow energy management strip is an intuitive, money-saving solution for managing data center energy usage and optimizing HVAC efficiency, ultimately lowering data center energy costs.
Cooling systems constitute roughly 30 percent of a network facility’s energy bill, so robust thermal monitoring systems are essential to saving money, notes Telect. Studies show that with proper air flow management and hot/cold aisle optimization, facilities can reduce overall power consumption by several percentages. The challenge resides in where and how to implement common methods for increasing efficiencies, such as floor tile changes and blanking plates—opportunities that become clear with C°Flow.
The low-cost C°Flow strip is a slender, vertical strip of plastic engineered with color-shifting properties responsive to temperature. The strip was originally launched as an accessory to Telect’s earthquake-safe data center rack, but due to its success, it is now being offered with a removable Carrier base that mounts to any rack, says the company. A standard universal C°Flow and Carrier kit includes two strips to manage and monitor the airflow on both the front and back of a rack.
