Cooling solutions for IT: a guide to planning, design and operation (includes amendment February 2017)

BSRIA Guide BG 5/2003

BSRIA Limited, 2003
Cooling solutions for IT: a guide to planning, design and operation (includes amendment February 2017) Download document

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Current

Supplement

Mechanical & Electrical Supplement

Series

BSRIA Guide

Abstract

Provides design guidance for planning, designing and operating the cooling of IT equipment. Provides a briefing checklist to be agreed between the client and engineer, with design and performance criteria presented in a question and answer format. Gives design rules of thumb developed from industry experience, and guidance to indicate the effect of the commissioning process on the cooling of IT equipment.

Author

Pavey, N. Booth, W. and Hall, S.

History

First published July 2003, amended February 2017. See also: BG 5/2003 Cooling solutions for IT: a guide to planning, design and operation (includes amendment February 2017). Supplement: Summary of physical modelling investigations by BSRIA (BSRIA, 2017).

ISBN

9780860226161

Subjects

  • Building services
  • Air treatment systems
  • Electrical services
  • Electrical appliances
  • Air conditioning/ventilation
  • Refrigeration systems

Publisher History

BSRIA was founded in 1956. It is a consultancy, test and research organisation which publishes technical notes and guidance for designers and specifiers of building services.

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