Commissioning and Sustainability, Data Centers

Earned Value Management – Use It or Lose It!

July 11, 2024 || Charles S. Logan
 
Intro: Assessing project performance is both an art and a science.  A successful methodology in evaluating project health and performance is Earned Value Management (EVM).  This methodology utilizes several factors to determine how well the project is being run: Planned Value (PV), Actual Cost (AC), and Earned Value (EV). But…

Batteries & Flywheels: What is your best energy storage option?

April 25, 2019 ||
 
A mission critical facility’s greatest liability to maintaining uptime is power quality. But why is power quality so important to a Data Center’s operation? Because the quality of power to the IT equipment directly impacts the equipment performance, uptime, and potential damage to equipment. The key to power quality is…