Whitepapers

Case Study: Dens® Brand Fiberglass Mat Gypsum Products Offer Proven Performance to New Piedmont Newnan Hospital

The winter of 2011 brought an unusual amount of ice to the Atlanta area. A sudden storm left roads impassable, and schools and businesses shut their doors as Georgians avoided the layers of ice and blistering cold that had engulfed the city. Just south of Atlanta, an under-construction hospital was left to weather the storm with little more to its walls than DensGlass® Sheathing from Georgia-Pacific Gypsum.

Improving Building Energy Efficiency with Metal Roofs and Walls

The Metal Initiative is pleased to provide this white paper which focuses on the green benefits of using metal in commercial construction projects. The report shows how building with metal:

  • Reduces energy consumption in buildings
  • Improves air quality and thermal comfort
  • Helps comply with energy codes
  • Reduces environmental impacts
  • Contributes to LEED® points

Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers

Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total costs of ownership (TCO) for data centers. It is possible to dramatically reduce the electrical consumption of typical data centers through appropriate design of the data center physical infrastructure and through the design of the IT architecture. This paper explains how to quantify the electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.

NEC Display Solutions for the Healthcare Industry

When considering switching over to a digital signage system, many questions arise in the brainstorming process. This white paper identifies those qualifying questions and discusses the benefits of a digital signage system in a medical environment, the initial concerns when considering such a system and the various solutions available for healthcare facilities. This guide also details how NEC works as a general contractor when building your new solution and touches on NEC’s products and how they are customized for medical environments such as yours.

Improving Availability in a Digital Hospital: Balancing High Levels of IT Availability with Energy Efficiency

When it comes to healthcare IT systems, downtime is not an option. To ensure patient data is always available at the point of care, the hospital's network closet IT infrastructure — power, cooling and monitoring — must be properly designed. In this paper, you'll learn the essential points IT and facility managers need to know when evaluating the benefits and costs associated with powering and cooling a hospital's network closets.

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Data Center Projects: System Planning

System planning is the Achilles’ heel of a data center physical infrastructure project. Planning mistakes can magnify and propagate through later deployment phases, resulting in delays, cost overruns, wasted time, and ultimately a compromised system. Much of the trouble can be eliminated by viewing system planning as a data flow model, with an orderly sequence of tasks that progressively transform and refine information from initial concept to final design.