Cleanrooms

Facilities operators and engineers in the semiconductor industry can reduce energy consumption by half, save water used in processing, and conserve expensive and hazardous chemicals by applying state-of-the-art resource-efficiency techniques and measures to their silicon production and semiconductor fabrication facilities.

Data Centers

Current research on data centers focuses on: identifying benchmark and best practices; researching improved efficiency of uninterruptible power supplies and computer power supplies; developing a self-benchmarking protocol; improving the interface of building systems and computer equipment; demonstrating air management in an operating data center; and promoting technology transfer with utilities and industrial associations.

Laboratories

Methods of conserving energy through new designs for implementation in high-tech industries are detailed in the Design Guide for Energy-Efficient Research.