IP-Enabled Energy Management -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A Stake in the Ground -- How Did We Get Here? -- Why Should You Care? -- Collaborate and Conquer -- What You Should Know about Energy -- Where Does It Come From? -- How Is It Used? -- Energy Accounting -- Calculating Your Energy Costs -- Energy Intensity -- Cost Allocations -- Energy Use in the Digital Age -- How Is It Being Used Today? -- Emerging Technologies -- The State of Energy Management Today -- Where Is Energy Management Technology Adoption Today? -- Energy Sourcing -- Renewable Energy -- The Future of Energy Management -- Smart Loads -- Smart Grid -- Where Is Energy Management Headed? -- Chapter 2: Benchmarking -- Understanding the Scope of Considerations -- Understanding Traditional Accounting Frameworks -- Use What Works -- Accessing Benchmark Data -- Getting Permission -- Where to Get It -- Instrumentation Options -- Structuring the Data -- Program Scope -- Benchmark Framework -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 3: Assessing Value -- Organizing the Data -- Finding a Database -- Ensuring Data Quality -- Prioritizing Data -- Translating Data Models -- Formulaic Approaches -- Qualitative Approaches -- Presenting the Data -- The Context -- Comparative Models -- Sharing Vision and Goals -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 4: Managing Your Project -- Getting Started -- Drafting a Project Framework -- Building a Team -- Virtual Teams -- Aggregating Resources and Execution -- Project Milestones -- Getting Organized -- Getting Together -- Structuring Your Success -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 5: Building a Pilot Deployment -- Understanding Energy Management -- FCAPS -- FCAPS + E -- Selecting Your Teams -- Defining the Mission and Philosophy -- Creating the Root System -- Determining Hardware Requirements.

Setting Up the Database -- Choosing the Data -- Gathering the Data -- Understanding Energy Domains -- Natural Domain Structure -- Smart Loads -- Energy Domains as Smart Loads -- Selecting Pilot Energy Domains -- Communicating Results -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 6: Pilot to Production -- Creating a Production Plan -- Reviewing the Pilot -- Partitioning -- Performing Inventory and Categorization -- Audit Data -- Roles, Ratings, and Tags -- Monitored Data and Baseline -- Implementing Policies -- Passive and Manual -- Active -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 7: Reporting -- Information Review -- Government Mandates -- U.S. Activities -- European Union Activities -- Chinese Activities -- Emerging Nations and South African Activities -- Effectiveness of Government-Mandated Reporting -- Conversion to GHG and CO2 Equivalencies -- Energy Domain Breakdown -- Live, Operational, and Historical Data -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 8: Administering Energy Domains -- Organizing the Energy Domains -- Performing Physical Energy Domain Administration -- Classifying Energy Consumers -- Applying Classifications to Devices -- Specifying Policies -- Static Policies -- Dynamic Policies -- Enforced Versus Suggested Policies -- Implementing Policies -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 9: Making Your Program Sustainable -- Funding Your Program -- Programmatic Funding Models -- Determining Program Placement -- IT Operations -- Facilities and Real Estate Operations -- Choosing a Program Structure -- Centralize It -- Distribute It -- Pay for It -- Program Scalability -- Vision and Execution -- Methodology -- Executive Support -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 10: Preparing for the Next Big Thing -- Chart Your Course -- Emerging Technologies -- Water Management -- Cloud Computing and Energy Management -- Data Center Energy Management -- On the Horizon -- Making Energy Usage Visible.

Using External Programs -- Resource Management -- Tiering -- Defining Workloads -- Bringing Power to the Packet -- The Bottom Line -- Appendices -- Appendix A: The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2: Benchmarking -- Chapter 3: Assessing Value -- Chapter 4: Managing Your Project -- Chapter 5: Building a Pilot Deployment -- Chapter 6: Pilot to Production -- Chapter 7: Reporting -- Chapter 8: Administering Energy Domains -- Chapter 9: Making Your Program Sustainable -- Chapter 10: Preparing for the Next Big Thing -- Appendix B: Links and Resources -- Useful Software -- Topical Resources -- Research, Analysis, and Educational Resources -- Online Tools -- Glossary -- Index.