"WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE YOUR DATA CENTER CARBON NEUTRAL AND LEED PLATINUM?"

“WHAT CAPITAL COSTS AND OPERATING BENEFITS SHOULD YOU EXPECT”

Dear Members of the Critical Facilities Round Table,

The Founders of CFRT are pleased announce our Fifth Anniversary of Non-profit Service and Leadership in the critical facilities community.  Please accept this invitation to help us look back over our history and to thank the many members who have contributed to our success over the last five years We will meet in the middle of Wine Country at the World’s First Carbon Neutral Data Center at Sonoma Mountain Village in Rohnert Park, CA.  We will hear from Sonoma Mountain Village Project Specialists about how their critical facilities will be transformed into a world class LEED Platinum facility ... ready for the right residents to move into and enjoy. 

We will also hear from expert Energy Efficiency Engineers about how the critical systems will work together as efficiently as possible while maintaining the high level of reliability necessary. 

Then, Sonoma Mountain Village will provide us with a tour of their data center facilities and site to view the specifics of their plans, and to observe their alternate energy systems.

Refreshments and lunch will be provided for our members and guests.  Many thanks go to Geof Syphers of Codding Enterprises and to David Hamner of Data Space Advisors for providing the facilities, refreshments and lunch for our meeting and for the tour of the Sonoma Mountain Village Project site and facilities.  

Date and Time:              Friday – April 11^th from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM

Location:                       Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center, 1100 Vallley House Drive, Rohnert Park, CA

Directions:                     www.sonomamountainvillage.com --- 101 North across the Golden Gate Bridge to Rohnert Park (40 miles North of San Francisco) telephone 707-795-3550         

AGENDA

09:30 – 10:00 AM          CFRT Registration and Networking

10:00 – 10:30 AM          CFRT Business and 5th Year Anniversary Review                                                   Bruce Myatt, PE and Charles Krieger, PE 

Update on CFRT and each of our committees.  Review of the 5 year history of the Critical Facilitis Round Table, the Founders and the Charter Members, and all of the contributing members and the metings they have hosted.

10:30 – 11:45 AM          Carbon Neutral/ LEED Platinum Data Center Certifications    Geof Syphers, Chief Sustainability Officer, Codding Enterprises

                                    & Disaster Recovery Strategies                                               Fred Dickerman, Principal Partner, Data Space Advisors   

11:45 – 12:15 pm          CFRT Networking and Lunch                                                                                                                                           

12:15 – 01:30 PM          Data Center Energy Efficiency Mechanical & Electrical Systems                            Peter Rumsey, PE, Rumsey Engineers &

                                                                                                                                                                   Greg Young, PE, Hewlett Packard EYP

01:30 – 01:45 PM          Close - Announcements and Feedback from the Membership

01:45 – 02:30 PM          Tour of SMV Data Center Facilities and Site and Alternative Energy Systems

California's "Wine Country" welcomes you all to their hundreds of vineyards and wine tasting rooms in the neighboring Sonoma, Napa, and Alexander Valleys.  Make plans now to get together at a local place to catch up on your data center activities.

RSVP in reply to this message at bmyatt@eypmcf.com or to david.hamner@dsaglobal.com.

We appreciate your suppport of this important activity and thank you again for your support of the CFRT.  Best regards from the Founders