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		Was this e-mail forwarded to you? If you like what you read, become a subscriber here. Read May's Issue Links U.S. Government's Building Initiative Eaton's Energy Audits Increasing Building Efficiences with Eaton's UPSs Eaton's U.S. Economic Stimulus Recovery site Events GovEnergy 2009 Did You Know? • Today’s buildings consume more energy than any other sector in the U.S. economy—including transportation and industry • Three-quarters of our nation’s 81 million buildings were built before 1979—many of these will require significant retrofits or replacement • Residential and commercial buildings consume 40 percent of the energy and represent 40 percent of the carbon emissions in the U.S. • In 2009, it cost $400,000 per year to power $1,000,000 worth of servers—in 2012, it is predicted that it will cost more than $750,000 to power $1,000,000 worth of servers
IN THIS ISSUE Building Efficiency Initiative Eaton Energy Audits Increasing Buidling Efficiency with UPSs Links Did You Know? Events

	U.S. government announces building efficiency initiative Last month, President Obama and Secretary Chu announced a 346 million dollar investment from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) meant to be a catalyst for development, deployment and use of energy-efficient technologies in commercial and residential buildings. The goal of this initiative is to make buildings up to 80 percent more efficient—even becoming “net zero” energy buildings. Click here to read more. The Eaton energy audit difference Recently, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT), the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), state-mandated programs and the U.S. Green Building Council® (USGBC) have made a great deal of progress in creating awareness and driving change in regards to energy management and efficiency. Due to this movement, many governmental and private sector entities are mapping out a systemic plan to reduce energy consumption and energy-related costs. The first step in doing this is usually an energy audit. To find out what makes an energy audit successful, click here. Increasing building efficiency with UPSs Eaton is helping customers understand where inherent inefficiencies hide within power-system designs. In a newly released white paper, “Alternative Data Center Power,” Eaton presents an extensive quantitative comparison of the total cost of ownership (TCO) of 400 Vac power systems and 600 Vac power systems in the data-center environment. Of the several alternative power distribution systems currently found in the U.S. and Canada, 400V and 600V systems are generally accepted as the most viable. While the 400V power scheme is common in Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA), Eaton is the first to offer this configuration with UL® approval in North America as a comprehensive roll out across its three-phase UPS product line. Continuing its legacy of innovation, Eaton leveraged the transformer-free design of the Eaton 9390 and 9395 systems to provide a 400 Vac solution specifically for North-American markets. To download Eaton’s “Alternative Data Center Power” white paper complete with end-to-end efficiency diagrams and detailed capital and operating expenditure comparisons, visit www.eaton.com/400volt.