DCEP study guide

The Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) Program is a professional credential for people who assess and improve energy performance in data centers - energy managers, facilities and mechanical engineers, commissioning agents, and efficiency consultants. This independent study page is built around five practice domains: data center energy efficiency assessment; IT equipment and workload management; cooling systems and airflow management; electrical power distribution and efficiency; and energy metrics, benchmarking, and reporting. Each domain is weighted evenly here because the program's official domain weights could not be confirmed. Coverage emphasizes the practical judgment an assessor needs: scoping an assessment, interpreting nameplate and measured load data, evaluating airflow and cooling configurations, tracing electrical losses from utility service to the rack, and turning measurements into defensible metrics and reports. The DCEP study guide has 5 sections and about 1,619 words.