An Announcement and Call for Papers has been issued for the Fourth-Annual Green Building Power Forum (GBPF ’12) to be held January 23-25 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel San Jose – Silicon Valley, California. GBPF ’12 will encompass high-voltage and low-voltage dc power distribution as well as hybrid ac and dc distribution architectures and dc microgrids. It will be tightly focused on “Identifying Challenges, Progress and Opportunities for the use of DC Power Distribution in Facilities and the Creation of a Flexible and Dynamic Power Infrastructure.”
“This is a dynamic period in the development of dc power distribution. EMerge Alliance-compliant products are on the market, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute has issued a 400-Vdc standard, the International Electrotechnical Commission has established an active project to develop global dc-powering standards, there are a growing number of dc-powered data centers around the world and dcmicrogrids are being deployed across Asia. DC building power technology has reached the end of the development stage and has started the commercialization process. Darnell’s Green Building Power Forum is the only place where global thought leaders gather on an annual basis to assess progress and plan next steps,” said Jeff Shepard, President, Darnell Group.
