Open source energy consumption and environmental monitoring for data center infrastructure
GreenHop is an open-source platform designed for continuous monitoring of energy consumption and environmental metrics in data centers, with a focus on small and medium-sized installations.
The project arose from the need to make energy efficiency monitoring more accessible to smaller data centers, which often lack the resources to implement expensive commercial monitoring solutions. By adopting the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric defined by The Green Grid, GreenHop helps organizations track and improve their data center efficiency over time.
Continuous calculation of Power Usage Effectiveness to track energy efficiency
Temperature, humidity, and pressure monitoring throughout the data center
Detailed tracking of IT equipment and cooling infrastructure power usage
Notifications for anomalies or when metrics exceed predefined thresholds
Visualization of trends and patterns to support optimization decisions
Implementation using affordable Arduino/Raspberry Pi components and sensors
GreenHop combines low-cost hardware components with an open-source software stack:
The GreenHop project has been featured in several academic publications and conferences:
IEEE-CLEI 2016 - XLII Latin American Computing Conference
Download PaperIEEE-SCCC 2016
Download PaperGreenHop is an open-source project. Feel free to explore the code, contribute, or deploy it in your own data center.
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