CDCDP™ is confirmed as prequalification for US Department of Energy DCEP certification

The data center industry and The US Department of Energy are partnering to develop a certification process; the Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) leading to qualified individuals able to evaluate the energy status and efficiency opportunities in data centers. The key objective of this new qualification is to raise the standards of those involved in energy assessments, to accelerate energy savings in the dynamic and energy intensive marketplace of data centers.

Through a significant period of collaboration, The US Department of Energy has confirmed that the CDCDP™ program by CNet has been officially accepted as a pre-qualification for their specialist DCEP certification.

In recognition of the company's status as a truly global technical training company, CNet were invited to attend and comment on the DCEP pilot course in San Francisco in April. CNet’s Group Technical Director-Gary Thornton attended the pilot course, after an intense training program and tough examination he successfully passed the initial “Generalist Level” examination and has now passed the HVAC “Specialist” element of the DCEP program. The DCEP program is designed to be a highly technical specialist certification, Gary’s achievement on this course highlights his vast technical knowledge and ability, and it is this expertise which reinforces CNet’s proud position as market leader in technical training.

“It was an excellent course and when the full program is developed from these initial pilots, I’m sure CNet will add it to their growing portfolio of data centre training courses”, Gary Thornton said.

CNet’s Managing Director-Andrew Stevens also commented “for CNet to be invited onto this new program and Gary to be the only non US attendee, is fantastic recognition of CNet’s global presence and acceptance by the industry as a market leader and innovator; it also confirms the CDCDP™ program as a leading worldwide data centre qualification. We are looking forward to working closely with the US government on this new specialist training program”.