Energy Director, Oracle
Board Member, The Green Grid
Mukesh Khattar leads Oracle's commitment to reducing energy use in facilities and data centers. His responsibilities include strategic planning and driving energy efficiency initiatives for cost savings and carbon foot print reduction in existing and new buildings as well as data centers globally. His innovative application of variable airflow management in conjunction with heat containment in an enterprise data center in Texas won him 2010 ASHRAE Technology Award. Under his leadership, Oracle continues to yield over $2 million annually in direct energy cost savings from operating efficiency enhancements. Oracle is also exceeding energy reduction goals set as an EPA Climate Leaders partner. Khattar has a unique set of skills: an end user at Oracle; research management at the Electric Power Research Institute; research at Florida Solar Energy Center; teaching at Florida Institute of Technology; and design, sales, construction and project management of HVAC&R systems. His integrated refrigeration and HVAC system for the Walmart Environment Demonstration store in Moore, OK, won him 1998 ASHRAE Technology award. Several technologies developed by him—heat pipes for dehumidification, dual path HVAC systems for humidity control and smart demand defrost controls among others—are increasingly used in the industry. His previous works earned him 2003 ASHRAE Technology Award and 1989 ASHRAE Energy Award. His innovative work on using NASA derived heat pipe technology for increasing dehumidification performance of air conditioning equipment inducted him into Space Technology Hall of Fame. He actively participates in ASHARE, co-chairs the Energy Committee of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and serves on the Board of Directors of The Green Grid. (2010)