by Jbs083010 e3 — September 1, 2010—BNY Mellon, provider of asset management and securities servicing, recently announced that its Northpointe Data Center near Pittsburgh was awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star. Northpointe is currently among the first data centers listed in the EPA’s 11,000-plus registry of commercial properties to meet the stringent energy-efficiency specifications designed to promote superior energy use and performance, and prevent greenhouse gas emissions.
A team from BNY Mellon, Jones Lang LaSalle, H.F. Lenz and Mechanical Operations Company, Inc., collaborated to reach a level of energy efficiency at the 71,000 square-foot data center built in 2006. The team focused on utility improvements and successfully implemented a variety of solutions so that the center’s critical systems such as the power and cooling supply remain in synch with the workload.
BNY Mellon is also a member of The Green Grid, a global consortium of IT and related companies and professionals seeking to improve energy efficiency in data centers and business computing environments around the world.
Energy Star provides a scale from one to 100 that helps organizations assess how efficiently their buildings use energy relative to other buildings nationwide. Those earning the Energy Star use an average of 35 percent less energy than typical buildings and they also release 35 percent less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Only buildings that score a rating of 75 or higher on the rating scale as verified by engineers are eligible for the Energy Star.
