by jbs071410 a3 — July 21, 2010—A working group of influential organizations has guided the development of a far-reaching revision to the BREEAM method for assessing the environmental performance of data centers.
BREEAM Data Centres 2010 has been tailored to assess the particular environmental impacts of these distinctive buildings, while retaining BREEAM’s holistic approach to assessing the sustainability of buildings. It encourages the latest design and operational thinking in this rapidly changing sector.
The new scheme was developed using the existing BREEAM methodology as a framework but adapted significantly with the help of leading organizations including Digital Realty Trust, HSBC, Hewlett Packard and EDF Energy, whose experience with the particular characteristics of these buildings reportedly proved invaluable.
