Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Earns LEED-CI Gold Certification for Datacenter in California
Posted on: Monday, 15 June 2009, 15:57 CDT
Digital Realty Trust Facility Utilizes Airside Economization to Increase Datacenter Energy Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability
"The LEED certification program provides a valuable model for developing datacenters in ways that are energy efficient as well as sustainable in terms of materials inputs, re-use of existing structural elements and other critical areas. The LEED-CI certification for 1500 Space Park recognizes our holistic approach to making efficiency and sustainability key factors in the way we design, build and operate our facilities. Through the use of LEED standards combined with airside economization, we measured a PUE of 1.51 during the commissioning process, which validates the positive impact these practices can have on energy efficiency," said
A key element that contributed to this LEED-CI Gold certification is 1500 Space Park's use of airside economization, which reduces HVAC energy costs by utilizing cool external air as a complement to internal air cooling technologies while maintaining indoor air quality.
Smith added, "Northern California has a climate that makes airside economization an important tool for increasing energy efficiency in datacenters, making it a natural fit for 1500 Space Park. In addition to 1500 Space Park, we are utilizing airside economization at one of our other facilities in the area. We plan to continue using it in Silicon Valley and other markets where we can take advantage of the climate to increase efficiency and reduce our customers' energy costs while supporting their green IT initiatives."
"This datacenter is a milestone project in
"Companies often undertake a datacenter project without considering how to make the datacenter efficient from both a financial and an environmental perspective," said
For more information about how to participate in Silicon Valley Power's energy efficiency and LEED rebate and incentive program, contact
About the U.S. Green Building Council
The U.S. Green Building Council is a nonprofit membership organization whose vision is a sustainable built environment within a generation. Its membership includes corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and other nonprofit organizations. Since UGSBC's founding in 1993, the Council has grown to more than 17,000 member companies and organizations, a comprehensive family of LEED(R) green building rating systems, an expansive educational offering, the industry's popular Greenbuild International Conference and Expo (www.greenbuildexpo.org), and a network of 78 local chapters, affiliates, and organizing groups. For more information, visit www.usgbc.org.
About LEED
The LEED(R) (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System(TM) is a feature-oriented rating system that awards buildings points for satisfying specified green building criteria. The six major environmental categories of review include: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality and Innovation and Design. Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels of LEED green building certification are awarded based on the total number of points earned within each LEED category. LEED can be applied to all building types including new construction, commercial interiors, core & shell developments, existing buildings, homes, neighborhood developments, schools and retail facilities. Incentives for LEED are available at the state and local level and LEED has also been adopted nationwide by federal agencies, state and local governments, and interested private companies. For more information, visit www.usgbc.org/LEED.
About Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Digital Realty Trust owns, acquires, redevelops, develops and manages technology-related real estate. The Company is focused on providing Turn-Key Datacenter(SM) and Powered Base Building(SM) datacenter solutions for domestic and international tenants across a variety of industry verticals ranging from information technology and internet enterprises, to manufacturing and financial services. Digital Realty Trust's 75 properties, excluding one property held as an investment in an unconsolidated joint venture, contain applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of technology industry tenants and corporate enterprise datacenter tenants. Comprising approximately 13.0 million square feet as of
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