Green building technology gains ground in Saudi Arabia

Explore zawya.com (Feb 8 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling

... projects in the region have been voluntarily designed and built according to a revised form of the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. The development of regionally-tailored codes has made it easier to comply with gree... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   LEED

Illinois supercomputing center gets LEED Gold

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Jan 10 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Supercomputer

Comment Mentions:   National Science Foundation   US Green Building Council   LEED

2011: The Year Data Centers Turned Green

Explore Wired News (Dec 30 2011)

... dioxide. PUE: 1.2 to 1.3 Vantage: Santa Clara, California This data center hosting facility earned LEED Platinum certification, the greenest classification from the US Green Building Council. The ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Iceland

Small group of LEED Platinum data centers grows by two in one month

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Aug 26 2011) Construction , Cloud Computing

...sive Silicon Valley campus it bought from Intel in June 2010 got Platinum – the highest tier of the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating for sustainable building projects. Both data centers joined a very small group. While LEED Gold-certified data center projects are fairly common, companies that build mission-critical facili... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   US Green Building Council   LEED

Pair Plans 'Grid Zero' Data Center in Las Vegas

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 15 2011) Power and Cooling , Solar

... to anything.” PUE Projected at 0.96 Gaichas said pair Networks will seek Platinum rating under the LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program, the highest level attainable in the voluntary rating system for energy efficient building......hest level attainable in the voluntary rating system for energy efficient buildings overseen by the US Green Building Council. He said pair also expects the Las Vegas data center to operate at ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   US Green Building Council

Pair Plans ‘Grid Zero’ Data Center in Las Vegas

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 15 2011) Power and Cooling , Solar

...— we are not locked in to anything.” Gaichas said pair Networks will seek Platinum rating under the LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program, the highest level attainable in the voluntary rating system for energy efficient building......hest level attainable in the voluntary rating system for energy efficient buildings overseen by the US Green Building Council. He said pair also expects the Las Vegas data center to operate at ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   US Green Building Council

Closer Look: Eaton Opens Two New Data Centers

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 6 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...sts and to use power more efficiently, effectively, and safely is central to Eaton’s mission.” Gold LEED Certification Eaton’s data center in Simpsonville, Kentucky received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification, as rated by the US Green Building Council. The Louisville site is expected t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   LEED

South Hill North Data Center Receives Gold LEED Certification

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Apr 12 2011) Construction

...its South Hill North Data Center in Puyallup, Washington has earned the Gold Certification from the US Green Building Council's LEED program (www.usgbc.org/LEED) for the design, construction and operation of energy efficient buildings. The facility joins only... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   LEED

What is a green data center?

Explore Environmental Information, Green News (Mar 22 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

... a PUE of 1.28, the company says. Energy use is just one factor in attaining certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program, a voluntary rating system for energy efficient buildings overseen by the US Green Building Council. At least seven green data centers have achieved a Platinum rating, the highest level attainable un... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Uptime Institute   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

UK Organization Launches Green Data Center Certification

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Jan 12 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...T standard for facilities. The new standard for green data centers follows in the footsteps of The US Green Building Council's LEED standard. Based on the European Union's Code of Conduct for Data Centers, The Certified Energy Eff... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   US Green Building Council   LEED

Web Host Rackspace Headquarters Safe After Bomb Scare

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Dec 3 2010) Construction

... any disruption of service during the investigation. In April, Rackspace's headquarters was awarded LEED Gold status by the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certification program. PREVIOUS: Web Host Nexcess Adds Ksplice Uptrack Rebootless Updates * Start ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   LEED   Rackspace Hosting

eBays Flagship Data Center in Utah Receives LEED Gold Certification

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Nov 26 2010) Construction , Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

...announced this week via its blog that its flagship data center in Salt Lake City, Utah has received LEED Gold certification from the US Green Building Council, according to a report by Datacenter Dynamics. The company opened the $287 million data center in ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   LEED   eBay

Sentinel Earns LEED Gold for NJ Project

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Sep 30 2010) Construction , Power and Cooling

...its new NJ-1 data center in Somerset, New Jersey has earned a Gold level precertification under the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program, a voluntary rating system for energy efficient buildings overseen by the US Green Building Council. The 330,000 square foot NJ-1 facility is currently under construction and expected to open fo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   LEED

New Supercomputer Will Track Climate Change

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 16 2010) Construction , Fossil Fuel , Wind , Supercomputer

...eract with the center remotely, via the Internet. The NWSC is pursuing gold certification under the LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program, a voluntary rating system for energy efficient buildings overseen by the US Green Building Council. The facility, which is designed specifically for scientific supercomputing, is scheduled to open i... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   LEED

Put Your Data Center through Its ABCs

Explore Relocate (Jun 15 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

...e. A number of certifications are available to help a data center go green. Take, for instance, the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification offered by the US Green Building Council. The Green Grid has also contributed to LEED with its PUE, or Power Usage Effectiveness, and Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency, or DCiE, mea... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   US Green Building Council   Forbes

The LEEDiest Data Centers

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Apr 22 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

For Earth Day 2010, we’re looking at the progress of the data center industry in adopting the LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standard for energy efficient buildings overseen by the US Green Building Council. Although the LEED program was not designed with data centers in mind, the industry’s leading builders are rapidly ada... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   LEED

California Plans Fast Data Center Consolidation

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 11 2010) Construction , Solar

...00 a month since moving from an aging Sacramento site to the Vacaville facility, which has earned a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification, the company said today. LEED is a voluntary rating system for energy efficient buildings overseen by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). The Vacaville facility also makes extensive use of virtualization to improve the utilizati... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Uptime Institute   US Green Building Council   LEED

Gold/Platinum LEED Twinbill for Sabey

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jan 26 2010) Construction

...infrastructure for its data center in building B. Platinum is the highest rating possible under the LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program for energy efficient buildings overseen by the US Green Building Council, while Gold is the second-highest rating. The VMware data center is one of just seven LEED Platinum data centers. Building B at Intergate.Columbia is a 188,000 square foot facility supported... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   LEED

Second Digital Realty Trust data center gets LEED Platinum

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Jan 11 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing

...ments, servers and data centers. T Wholesale data center provider Digital Realty Trust has earned a LEED Platinum certification for yet another one of its Silicon Valley facilities. The US Green Building Council has issued the certification to DRT’s data center in Santa Clara, Calif. – a second DRT facility to... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   US Green Building Council   Digital Realty

Colo's going for LEED

Explore Relocate (Nov 10 2009) Construction , Servers

... unclear on if a US energy tax credit program will be started and how it will be governed. Will the US Green Building Council’s LEED program or programs that have and will be developed by the US Department of Energy be key contribut......acquiring it such as Fortune Data Centers who announced that the company has earned the prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   Department of Energy   LEED

Going the Platinum Way

Explore Relocate (Oct 8 2009) Construction , Cloud Computing

...assé. The platinum award, considered to be the highest level of certification available through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program adopts a checklist to validate the greenness of a facility and is a points based system. T......nergy efficient, but there are methods to achieve energy efficiency in data centers. Recently, the US Green Building Council (USGBC) awarded a LEED Platinum certification to Digital Realty (DLR) for ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   Digital Realty   LEED

VMware's new data center powered solely by hydroelectric power

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Oct 6 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

...tion offerings. The company is targeting an ambitions PUE figure and has entered the facility for a LEED Platinum certification by the US Green Building Council. The vendor announced the new data center’s launch on Tuesday. If the LEED application is successful, the facility will become the third data center in the US to achieve the ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   LEED

LEED Gold for NTT America Ashburn Site

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Sep 23 2009) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing

The NTT America data center in Ashburn, Virginia has earned a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification, the company said today. LEED is a voluntary rating system for energy efficient buildings overseen by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). The NTT America facility is the latest in a small but growing number of data cent... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   US Green Building Council   LEED   NTT

Fortune Opens Green Data Center in San Jose

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Apr 28 2009) Construction , Emissions , Cloud Computing , Servers

...Gruman Architects to adhere to sustainable construction and operational methods, as detailed in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Program of the US Green Building Council. The company is poised to become the first operational data center in California to achieve the LEED Gold certification, having submitted all required documentation for the facility to achieve a Gold ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   US Green Building Council   LEED