As data center developers continue to lead the way in environmental building, the US Green Building Council (http://www.usgbc.org/) plans to update its building rating system, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, to address their specific design considerations, providing a more accurate reflection of their energy efficiency.
SGBC is considering tailoring the LEED rating system to evaluate green data centers. It is also working with groups including The Green Grid (http://www.thegreengrid.org/) to establish technical benchmarks for green data centers.
LEED specifications have traditionally focused on five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. Some of these criteria do not work for data centers, which have very few - if any - on-location staff. Guidelines such as LEED's encouragement of builders to use natural light, and include many windows, doesn't make sense for data centers, which don't require much lighting and windows can cause heat and cooling losses.
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