For anyone in IT working with or within an organisation that has a sustainability strategy, achieving and reporting on energy efficiency will be critical for retaining customers and meeting sustainability key performance indicators. Energy for data centres rating tools can help you assess, compare and improve your data centre energy performance. It provides a reliable and easy-to-use benchmark which enables you to compare your data centre’s energy performance with others in the open market. If you are seeking to attract or retain tenants, for example, an Energy rating can give you an industry respected, demonstrable advantage in the leasing market.
IT Equipment Rating
benchmarks the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the energy consumed by the IT equipment within a data centre over a one month period (approximately).
Infrastructure Rating
benchmarks the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the energy consumed in supplying infrastructure services to IT equipment within a data centre over a 12 month period.
The Infrastructure Rating
Is for data centre managers or organisations that provide data centre support facilities to host IT equipment.
Whole facility Rating
benchmarks the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the energy used by the IT equipment and infrastructure services within a data centre over a 12 month period. The Whole Facility rating is for organisations that both manage and occupy their data centre and want to rate the IT equipment and the whole of the data centre support facilities.