Enabling energy-efficient operational continuity
The EYP MCF teams who deliver HP Critical Facilities Services know that “green” is not optional; it is not something that can simply be tacked on to your data center solution. That’s why we incorporate energy and sustainability as focal points of our consulting, design and assurance practices. And it’s why we have long been actively involved in planning, designing and testing data center facilities that are environmentally friendly, highly reliable and consistently cost-effective.
Leadership
Our subject matter specialists are responsible for the implementation of Moving Towards Sustainability, our Energy and Sustainability program, which is focused on research, development of proprietary assessment tools and implementation of sustainable, energy-efficient and environmentally responsible design strategies for data centers and other high-performance building types.
Similarly, our in-house “green team” provides thought leadership to industry analysts, media and clients through speaking engagements, presentations and publications on data center optimization and building-performance simulation.
Innovation
EYP MCF teams work to continually innovate and optimize our processes and designs. This innovation cycle ranges from regular refresh of design standards for data center power and cooling systems to developing ideas and patents for next-generation technology.
Our commitment to energy/sustainability innovation is embodied in LEED- and BREEAM-recognized buildings that exceed compliance while cutting operating costs and leaving the smallest-possible carbon footprint.
Experience
As a natural outgrowth of our innovation and expertise, our consulting, design and commissioning teams have the opportunity to see the application of their innovations put to work in the field. This enables us to not only provide expert consultative services, but also to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients as these strategies become reality.
Our global project experience, embracing both the private and the public sectors and resulting in over 50 million square feet of raised-floor environments, has positioned us as a resource for the mission-critical engineering media and has allowed us to form strong partnerships with leading industry associations.
Industry Recognition
Representative industry partnerships include:
- Lawrence Berkley National Labs is developing LEED for Data Centers Energy Performance Criteria. We are the primary author of the energy and atmosphere section of the standard for energy efficiency and environmental responsibility in planning and designing new data centers.
- We were selected to lead the U.S. Department of Energy effort to develop an online software tool and assessment procedure for data center power systems.
- As a corporate member of the Green Grid, we are working to help refine the Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency and Infrastructure Scalability energy efficiency metrics.
- We are a voting member of, and contributor to, the ASHRAE Technical Committee TC9.9, which is responsible for developing some of the first technical standards on data center cooling techniques.
- We are a co-contributor to a new ASHRAE guideline on data center energy and environmental design strategies.
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