Draft "LEED For Datacenters" Now Available

• Construction Activity Pollution Prevention (Required Prerequisite)

• Fuel Storage and Handling, Storm Water Discharge Protection (Required Prerequisite)

• Site Selection ( 1 point)

• Development Density & Community Connectivity ( 1 point)

• Brownfield Redevelopment ( 1 point)

• Site Development (max 5 points) Protect or Restore Habitat / Maximize Open Space /Impacts to Local Infrastructure (Power Grid) / Sewage (Cooling Tower) / Noise Impacts (Generators, Cooling Towers) / Air Quality & Emmissions Impacts

• Stormwater Design (max 2 points) Quantity / Quality Control

• Heat Island Effect (max 2 points) Non-Roof / Roof

• Light Pollution Reduction ( 1 point)

• Water Efficient Landscaping (max 2 points) Reduce by 50%, No Potable Use or No Irrigation

• Innovative Wastewater Technologies ( 1 point)

• Water Use Reduction (max 3 points) 20%- 30% Reduction / 20%> Total Building Water Use

• Fundamental Commissioning & Energy Efficiency Validation (Required Prerequisite)

• Minimum Energy Performance (Required Prerequisite)

• Fundamental Refrigerant Management (Required Prerequisite)

• Minimum Energy Metering & Reporting of DCiE Metric (Required Prerequisite)

• Enhanced Energy Sub-Metering & Automated Reporting of Metrics of Performance (max 6 points) points awarded on a sliding scale depending if datacenter has on-site renewable and/or power generation

• Optimize Infrastructure Energy Performance, Above ASHRAE 90.1 (10-34 points) 5-17% New Buildings or 2-14% Existing Building Renovations

• On-Site Renewable Energy (max 12 points) 2.5-20% Renewable Energy

• On-Site Generation, Based upong Reduction in Source Energy ) (max 3 points) 7.5-15% Energy

  Enhanced Commissioning ) (1 point) Enhanced Refrigerant Management (1 point) Enhanced Environmental Measurement & Verification (1 point) Green Power(max 4 points) 7.5-17.5% Renenwable Energy

• Storage & Collection of Recyclables (Required Prerequisite)

• Building Reuse (max 3 points) % of Existing Walls, Floors, Roof, Interior Non-Structural elements maintained

• Construction Waste Management (max 2 points) % diverted from Disposal

• Materials Reuse (max 2 points)

• Recycled Content (max 2 points), % (post-consumer and pre-consumer)

• Regional Materials (max 2 points), % Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally

• Minimum IAQ Performance (Required Prerequisite)

• Outdoor Air Delivery Monitoring(1 point)

• Increased Ventilation(1 point)

• (max 2 points), Before Construction and During Occupancy

  • Low-Emitting Materials (max 2 points), Adhesives & Sealants, Paints & Coatings,

  • Controllability of Systems (1 point) Lighting

  • Acoustic Environment (1 point)

• Innovation in Design (max 8 points) Must Provide Specific Title(s)

• LEED Accredited Professional (1 point)