Green From the Start

摘要

When it comes to claims energy-efficient design, the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environ-mental Design (LEED) standard is the ultimate credibility test. Certification is a process that makes building designers jump through hoops to prove they're being sufficiently considerate of the environment. Design firm Advanced Data Centers is building the very first data center to be pre-certified LEED platinum. (The USGBC does not yet have a set of requirements specifically for data centers, but it is said to be considering developing one.)