EPI Releases New Data Centre Environmental Sustainability Specialist (CDESS) Training and Certification
Summary
Investment in data centers has increased tremendously all over the world.At the same time, the realities of climate change are no longer isolated incidences reported on news channels. People everywhere are experiencing it personally, just at different levels of severity and disruption to lives.The pressure on data centres to improve sustainability is mounting with governments now getting involved and approving new legislation to enforce sustainability measures on data centre operators.According to Edward van Leent, EPI Chairman and CEO, "Sadly, the expertise to manage sustainability in the complex and multi-disciplinary data center environment is sorely lacking. To address this problem, EPI stepped up to develop the Certified Data Centre Environmental Sustainability Specialist (CDESS) training. We wanted to transfer the knowledge we have quickly to others and developed the much-needed expertise worldwide to manage and improve data centre sustainability.”Van Leent continues, “The CDESS contains 12 comprehensive chapters. It includes topics on the applicable global standards, international treaties, sustainable performance metrics, and deep dives into how to measure, implement and improve energy efficiency on electrical, mechanical, ICT, data storage; water and waste management; and sustainable energy.