prEN 50600-5-1

Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures - Part 5-1: Maturity Model for Energy Management and Environmental Sustainability prEN 50600-5-1

Scope

This document specifies a maturity model addressing the environmental impact (energy management and environmental sustainability) of the facilities, infrastructures and the information and communication technology (ICT) equipment accommodated by and the and ICT software deployed in the data centre.

NOTE The term “environmental sustainability” is used recognizing that well established treatments of “sustainability” feature three separate viability objectives (environmental, economic and social). For the purposes of this document, only elements of environmental viability are considered.
The elements address the whole life cycle including design, procurement, operation and decommissioning.