BS EN 16001 and Assessor for Data Centre Energy Efficiency

BS EN 16001, is the UK's standard on energy management systems. Developed and maintained by the British Standards Institute (BSI) is establishes clear and concise standards enabling an organisation to establish an energy management system. It is a comprehensive standard that can complement or integrate with other corporate management systems, such as BS EN ISO 140001 and BS EN ISO 9001.

Incorporating all aspects of best practice associated with energy efficiency and management, the standard extends the breadth of coverage provided by BS EN ISO 14001, Environmental Management Systems by providing detailed guidance on how to manage energy in its supply, consumption and ongoing management.

Assessor is the pre-eminent management tool for assessment and ongoing management of energy efficiency programmes for data centres. Based on the evolving recommended guidelines of the European Union, as formalised in the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency, Assessor provides a methodology and guidance for implementing a basis of adherence for an organisation’s data centre against the recommended and recognised best practice. The benefits of such activities can be measured in reduced cost, increased performance or many other different aspects.

As a highly specific purpose built facility, a data centre has a defined set of requirements that must be considered in any corporate energy management system, such as BS EN 16001, and Assessor provides the framework for such considerations to be implemented.

Assessor enables organisations looking at implementing an energy management system to comprehensively encompass the requirements of their data centre and IT facilities with industry-accepted recommendations that are comparable to the requirements of the impending BS EN 16001 standard.

In summary, Assessor can be used to incorporate data centre and IT facilities into a corporate energy management programme.

Learn how Assessor for Data Centre Energy Efficiency can help you in the implementation of the data centre and IT facilities component of a corporate energy management system.