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Nominations are open for the Data Center Sustainability Awards, presented by Workplace Elemental Technologies! We're recognizing the project teams and leaders advancing sustainability, performance, and innovation across digital infrastructure. Two awards will be presented at GBI's Better Buildings: Data Centers Seminar, May 6 in Dallas, TX: ➡️ Sustainability Collaboration Award (Project Team): Honoring teams that go beyond standard practice to deliver energy-efficient, resilient, and forward-thinking data center solutions, with measurable impact to prove it. ➡️ Sustainability Leadership Award (Individual): Celebrating leaders who drive meaningful progress in sustainable, high-performance data center design and operations through innovation, accountability, and results. Nominate your peers, your team, or yourself. Submissions are open now. 🔗 https://wkf.ms/4dGnmaj #DataCenters #Sustainability #GreenBuilding #BetterBuildings #GBI #Awards

The Washington Oregon Cascadia Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) was an inspiring deep dive into the future of sustainability on college campuses. Earlier this March, GBI's Christopher Plechot Binder and Malia Widmann were onsite at the University of Washington to "connect with others who are 'walking the walk' and putting bold ideas into practice” (Christopher Binder) WOHESC offers a forum for students, faculty, and sustainability practitioners to advance sustainability initiatives on campuses across the Pacific Northwest. It was encouraging to see major PNW institutions come together to exchange research and breakthrough ideas to improve the built environment. With Green Globes® and Journey to Net Zero™, GBI is committed to helping these institutions build resilient and healthy learning environments: https://lnkd.in/eRPbw7mq

Last week, GBI was in New York City for DatacenterDynamics DCD>Connect New York and a happy hour hosted alongside our partners EkkoSense AI and WB Engineers+Consultants . The room was packed with great people, great conversation, and the energy in the room was hard to miss. We were proud to have GBI's own Megan Baker, MBA and Board Members Marcus Hassen and Phill Lawson-Shanks representing GBI on the stage as featured panelists. Their voices added to what was an outstanding lineup of industry leaders tackling the most pressing challenges in data center sustainability. Both events were full of conversations around power availability, performance optimization, sustainable building materials, and community engagement. We're already looking forward to continuing these conversations at GBI's Better Buildings: Data Centers Seminar, May 5–6 in Dallas. Join us https://lnkd.in/gFN9rjR4 #DataCenters #DCDNYC #Sustainability #GreenBuilding #BetterBuildings #GBI

Data center development is no longer just about power capacity — it's about the communities where these facilities are built. More Than Megawatts: Community-Centered Approaches to Data Center Development at GBI's Better Buildings: Data Centers Seminar explores how the industry can build trust, create local value, and align projects with community priorities: 📍 Phillip Koblence — Co-Founder, Nomad Futurist and Co-Founder & COO, NYI (Moderator) 📍 Maria Poyer — Verrus 📍 Trisann Ferrigno — Director, Community Engagement, PointOne Data Centers 📍 Karen P. — Senior VP, Design & Construction, American Real Estate Partners (AREP) & PowerHouse Data Centers 📍 Connie Zweigle — Crane Data Centers 📍 Wes Cummins — CEO, Applied Digital We're proud to bring together voices that are shaping a more responsible approach to data center growth. 📍 Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Gardens | May 6, 2026 📍 Register: https://lnkd.in/gFN9rjR4 #DataCenters #CommunityImpact #SustainableDevelopment #BetterBuildings #GBI

I’m looking forward to learning from all the attendees at this exciting GBI event! Come join us!

Join GBI's Megan Baker, MBA at Data Centre Expo North America on May 18-19!

Some of the biggest opportunities in sustainable data center development are already built. Reimagining Possibilities: Strategies and Realities for Adaptive Reuse and Legacy Data Center Modernization at GBI's Better Buildings: Data Centers Seminar features industry leaders sharing real-world insights on upgrading aging facilities and extending building life responsibly: 🟢 Steve Truebner — Mission Critical Business Development Director, Legence (Moderator) 🟢 Steve Torre, PE, LEED AP — Principal & Partner, CMTA, Inc. 🟢 Soumya A. — Director, Climate and Decarbonization Strategy, JLL 🟢 Dan Moore — Senior Director, Operations Business, CyrusOne 🟢 Alec Keating — Keating Resources 📍 Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Gardens | May 6, 2026 🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/gFN9rjR4 #DataCenters #AdaptiveReuse #Modernization #GreenBuilding #BetterBuildings #GBI

Workplace Elemental Technologies is So very excited to be sponsoring the Data Center Sustainability Awards at Green Building Initiative (GBI)’s Better Buildings: Data Centers Seminar, May 6 in Dallas, TX! If you’ve been involved in a project that you believe is deserving of recognition, please read below and submit a nomination. We cannot wait to share the stage in Dallas and present these awards to the outstanding and worthy winners. #sustainability #datacenters #environmentalimpact #GreenBuildings #BetterBuildings #energyefficiency #resourceefficiency #sustainabletechnology #WETtech

Pumped to speak at this event with my teammate Chris Baughman! Atmosphere Data Centers #sustainable #digitalinfrastructure #cloud #ai #datacenters Green Building Initiative (GBI)

Nominations are open! 🏆 On International Data Center Day, GBI is proud to introduce the Data Center Sustainability Awards, presented by Workplace Elemental Technologies. We're recognizing the project teams and leaders advancing sustainability, performance, and innovation across digital infrastructure. Two awards will be presented at GBI's Better Buildings: Data Centers Seminar, May 6 in Dallas, TX: ➡️ Sustainability Collaboration Award (Project Team): Honoring teams that go beyond standard practice to deliver energy-efficient, resilient, and forward-thinking data center solutions, with measurable impact to prove it. ➡️ Sustainability Leadership Award (Individual): Celebrating leaders who drive meaningful progress in sustainable, high-performance data center design and operations through innovation, accountability, and results. Nominate your peers, your team, or yourself. Submissions are open now. 🔗 https://wkf.ms/4dGnmaj #DataCenters #Sustainability #GreenBuilding #BetterBuildings #GBI #Awards #InternationalDataCenterDay