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The iMasons Climate Accord coalition works towards the industry adoption of an open standard to report carbon in data center power, materials, and equipment and a maturity model to report participant progress.
OBJECTIVES
GOVERNING BODY
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Miranda Gardiner
Executive Director
FAQ
1. What is the iMasons Climate Accord?
- The iCA is a coalition united with the ambitions of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
- The ultimate target for signatories of the iMasons Climate Accord is to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels.
- The iMasons Climate Accord is here to provide tools and resources to every company in the pursuit of this goal. These tools will be focused on leveraging industry buying power to achieve it. Read more about the iCA’s Objectives.
2. What are the Key Themes?
- Industry alignment on carbon reduction
- Common methodology for carbon accounting
- Collaboration to compound our impact
- Buyers drive market behavior
- Transparency across all
3. Who is involved?
- There are over 250 member companies committed to reaching Net Zero carbon. Members represent a variety of diverse backgrounds, from one person startups, hyperscalers, colo providers, services, consultants, AEC and trade associations. Examples include:
- Hyperscalers: AWS, Google, Meta, Microsoft
- Colocation: Equinix, CyrusOne, Stack Infrastructure
- Manufacturers: Tate, Rehlko, Schneider Electric, Trane Technologies
- Service: Bloomberg, CBRE, Jacobs, JLL
- Strategic Alliances: Open Compute Project (OCP), Clean Energy Buyers Alliance (CEBA), Datacenter Dynamics (DCD), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- General Contractors: Fortis, DPR, Holder, Turner
- Architecture & Engineering Firms: Bennett & Pless, HED, Page Architects, Worldwide Mission Critical
- iMasons Global and Regional Partners
- Global Premier, Global and Regional Partners of the iMasons are recognized as Infrastructure Visionaries, Champion Movers, and Sustaining Members (respectfully) – designations for companies who contribute financially to the Climate Accord.
- For more information visit the Memberships page: https://climateaccord.org/memberships/
4. What is the role of the Working Groups? What content has been produced thus far?
- iCA has three Working Groups
- Each working group has a goal to decarbonize the data center industry by enabling transparent communication of embodied carbon and building market-based incentives in alignment with the Paris Agreement.
- The working groups have published several case studies
- Introduction to Case Studies in Sustainable Infrastructure
- Two case studies provide overviews of carbon accounting methodologies currently used for equipment (e.g., CIBSE TM65, EPDs and LCAs).
- The third case study dives into one organization’s Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment approach.
- The Working Groups come together to work on the Climate Accord Maturity Model, in which the iMasons Climate Accord codifies established best practices for decarbonization, or emissions reduction, in data center power, equipment, and materials.
5. How can I get involved?
- Join at different Membership levels and raise your profile with page that showcases your sustainability efforts. As a non-profit, iCA relies on generous funding from members to move our initiatives forward and believe sharing our successes is one of the many ways we actively participate in this dialogue together.
- Similarly, if your company joins the iMasons at the Global or Regional level, you will be deemed an iCA Mover – see above.
- Meet the iCA and other members at an upcoming event.
- We regularly share case studies, publications, and presentations/events via our website and LinkedIn
- We are open to suggestions on Strategic Alliances.
- Member Organizations and Strategic Alliances have the opportunity to submit resources for cross-publication