Resources
iCA Collaborates with RICS to Drive Sustainability in Digital Infrastructure
iMasons Climate Accord is working with Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors uphold standards, and shape the future of the built and natural environment.
The GEC Issues Final Product Category Proposal for Enterprise Data Storage
Today the Global Electronics Council (GEC) released its Final Product Category Proposal for Enterprise Data Storage products, which initiates coverage of this category under the EPEAT® ecolabel, and development of the EPEAT “data center stack” to enable more sustainable data centers.
2025 iMasons Climate Accord Annual Member Summit Recap
View the update on the first two years of the Climate Accord including insights and discussion from the Executive Director, Founder, Governing Body, and Working Groups of the ICA.
The Climate Accord Maturity Model – A Guide to Emissions Reduction in Digital Infrastructure
This inaugural iCA Maturity Model is a roadmap for decarbonizing the digital infrastructure industry. The focus is on global carbon accounting for each unique data center location over its lifetime, aiming to net zero carbon emissions for our industry.
Powering the Future: Navigating Energy Demands for Data Centers
Recent market dialogue suggests we're witnessing an energy expansion rather than a transition. Over the past few years, the landscape of renewable energy procurement has evolved.
Spend-Based Embodied Carbon Accounting
This case study by the Equipment Working Group is an overview and analysis of spend-based accounting methodologies globally available to calculate a product’s life cycle embodied carbon impact.
OCP-ICA Workstream Update: November 2024
In this November 2024 webinar, you will hear updates on the ICA-OCP carbon disclosure workstream.
DCD> Toward Net-Zero | NAM: Accelerate Net-Zero Goals With Supplier Commitments to Decarbonize
ICA Governing Body Members signed an open letter urging adoption of EPDs from the data center supplier industry amid prolific growth of AI in digital infrastructure.
Benefits and Challenges of Nuclear Power
This case study by the iMasons Climate Accord Power Working Group examines the power hurdles faced by developers and hyperscalers, by exploring the benefits and challenges of implementing nuclear power as a primary power source for data centers.
(Almost) Everything you Need to Know About Electricity
Understanding the basics of electricity generation, distribution, purchasing, greenhouse gas emissions, and the utility grids is key to understanding how we change these systems to keep our global commitment and meet the Paris Climate Accord.
AWS, Digital Realty, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Schneider Electric Call for Supplier Action to Help Decarbonize Digital Infrastructure
iMasons Climate Accord Governing Body members sign open letter outlining importance of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) amid rapid growth of data centers.
Open Letter on EPD Adoption
The Governing Body of the iMasons Climate Accord, a program of Infrastructure Masons, is pleased to release an open letter on the adoption of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
Kohler Energy’s Market-First EPD for Mission-Critical Generator
Kohler Energy announced that they have issued the industry's first ever Environmental Product Declaration for a mission critical generator, providing data center customers with information about environmental impacts.
DCD>Talks Responding to New Sustainability Forces with Alexander Rakow | Schneider Electric
DCD talks to Alexander Rakow, Schneider Electric about the evolving sustainability landscape.
Breaking Barriers: Women in Construction Featuring Miranda Gardiner
Join us for Breaking Barriers: Women in Construction, a webinar series hosted by AIA Contract Documents. In this episode we feature Miranda Gardiner, LEED Fellow, Assoc. AIA, WELL AP.
iMason Climate Accord & OCP: Carbon Disclosure Project Update
Scope 3 emissions make up the vast majority of the carbon footprint of most data center operators, many of which are upstream and take the form of embodied carbon in the materials and equipment of a data center.
De-Mystifying European Sustainability Directives
The European Union is driving major sustainability initiatives with far-reaching impacts across the data center industry. New targets and reporting mandates are being rolled out under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).
Open Compute Project Foundation and iMasons Announce a New Collaboration
Today, the Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) and Infrastructure Masons (iMasons) announce a new collaboration related to sustainability initiatives centered on the iMasons Climate Accord (ICA).
Digital ESG Summit
April 16, 2024 - iMasons and the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance are teaming up to align on a shared roadmap to decarbonize digital infrastructure and, by doing so, reach a consensus on carbon accounting for the industry.
Survey: Data Centers and Nuclear Energy
Share your knowledge and opinions to inform an upcoming collaborative session around nuclear energy adoption for the digital infrastructure industry.
Carbon Emissions Reporting + Digital Infrastructure
In March, JSA TV Live traveled to the Big Apple to meet up with the movers and shakers in the digital infrastructure community to talk about sustainability, AI, the Edge, the future generation of industry leaders - and more!
Recap and Recording of Zeroing In: A Look at the Past, Present, and Future of the iMasons Climate Accord
Listen and learn from the 2024 iMasons Climate Accord Member webinar.
Survey: State of Decarbonization
To drive our upcoming content and forthcoming publications, we have issued a short survey on the State of Decarbonization. We ask that you complete this survey by Friday, February 23rd.
PTC’24 | iMasons Climate Accord’s Miranda Gardiner: Carbon Reduction in Digital Infrastructure
Tune in to this JSA TV interview from PTC’24 to hear from Miranda Gardiner, Executive Director of iMasons Climate Accord, as she discusses the organization’s efforts to support the digital infrastructure industry on the path to achieving carbon neutrality.
ICA and OCP Carbon Disclosure/Label Standardization Workstream Kicks Off
On January 17th, we hosted a webinar to kick-off our ICA and OCP Carbon Disclosure/Label Standardization Workstream.
iMasons Climate Accord, Infrastructure Masons (iM), and Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) Alliance
We are pleased to announce a new alliance between the iMasons Climate Accord, Infrastructure Masons (iM), and Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) to address carbon transparency in data centers.
Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment Approach
The case study deep dives into one organization’s Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment (wbLCA) approach, describing the methodology followed, materials included in the analysis, and how asset-level Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data feeds into portfolio carbon impact evaluations and corporate greenhouse gas inventory calculations.
Know Before You Go | DCD Connect Virginia
In this special edition of Know Before You Go, the iMasons Climate Accord's Miranda Gardiner talks about key sustainability trends within the digital infrastructure sector that will be discussed at DCD Connect Virginia conference.
CIBSE TM65 Material Disclosure Method
This case study is an overview of the CIBSE TM65 Embodied Carbon Calculation Methodology for the digital infrastructure industry, highlighting the background, step-by-step guidance on how to use the methodology to calculate a product's life cycle embodied carbon impact, and benefits and limitations from the perspective of the iMason Climate Accord's Equipment Working Group.
Sustainability and Data Center: Are metrics and numbers enough?
Watch the panel discussion from HITEC’s 2023 Fall Leadership Summit, Technology and the Power of Connection.
Environmental Product Declarations & Lifecycle Assessment
This case study provides an overview of Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for equipment, including the benefits and limitations from the perspective of the iMason's Climate Accord Equipment Working Group.
Introduction to Case Studies in Sustainable Infrastructure
Digital infrastructure has experienced unprecedented growth, becoming the backbone of today’s interconnected world. As attention shifts beyond efficiency and towards more holistic sustainable practices, understanding the carbon impact of power, equipment, and materials becomes paramount and is therefore key focus
The iMasons Climate Accord Selects Miranda Gardiner as Executive Director
The iMasons Climate Accord, an offshoot of the global non-profit Infrastructure Masons, has announced they have hired Miranda Gardiner as Executive Director.
Greener Concrete for Digital Infrastructure: An Open Letter and Call to Action
The Governing Body of the iMasons Climate Accord is pleased to release an open letter as a call to action to use greener concrete in data center infrastructure.
Greener Concrete for Data Centers: An Open Letter
Sign this open letter presented by the iMasons Climate Accord, with thanks to AWS, Google, Meta, and Microsoft.
Working Group Chairs Appointed
To better accomplish and define how we will measure these objectives, we are delighted to welcome our new Equipment, Materials, and Power Working Group Chairs: Alexander Rakow Schneider Electric Equipment Working Group Chair Alex Rakow is the Sustainability Lead
Join the Climate Accord Movers Program
The iMasons Climate Accord has partnered with Aligned Data Centers to present how Movers can showcase their sustainability initiatives and efforts while contributing valuable data and perspective to the conversation.
Governing Body Expands
Digital Realty and Schneider Electric join the iMasons Climate Accord Governing Body serving two-year terms.
Tate is In
Tate® joins the Climate Accord to promote sustainability in the data center industry and becomes a Foundation Partner of Infrastructure Masons.
The iMasons Climate Accord Partners with Net Zero Forum
Smart Energy Decisions announces the iMasons Climate Accord has joined the Net Zero Forum, taking place September 12-14, 2022, in Phoenix, Arizona, as a contributing content partner.
ICA Governing Body Meets
First meeting with funding ICA Governing Body members from AWS, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and iMasons to define the group’s structure, charter, and budget.
Taking the Stage
The iMasons Climate Accord pledges to an open standard of operation to move the digital infrastructure toward more responsible and more proactive sustainability.
iMasons Forms Climate Accord to Unite 70+ Companies on Carbon Reduction
Infrastructure Masons (iMasons), a non-profit professional association, has assembled a historic cooperative of over 70 companies to reduce carbon in digital infrastructure materials, products, and power.
“Every click improves the future.”
Infrastructure Masons (iMasons) launches digital infrastructure sustainability vision, "Every Click Improves the Future."
Interviewing Chris Malone
Companies and industry leaders from different parts of the globe dive into the iMasons Climate Accord details.
Miami, Madrid, and Monaco
Companies and industry leaders from different parts of the globe double click into the iMasons Climate Accord details.
The iMasons Climate Accord is Born
Six key themes from Chez Belady result in the creation of the iMasons Climate Accord, uniting companies on carbon reduction in digital infrastructure.
Chez Belady
40 iMasons Advisory Council members came together at Christian Belady’s home to hone in on one thing that they could do together as an industry to tackle climate change.
Defining Digital Infrastructure
If you can measure it, you can improve it. How to define and size the Digital Infrastructure industry and establish a starting point to measure progress.
Focusing on Five Initiatives
Patrik Öhlund and Eddie Schutter joined Dean Nelson to propose initiatives to deliver the Climate Accord vision.