BESTi Certification – Smart and Efficient Cooling Data Centre Evaluation Scheme Pioneer Edition

BESTi Certification –
Smart and Efficient Cooling Data Centre Evaluation Scheme Pioneer Edition

Under the guidance of the national dual-carbon policy and driven by the vision of Digital China, “greening” and “smartisation” transformations have become important compasses for the construction industry to break through bottlenecks and achieve industrial transformation. As a crucial area for tapping into building energy-saving potential, building cooling centres have seen numerous design standards and high-performance cooling centre evaluation metrics and systems introduced in recent years, both in civil and industrial sectors. On top of achieving cost reduction and efficiency improvements, high-efficiency cooling centres integrate smart technologies to further enhance aspects such as safety, durability, user-friendliness, and data quality, ensuring sustainable operations.

Adhering to the basic concept of infusing smart living into application scenarios, TÜV Rheinland and the BRE have introduced an evaluation standard for the smartification of typical application scenarios like high-efficiency cooling centres within the BESTi certification assessment system for smart buildings – “Appendix A: Smart and Efficient Cooling Centre Evaluation Criteria”. 1) The evaluation targets electric refrigeration water-cooled centralised air conditioning cooling centres and central chilled water stations. The scope includes various new and existing upgraded cooling centres and central chilled water stations in civil and industrial buildings. Through document review, on-site audit, on-site data verification, and post-certification continuous supervisory audits, a dual-dimensional evaluation of high-efficiency cooling centres is conducted with respect to their basic performance, safety and durability, user-friendliness and convenience, and data health and preservation.

Notes: 1) The BESTi Smart and Efficient Cooling Centre Evaluation Standard Pioneer Edition came into official use on 1 April 2024.

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Application Process

Self-Application
Document Review
On-Site Audit

Evaluation and Approval
Issuance of Certificate
Surveillance Audit

Our Core Advantages

Dual professional assurance from international authoritative certification bodies and international building standards organisations with over a century’s experience.
The first smart building certification service registered with the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNCA).
Evaluation through “performance + intelligence” twin indicators, emphasising the coexistence and integration of performance value and intelligence value. It focuses on being people-oriented, future-facing, and operation-focused.
Based on the foundation of evaluating efficiency and energy savings, functional evaluation of safety and durability, operational evaluation of user-friendliness and convenience, and security evaluation of data health and preservation as the four cornerstones, the service infuses smart living into application scenarios.

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Certification Benefits

Performance Value:

Efficiency and Energy Saving Carbon Reduction
- Lower energy costs and enhanced project net cash flow
- Reduced energy consumption and emissions, responding to the government’s dual-carbon national policy
Safety and Durability
- Extended service life
- Reduced maintenance costs
User-Friendliness and Convenience
- User-friendly interface, easy to operate
- Secure switching between local and remote access
Data Health and Preservation
- Data quality meets scenario requirements
- Form data assets, making iteration possible

Smart Value:

智慧价值
- Lower costs
- Shorter timeframes
- More stable processes
- Better resource integration
- More efficient team communication

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