CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Symmes Maini & McKee Associates’ (SMMA) design for the EMC Durham Center of Excellence data center, Phases I and II, in Durham, NC has received LEED Commercial Interiors (CI) Gold Certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). SMMA’s concept and design of the facility achieves multiple advantages for the owner, including qualifying for $660,000 in power company rebates and reduction of EMC’s overall carbon footprint by 100 million pounds of CO₂. The building also represents the most ambitious completed data center in SMMA’s Mission Critical design practice. There were three main sources for LEED points at the EMC facility: Energy savings, water use reduction and sustainable materials and resources, including building reuse.
