AOL, MassMutual Among Green IT Award Winners

AOL, MassMutual and eNation were among winners of the annual Green Enterprise IT Awards (GEIT), recognized for creating reliable, sustainable and energy-efficient data centers.

The Uptime Institute and U.S. Department of Energy announced the winners April 15 at the 4th Annual Institute Research Symposium: LEAN, CLEAN, and GREEN.

According to a press release, the 2009 GEIT Awards winners are:

Data Center Energy Efficiency Improvement: IT

• AOL: AOL Enterprise-Wide Data Center Optimization Project

Data Center Energy Efficiency Improvement: Joint IT and Facilities

• MassMutual Financial Group: MassMutual "Green IT Initiatives"

Data Center Facility Design

• eNation Corporation: Integrated Design of Green High-Density Data Center

Energy Efficient Products: Facilities

• Verari Systems: Containerized Green Data Center Technology

Energy Efficient Products: IT

• APC by Schneider Electric: InRow Products with Active Response Controls & Integrated Thermal Containment

Green IT Beyond the Data Center

• University of Notre Dame Center for Research Computing: Grid Heating Clusters

Data Center Energy Efficiency Improvement: Facilities

• UniCredit Group: Free Cooling in Munich Data Center

More information about the GEIT Awards judges and the judging criteria is available here.

In February, Uptime announced its Global Green 100 list, which highlights significant energy efficiency achievements of global corporations operating major data centers.

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