2011 Green Enterprise IT Awards - Finalist Presentations

In 2011, Uptime Institute recognized Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Award Finalists in seven categories. Uptime Institute gratefully acknowledges the sponsor of the 2011 Green Enterprise IT Awards, i/o

Finalists

Audacious Idea Akamai Technologies - Creating Financial Incentives for Off-Peak Energy Efficiency Through Metered-Power Data Center Contracts Historically, colocation vendors embed energy costs into fixed-price contracts in the form of rack space and/or circuit charges.  The goal of this case study was to assess potential financial and energy savings of moving from fixed-price to metered-power contracts to resolve this financial barrier to higher efficiencies. Akamai Technologies participated in the Smarter IT panel; click here to view the presentation.

Beyond the Data Center KPMG - Sustainable IT Next Practice: Influencing Employee Travel Patterns Air travel is the largest contributor to KPMG’s carbon footprint and has the highest potential to be influenced by Sustainable IT.   To demonstrate the impact of Sustainable IT practices, KPMG’s IT group collaborated with Travel Services and Procurement departments to engage employees during travel booking transaction and influence them to not travel or when traveling to stay in a green labeled hotel. KPMG participated in the Facilities and Beyond panel; click here to view the presentation.

Data Center Design Brocade Communications Systems - Brocade Data Center Consolidation and Energy Efficiency The purpose of this project/case study was to consolidate three data centers (7,000 sqft, 150 racks) into one Data Center and consolidate 83,000 sqft and 1978 racks of R&D racks spread over five different buildings into one building. The two primary goals were to consolidate our data center and R&D labs into a reduced lab footprint, and design and build a world class data center that was energy efficient. In order to achieve the best in class PUE and reduce our energy consumption we investigated and implemented a series of best practices at a building and local lab level to accomplish our results. Brocade Communications Systems participated in the Smarter IT panel; click here to view the presentation.

Facilities Innovation Yahoo! - Yahoo! HQ Air-Side Economizer Retro-Fit Project Yahoo! Sunnyvale Data Center – Free Cooling Project In 2010, Yahoo!, in partnership with Quantum Energy Services and Technologies (QuEST) and working in collaboration with PG&E’s Data Center Cooling Controls Program, completed this project to significantly increase reliance on outside air cooling in a 8,826 sq ft data center at Yahoo!’s Sunnyvale headquarters. Yahoo! participated in the Facilities and Beyond panel; click here to view the presentation.

IT Innovation Morgan Stanley - Alchemy - North America Data Center Migration and Optimization Program

Outstanding Facilities Product in a User Deployment SynapSense Corporation and AT&T - Wireless Automation Optimizes Data Center Cooling Wireless temperature monitoring and control was installed in a 62kSF data center with 3MW load. By creating a “Live Image” of the temperature profile of the data center, wasted cooling was eliminated and hot spots were remediated. SynapSense Corporation and AT&T participated in the Facilities and Beyond panel; click here to view the presentation.

Outstanding IT Product in a User Deployment HP Brasil and Bradesco - HP Brasil and Bradesco Moving Together Toward the Green Data Center HP and Bradesco are moving ahead in data center virtualization, implementing the next step in energy efficiency, based on HP Blade Systems technology to reduce power and cooling requirements for high-density servers. HP Brasil and Bradesco participated in the Smarter IT panel; click here to view the presentation.

Finalists were invited to participate in panel presentations about their case studies at Symposium 2011 and were recognized at the Green Enterprise IT Award ceremony on May 11, 2011.