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April 23, 2008

Green 15 - InfoWorld Picks Top Green IT Leaders

green_15.jpgInfoWorld has unveiled its selections for the Green 15 awards. Recipients are organizations that have made significant energy-saving, waste-reducing initiatives.

This year’s winners are, in alphabetical order:

BT Group retrofits to reduce carbon footprint
Bryant University’s datacenter built to scale efficiently
Digital Realty Trust mines energy savings from LEED Gold
EMC gets greener with IT-facilities partnership
Fujitsu taps hydrogen power to fuel energy savings
Hewlett-Packard manages power efficiency from afar
IBM tackles IT energy efficiency on a Big Blue scale
GM2 Logistics marries SANs and sustainability
The Green Grid’s metrics sow the seeds for IT sustainability
Juniper Networks sheds nearly 1.3B watts
Miami-Dade County Public Schools pinches PC power consumption
NetApp manages to keep its cool
One Laptop Per Child’s low-power laptop empowers and inspires
Sun Microsystems plants pods for sustainability and savings
Verizon Wireless rings in desktop power savings

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Marketing

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Emissions

McCain Calls For Mandatory Limit On Emissions

Kohl’s Installing Solar Power On 50 More Stores

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Hi-Tech

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Efficiency

Virtual Hotel Aims To Improve Industry Sustainability

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Starwood Going Green With Element Hotels

Manufacturing

Ford Racks Up Another Environmental First

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IBM, GSK, Herman Miller See Healthy ROI From Green Purchasing

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Enel Buys $232 Million Of Carbon Credits From China’s Wuhan Steel

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CSR Reports

Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards

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Major Players

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