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Big Green Chip Award

The winner is...

Melbourne with Melbourne's Green Initiative

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The judges said

"At a time when every aspect of our lives is coming under scrutiny for its environmental impact, this award goes to a company that has improved user experience while cutting power consumption, cooling requirements, and carbon footprint by using the latest technology."

Entrant's description

Melbourne Network Solutions is a server hosting company that has implemented a number of substantial green initiatives for its general and digital media client base over the course of the past year.
The implementation of virtualisation, cold aisle containment and its’ unique UltraCloud™ energy-saving servers has made a real environmental impact at its wholly owned data centre in Manchester.
Melbourne estimates that all three initiatives, including blanking plates to reduce cold air loss for cooling, has saved 20% in power costs, which equates to around 400 tonnes of CO2 per annum (based on annual power consumption of 3766800 KWh of power)

Judging Criteria

"An entry in this category can be any application of digital technology that has directly or indirectly helped improve or preserve the environment, or any digital project that is exemplary in achieving its goals in an environmentally sustainable way. For example, a project which encourages or helps people to reduce their carbon footprint using a digital medium, or the application of digital technology significantly to reduce the environmental impact of a product or service. Entrants should demonstrate how the digital project or application of digital technology has helped improve or preserve the environment, or in what way it is exemplary."

Shortlisted entries 2009

• Lightbox Education  with Eco-Builder
• Melbourne  with Melbourne's Green Initiative
• Transport4  with www.transport4.co.uk

Winner 2008

The Big Green Chip Award was won last year by Higgins and Bowers Freelance for the Development of Slipstream Energy Web Site

Winner 2007

The Big Green Chip Award was introduced for the first time in 2008. In 2007 the most closely related award in 2007 was the Best Use of Homeworking, which was won by Yuuguu

Melbourne with Melbourne's Green Initiative