Harris Corporation (News - Alert), an international communications and information technology company, has been honored with a 2011 Green Enterprise IT Award for green innovation at the company's new 140,000 square-foot Cyber Integration Center in the U.S.
Presented by the Uptime Institute, an unbiased, third-party data center research, education and consulting organization focused on improving data center performance and efficiency, the awards recognize significantly improved energy productivity in IT and data center operations.
The unique, multi-zone water containment system that allows irrigation of the entire 4.5 acres of landscape property without using potable water resulted in the recognition of Harris and its design/build contractor, Lee Technologies (News - Alert), in the "Audacious Idea" category.
The system also offers the flexibility to prioritize landscape features being irrigated while managing fluctuating seasonal irrigation demands.
"The Harris Cyber Integration Center was engineered and constructed with high availability and energy efficiency as primary goals," said Robert Whelen, vice president, Real Estate and Environmental, Health and Safety, Harris Corporation, in a press release.
"The green design of the closed-loop system had a capital payback of less than 18 months and results in lower operating costs for the next-generation data center through more efficient cooling."
In addition to Harris and Lee Technologies, there are ten other companies that have been recognized in nine categories from among a record number of entries received from around the world.
The selection was done thoroughly by a committee of independent judges. The award recipients were honored at the Uptime Institute Symposium in Santa Clara, California earlier this month.
In related news, Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has announced that it has been awarded a two-year, $15 million Warhead Replacement Tactical Telemetry Modules order from U.S. Air Force.
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