When it comes to data centers, the Uptime Institute wrote the book on best practices. Earlier this month, that book added a new chapter that tipped a hat to a group of innovative companies for their efforts in improving energy efficiency.

Included in the group were our partners at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and the RMH Group. They were winners of the Institute’s 2012 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards in the Facility Retrofit category.

We’re excited about the award because the retrofit included eight Coolerado M50s that helped the NSIDC reduce its energy use up to 97 percent. That translated to a dramatic drop in its effective PUE: from 2 to 1.09, with a potential for even lower readings during the cooler winter months.

Matt Stansberry, Program Director of Uptime Institute Symposium and Director of Content and Publications for Uptime Institute, said this year’s winners set a new benchmark for innovative thinking.

“The Uptime Institute GEIT Awards program showcases the energy efficiency efforts of the most innovative data center operators and vendors, and contributes to the shared knowledge and best practices of our industry. This year over 100 organizations from 23 countries participated in the 2012 GEIT Awards from companies across the globe, presenting some of the most impressive applications our judges have seen to date,” said Stansberry.

Here’s a complete list of the 2012 GEIT Awards winners:

• Audacious Idea: Facebook
• Facility Retrofit: National Snow and Ice Data Center and The RMH Group
• Facility Design Implementation: Verizon Wireless
• Facility Design Innovation: Bell Canada and Urbacon Architecture
• Facility Product Deployment: NTT Communications and Vigilent
• IT Product Deployment: XtremIO and Confidential Client
• IT Retrofit: HP Enterprise Group, India Research and Development Labs, Bangalore
• Modular Data Center Product Deployment: eBay and Dell

The Uptime Institute provides independent thought leadership, certification, education and professional services for the global data center industry in over 50 countries. It serves all industry stakeholders, including enterprise and third-party owners and operators, manufacturers, service providers and engineers.
For more information on how Coolerado can serve your cooling needs and dramatically reduce your energy consumption, CLICK HERE.

Some companies sponsor racecar teams. We wanted to take a slightly greener route. So, in February, we became an official sponsor of the Optum Pro Cycling presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies (OPC) team.

It’s a team of 18 men and 12 women professional cyclists committed to raising awareness about our potential to live healthier, more active lifestyles.

What does air conditioning have to do with improving health?  As it turns out, quite a bit. At Coolerado, we also share a mission that encourages healthier lives and a healthier planet.

Our goal is to reduce energy use with efficient technology. OPC’s mission is to raise awareness about reducing energy use and our dependence on cars and fossil fuels by increasing our use of human-powered transportation.

Our goal is to help our customers save money by replacing old cooling methods with more efficient systems that use less energy. OPC believes that by replacing old ideals about the limitations we place on ourselves, we’ll also save money by spending less on medical bills (and gasoline to fuel our cars).

Finally, our goal is to improve both indoor and outdoor air quality through cleaner air conditioning systems that incorporate fresh air into our customers’ buildings and by reducing carbon emissions. OPC reminds us that by taking control of our actions, we can impact the quality of our lives and the health of our planet.

“We’re more than a cycling team and we’re more than a collection of logos on a jersey. We’re a symbol of the amazing things that are possible when people take ownership of their own health, fitness and well-being.”  Optum Pro Cycling presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies (OPC) team.

You can also track their race progress and get the latest news on this amazing group of professional cyclists by following them on facebook and their website.

Coolerado’s next appearance will be at the AFCOM Data Center World Conference, in Las Vegas, at the Mirage Hotel. If you want to learn how to dramatically reduce your cooling costs for your data center, visit us at the show at Booth 334, or visit our web site.

Quinton Aaron: “Michael Oher” – The Blind Side and Team Coolerado

The event shined the spotlight on some of the coolest products hitting the marketplace. Coolerado featured our energy-efficient air conditioners, and shared the spotlight with Nokero, inventors of the world’s only solar-powered light bulb. We gave away the zero-emission bulbs to a group of 125 special guests, which included the talented actors and musicians of Hollywood.

But, don’t think you have to star in a movie to have access to this out-of-the-box technology. Nokero lamps have completely replaced kerosene, candles, and other forms of personal lights in various climates and conditions around the world – including regions as diverse as Pakistan, Mexico, Haiti, Columbia, and Kenya.

The company introduced its innovative solar-powered lightbulb in 2010 as a safe, affordable and environmentally friendly alternative to using harmful and polluting fuels like kerosene. In fact, the name is short for “no kerosene.”

We thought the Oscars was a great opportunity to spread the word on how our energy-saving technologies can change the way the world thinks about cooling and lighting. Because even the brightest Hollywood stars appreciate an energy-saving makeover.

To find out more about Nokero, check out their website.

Rico Rodriguez: “Manny Delgado” – Modern Family

Snowboard! Each celebrity in attendance also signed a snowboard at our booth from yet another, fellow Colorado-based company, Never Summer.

To give away the snowboard, we’ve partnered with Protect Our Winters – whose mission is to engage and mobilize the winter sports community to lead against the fight against climate change. If you would like to become a member of this important cause, a donation of $50 or more during the month of April will give you membership, as well as an opportunity to win the Legacy 170 Never Summer snowboard. To learn how to join Protect Our Winters, simply click here.

“Going green” was part of their mission. Charged with studying the environmental changes and its effect on the cryosphere (areas of the planet that consist of snow and ice), the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) data collection tools were contributing to the global warming problem by use of their enormous energy consumption.

Until they were determined to be part of the solution.

Through the use of eight Coolerado M50 units, the NSIDC reduced their energy consumption by 95%.

All which has helped the NSIDC win the CO-Labs 2011 Sustainability Award.

And in the end, it’s saving them money. Lots of it.

To find out how Coolerado can help you reduce your Data Center’s energy consumption, click here.

What do three technology giants have in common?

This search engine, this social network and this innovative company are on a quest to prove their energy efficiency. Why?

It shows their customers they care about reducing their carbon footprint. And, it proves something even bigger to their investors—how energy efficiency affects their bottom line.

Case in point is the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado. On November 8th, NSIDC’s IT manager, Dave Gallaher, spoke about the center’s journey to energy efficiency at the Western Cooling Efficiency Center Facilities Manager’s Conference. Dave outlined how 8 Coolerado M50s helped the center reduce its energy use by as much as 97%—with a three-year payback on investment. See the results for yourself.

The math is simple. Data centers require cooling 24/7/365, which equates to a tremendous amount of energy use and, therefore, cost. A reduction in cost helps the company thrive. A reduction in energy helps the world thrive. It’s a win-win.

If energy conservation is your mission, we can help you get there. Learn more about our data center applications.

When it comes to being “green,” one data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming lives up to its name. Green House Data’s mission is to create the smallest environmental footprint possible. To do so, the cloud hosting and colocation data center center uses highly energy efficient equipment and materials—from its ceiling tiles down to its floor mats, renewable wind power and cloud computing technology.

It also takes advantage of “free cooling.” With the help of our M50 air conditioners, Green House Data is able to turn off the cooling portion of our units and pull in ambient air during the “shoulder” season—the months when the air outside is cooler than it is inside. For Green House Data, that’s almost 6 months of the year.

Because our system includes filters that clean the outside air of impurities, even the dusty Wyoming breeze transforms into pure, fresh, naturally cooled air.

As you can imagine, taking advantage of free cooling translates to significant cost savings. Our versatile technology reduced Green House Data’s cooling costs by 90%, and with a PUE as low as 1.25!

Find out what it can do for you:

Learn more about our data center resources and the benefits of free cooling.

Read our Green House Data case study.

Visit our booth at the BICSI conference in Las Vegas, September 18-22.

By Ryan Smith

When it comes to studying climate change, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) watches from a front row seat. The center studies the “cryosphere”—the areas on the planet consisting of snow or ice. Since it began monitoring cryospheric data in 1976, it’s witnessed the effects of global warming firsthand.

So, when the NSIDC had the opportunity to overhaul its data center in Boulder, Colorado, it wanted to make changes that mattered. Like cutting power across the entire system by 70% using an eco-friendly arsenal of free cooling, solar power, and our indirect evaporative cooling process.

In terms of bottom line savings, the results speak for themselves. The center now saves $35,000 a year on electricity costs alone. It also receives yearly solar energy rebates, plus additional rebates for every ton of air conditioning it’s able to reduce. Our energy-efficient air conditioners brought that number from 60 tons to two tons.

Though the system you see in the video is a custom prototype, it’s built on our modular components. That means it can be easily customized and repeated for other data centers interested in making dramatic changes to their cooling costs. Learn more about our energy-saving data center solutions.

“It always takes more energy to cool off the data center than it does to run the data center. So, if we could use this technology, the payoff is like three years, and every data center could cut its power utilization more than half. That’s what’s really exciting here. We’re talking potential savings in the U.S. and the world in the billions.”

David Gallaher, NSIDC Manager of IT Services

By Ryan Smith

Earlier this year, we decided to build an all-new, more user-friendly Coolerado Web site. After much research, planning and work – we did it, and we’d like to invite you see the fruits of our labor: www.coolerado.com.

All of the features you enjoyed, or needed, from our past site are still available on the new Web site – plus the addition of many new features. Including a new Applications page, a comprehensive FAQ page and an expanded Resources Center – which can now be accessed from almost every page on the site.

The new additions to our Web site don’t end there, as we’ve also produced a Coolerado Showcase video. It tells the story of where we’ve been and where we’re going: http://www.coolerado.com/why-coolerado/

Is the new site engaging? Is it user-friendly? As always, we truly value your comments. Feel free to send us any suggestions to the General Inquires link on our Contact Us page.

Enjoy!

By Ryan Smith

Last week, 9News went to The Event Center at Church Ranch, one of our commercial client’s installations, to see why they chose our system over traditional air conditioners or swamp coolers. The Event Center is a beautifully landscaped location that hosts many ceremonies – everything from weddings to wakes. In the interview, Brian Zehnder, one of the owners of the Event Center property, explains how critical it is to their business to keep their clients comfortable and how they do so at the fraction of the cost when compared to traditional air conditioners.

The link below has the complete video interview and an article from 9News.

Interview

By Cool News Admin

Coolerado recently won a Sustainability Champion award from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. We were selected from a pool of nearly 100 entries and given the award based on the following criteria: environment, economy, innovation, education and cost savings. More below.

Cash for You
Coolerado customers and friends are our best sales people and we’re launching a new program to give you cash in addition to our gratitude. We have found that many of you are telling everyone you know about Coolerado anyway, so we hope you’ll let us show our appreciation by letting us pay you for the businesses you send our way that purchase a system.

We’re starting this program in our prime target area that includes California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah. Signing up is easy! Simply reply to coolingseason@coolerado.com with the following information by April 22, 2010:

• Your name, address and state of residence
• Your phone number (optional)

We’ll reply back to all participants in the target states by April 23, 2010 with the program information.

More on Sustainability Champions
We took a picture of most of the team when we received the award:

To view the full coverage of our Sustainability Champions award, click here: Link to Award

Or, to see a quick recap from the award event with Dr. Maisotsenko, click here: Link to Video