Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has won an inaugural Brill Award for Efficient IT from the Uptime Institute, a global IT research and education organization.
The Brill Awards recognize IT projects that display efficiency and sustainability in all aspects, from capital outlays to design to overall management.
Kaiser Permanente won in the category of Data Center Facilities Management, North America. The award recognized Kaiser Permanente's interdisciplinary team that assessed the organization's legacy data centers, and found opportunities to lessen environmental impacts while maintaining the support of stakeholders within the company.
"It says a lot that our data centers continue to shine for our leadership in energy efficiency," said Phil Fasano, executive vice president and CIO of Kaiser Permanente, in a news release. "We understand how the health of our environment directly affects individual and community health, and we're so pleased that the Uptime Institute recognizes our commitment to improving the health of the communities we serve."
The Uptime Institute selected 15 recipients of this year's Brill Awards. Kaiser Permanente was the only healthcare organization to be recognized.
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