Uptime Institute has just announced the winners of this year’s Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards, which recognize outstanding projects for improved energy and resource productivity in IT and data center operations. There are awards in several categories, to recognize different kinds of innovation.

This year’s winners, finalists and categories are listed on the Symposium website. The winners will present their case studies at Symposium, May 9-12, and finalists will be on panels discussing their projects.

“We received a record number of entries for the 2011 GEIT Awards from companies across the globe doing remarkable things to lead the charge in making the data center industry more efficient,” said Andy Lawrence, Program Director of the Uptime Institute Symposium and Research Director for Eco-Efficient IT, The 451 Group. “Uptime Institute’s GEIT Awards program educates the data center and IT industries on new initiatives to effectively reduce energy consumption by highlighting the cutting-edge achievements of large enterprises, as well as smaller organizations.”

Uptime Institute congratulates all GEIT Award winners and finalists.