Harris Corporation Wins Prestigious Green Enterprise IT Award for Cyber Integration Center
Highlights
- Award recognizes significantly improved energy productivity in IT and data center operations
- Unique, multi-zone water containment system irrigates without using any potable water
- First-of-its-kind Harris Cyber Integration Center houses trusted enterprise cloud services
MELBOURNE, Fla., June 6, 2011— Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), 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. The awards, presented by the Uptime Institute, recognize pioneering advancements that significantly improve energy productivity in IT and data center operations.
Harris and its design/build contractor, Lee Technologies, were recognized in the "Audacious Idea" category for a unique, multi-zone water containment system that allows irrigation of the entire 4.5 acres of landscape property without using potable water. Instead, irrigation water is recovered from the facility's closed-loop, condenser water system, which was carefully designed to maintain a discharge water quality acceptable for irrigation without requiring further treatment.
The system also provides the flexibility to prioritize landscape features being irrigated while managing fluctuating seasonal irrigation demands.
"The Harris Cyber Integration Center (CIC) 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. "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."
The design of the center also resulted in registration under the LEED Green Building Rating System and an expected Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) under 1.36.
Harris and Lee Technologies join 10 other companies recognized in nine categories from among a record number of entries received from around the world. Entries were thoroughly reviewed by a committee of independent judges. The award recipients were honored earlier this month at the Uptime Institute Symposium in Santa Clara, California, where they shared experiences and insights with industry peers through case-study presentations.
Uptime Institute is an unbiased, third-party data center research, education and consulting organization focused on improving data center performance and efficiency. For additional information, seewww.http://professionalservices.uptimeinstitute.com.
About Lee Technologies
Lee Technologies, recently acquired by Schneider Electric, is a U.S.-based technology solution provider specializing in large-scale data center solutions and professional services to the North American market. Founded in 1983, Lee Technologies designs, builds, operates, monitors and maintains business-critical facilities for some of the most information-reliant private and public sector organizations in the world, including Coca-Cola, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Department of Defense, Time Warner, Verizon, Harris Corporation, and many others.
About Harris Corporation
Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $6 billion of annual revenue and more than 16,000 employees — including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-classassured communications
®products, systems, and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available atwww.harris.com.
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Contact Information:
Cindy Kane
Harris Corporate Relations
321-724-3018
Marc Raimondi
Harris Corporation - Washington, DC
202-729-3732
Jim Burke
Harris Corporation
321-727-9131
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