We’ve been honoured at the prestigious data centre industry awards for the third year in succession after helping a client cut annual energy bills by more than £335,000.
Riello UPS claimed the Data Centre Energy Efficiency Project of the Year category at the DCS Awards 2018, the annual celebration of excellence in the multi-billion pound data centre sector.
We won a public vote to beat three other finalists – Romonet Ltd, EcoRacks, and Kao – and take the top prize at last night’s [Thursday 24 May] black-tie ceremony staged at the 5-star Grange St Paul’s Hotel in London.
The success marks a hat-trick of DCS Awards triumphs after we won Product of the Year in 2017 and Data Centre Energy Efficiency Project of the Year in 2016.
Riello UPS took this year’s trophy thanks to a project which reduced a client’s annual electricity bill by more than £335,000 and cut carbon emissions by 72%. We partnered with electrical contractor The Roseberry Group to upgrade the UPS units at a pair of data centres belonging to one of the world’s largest consumer goods suppliers.
Replacing the existing equipment with Riello UPS’s modular Multi Power units also cut air conditioning costs by more than £226,000 and saved 1.25 million kilowatt hours of energy, enough to power 316 average UK homes for a year.
Winning a DCS Award for the third successive year is quite the hat-trick and deserved recognition for the continued hard work of our team of 60-plus staff.
“Sustainability and energy efficiency are hugely important to us. We’re the first UPS manufacturer in Europe to measure products using eco-efficiency ratings, so we’re delighted to be rewarded for a project that produced such substantial emissions savings.”
– Leo Craig, General Manager Riello UPS
First staged in 2011, the DCS Awards is an annual event to reward the product designers, manufacturers, suppliers, and providers operating in the UK’s data centre sector.
The 2018 awards featured 26 categories celebrating the industry’s leading projects, companies, and individuals. Prizes included Data Centre Manager of the Year, Data Centre Product of the Year, and New Design/Build Project of the Year.
More About The Multi Power
Read all about the efficiency, performance, and scalability benefits provided by our award-winning Multi Power range:
- Electrical Review: DCW Debut For Multi Power MPX (March 2020)
- Data Centre Management: DCW 2020 Launch For New & Improved Multi Power (March 2020)
- Riello UPS Announces Expansion Of The Multi Power Range (January 2020)
- UK Power News: How Multi Power Helped Cut Electricity Bills By ÂŁ335,000 (March 2019)
- Electrical Review Supplier Guide 2018: Multi Power UPS (August 2018)
