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Shortlist announced for the ER & DCR Excellence Awards

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With just over a month to go until the Electrical Review and Data Centre Review Excellence Awards, organisers have announced the companies that have been shortlisted for an award. 

Originally due to take place in 2020, the ER & DCR Excellence Awards were continually disrupted by the pandemic. Thankfully, with the last legal restrictions having now been removed, the awards are set to go ahead with a bang when they return on May 19, 2022. 

The shortlisted nominees for this year’s awards are as follows: 

Power Product of the Year | Sponsored by Omicron

  • Riello UPS – Multi Power Modular UPS
  • Kohler Power – Tier EPA-Certified Tier 4 Final KD Series Generator
  • Bachmann – BlueNet Intelligent Power Distribution Unit
  • Cannon Technologies in Conjunction with CENTIEL – Tier III Ready Data Centre
  • SolarEdge Critical Power – CyberSecure cloud monitoring for UPS systems

Power Project of the Year | Sponsored by Omicron

  • Vertiv and Green Mountain, Raise the Bar in Data Center Sustainability with the Deployment of Cutting-Edge Thermal Technologies
  • Sunpower – Project Green Heat
  • Keysource and CENTIEL help to underpin growth in UK Government’s drive for world-class innovative vaccine, cell and gene therapy manufacturing capability

Lighting Product of the Year

  • Thorn Lighting – Plurio LED
  • Trilux – E-LINE NEXT LED MODULAR CONTINUOUS LINE
  • Delmatic – DALI-2 SpaceApp Microsensor
  • PowerLed – BLADE2 M

Lighting Project of the Year

  • Ecolighting – Upgrades lighting to LED at Birmingham Botanical Gardens
  • Zumtobel – New lighting scheme for the University of Lincoln Medical School
  • Delmatic – Lighting management system for University College Hospital, Grafton Way Building

Fire Safety & Security Product or Project of the Year

  • Firexo – fx73 & fx51 suitable for Lithium
  • Aico – Ei1000G SmartLINK Gateway
  • Protec Fire Detection PLC – Cirrus HYBRID – Aspirating Fire and Smoke Detector
  • Danfoss drives have been used in partnership with Fläkt Woods to develop the first certified fan/VSD packaged solution for smoke control in buildings during fire events.

Energy Efficiency Product of the Year

  • Iceotope – Ku:l Extreme Micro Data Centre
  • Schneider Electric – Galaxy VL
  • Kohler Power – Tier EPA-Certified Tier 4 Final KD Series Generator

Energy Efficiency Project of the Year

  • Vertiv and Telefónica’s Global Alliance Drastically Improves Data Centre Efficiency & Reduces Carbon Footprint
  • Vertiv and Green Mountain, Raise the Bar in Data Center Sustainability with the Deployment of Cutting-Edge Thermal Technologies
  • Thorn Lighting – Newport City Council relighting all the residential roads and traffic routes with Isaro Pro
  • Delmatic – Lighting management system for University College Hospital, Grafton Way Building

Innovative Project of the Year | Sponsored by Aico

  • RiT Tech Ltd – The metamorphosis of DCIM into a fully functioning integrated Data Centre toolset
  • Innovolo – Clean Pig Robotic Pipe Cleaning and Testing Machine Project
  • CSC IT Center for Science – LUMI EuroHPC data centre project

Sustainable Project of the Year

  • Danfoss Drives contributed to a project that made the operations of Aarhus Water Limited energy neutral in the Marselisborg catchment area.
  • Vertiv and Telefónica’s Global Alliance Drastically Improves Data Centre Efficiency & Reduces Carbon Footprint
  • ServerFarm – TOR-1 Toronto Data Center 300 Bartor Road
  • Vertiv and Green Mountain, Raise the Bar in Data Center Sustainability with the Deployment of Cutting-Edge Thermal Technologies

Data Centre Design & Build Product of the Year | Sponsored by Centiel

  • Iceotope – Ku:l Extreme Micro Data Centre
  • Bachmann – BlueNet Intelligent Power Distribution Unit
  • Cannon Technologies in Conjunction with CENTIEL – Tier III Ready Data Centre

Data Centre Design & Build Project of the Year

  • Sudlows – Ashton Old Baths
  • Green Mountain – 2.5 MW Mountain Hall Data Center Expansion
  • Schneider Electric and Elite Partner Advanced Power Technology deliver a Digital Transformation project for Newcastle City Council
  • Datacentre UK – Turnkey DC project
  • Keysource and CENTIEL help to underpin growth in UK Government’s drive for world-class innovative vaccine, cell and gene therapy manufacturing capability

Data Centre Cooling Product of the Year

  • Iceotope – Ku:l Extreme Micro Data Centre
  • EkkoSense – Cooling Advisor – The data centre industry’s first fully embedded AI driven cooling advisory tool
  • Aria-DENCO fan wall unit with multiple configuration to fit any data centre

Data Centre Cooling Project of the Year

  • Sudlows – The project required a HD cooling solution to achieve optimum conditions within their facility, whilst achieving industry leading energy efficiency.
  • Vertiv and Green Mountain, Raise the Bar in Data Center Sustainability with the Deployment of Cutting-Edge Thermal Technologies
  • EkkoSense – Helping Virgin Media O2 deliver against Net Zero goals

Data Centre Colocation Supplier of the Year | Sponsored by Vertiv

  • IP House
  • Green Mountain
  • Vantage Data Centers
  • Custodian Data Centres

Technical Leader of the Year

  • Simon Binley, Head of Project Management for the Wellcome Sanger Institute
  • Jason Yates, Technical Services Manager, Riello UPS Ltd
  • Dave Breith, CEO, Firexo

Consultancy/Contractor of the Year | Sponsored by ECA 

  • Slaters Electrical
  • Data Centre UK
  • Oper8 Global
  • 2bm Limited

Winners of each category will be announced at a gala dinner held at Christ Church near Spitalfields Market on May 19, 2022. Tickets are still available for all those wanting to attend at the ER & DCR Excellence Awards websites

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