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Big Green Chip Award

Sponsored by the British Computer Society

The winner is...

Higgins and Bowers Freelance, Development of Slipstream Energy Web Site

The winner here was brilliantly simple idea - that the site for a company that makes wind turbines should itself run on renewable energy. In doing so Higgins & Bowers both strengthened the client’s brand and highlighted the potential for the digital industry to do something about its carbon footprint.

www.slipstreamenergy.com

"Slipstream Energy Ltd is a unique company in the North of England. It develops the next generation of urban wind turbines which help businesses to reduce their carbon footprint and make a bold and stylish statement to their customers.

This project was to develop a web site that conveyed the engineering excellence and aesthetic design employed by Slipstream Energy in their products. To highlight Slipstream Energy's commitment to clean technology Higgins and Bowers chose to run the site on a 100% solar powered server based in California. Helping to alleviate the growing problem of server energy usage."

Sub-region: Greater Manchester

Shortlist

• Higgins and Bowers Freelance, Development of Slipstream Energy Web Site
• UKFast.Net, UKFast's Ecoserver Project

 

Last Year's winner

The Big Green Chip award is a new award this year.

Judging Criteria

"An entry in this category can be any application of digital technology that has directly or indirectly helped improve or preserve the environment, or any digital project that is exemplary in achieving its goals in an environmentally sustainable way. For example, a project which encourages or helps people to reduce their carbon footprint using a digital medium, or the application of digital technology significantly to reduce the environmental impact of a product or service. Entrants should demonstrate how the digital project or application of digital technology has helped improve or preserve the environment, or in what way it is exemplary."

Higgins and Bowers Freelance receiving award Higgins and Bowers Freelance speech