• Aramark — cuts print waste with better devices, software
• Burt’s Bees — undergoes green IT makeover
• California Academy of Sciences — reaps efficiencies through network convergence
• California State University East Bay — turns to green tech to fend off power crisis
• Con-way Freight — slashes annual fuel consumption by 4.9 million gallons
• Digital Realty Trust — sets new standard for green datacenter design
• GlaxoSmithKline — sheds nearly 6 tons of e-waste
• HD Supply — achieves ecodreams through array of green-tech initiatives
• Intel — finds significant savings by pushing the limits of free cooling
• Niagara Catholic School District — turns to e-docs to cut paper and transport costs
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory — proves just how smart a smart grid can be
• Procter & Gamble — finds a green alternative to travel in telepresence
• Raytheon — reaps green success from sowing sustainability seeds
• U.S. Navy — enlists virtualization to supercharge sprawling intranet
• U.S. Postal Service — taps optimization software to slash transportation costs

The Philadelphia Phillies are still trying to close out the World Series, but the team has already been declared winners off the field. The National League Champions were among the winners cited in the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards. The announcement was made at the the National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference in Denver, Colo.

EPA’s Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program helping to increase the use of green power among leading U.S. organizations. The program encourages organizations to purchase green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use. The EPA says the program has hundreds of partner organizations buying billions of kilowatt-hours of green power annually.

According to the EPA, the Philadelphia Phillies are the first Major League Baseball team to join the Green Power Partnership. The baseball club buys 20 million kilowatt-hours annually from wind and biomass resources, enough to power 100 percent of the annual electricity use for Citizens Bank Park.

Here is the complete list of the 2008 EPA Green Power Purchaser Award winners:

On-Site Generation

• Kohl’s Department Stores
• Lundberg Family Farms

Green Power Purchasing

• City of Houston, Texas
• The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
• ING
• Merritt 7 Venture, LLC
• Oregon State University
• PepsiCo, Inc.
• The Philadelphia Phillies
• Powdr Resorts
• U.S. Air Force

Green Power Partner of the Year

• Bellingham, Washington Community
• Cisco Systems, Inc.
• Intel Corporation
• University of Pennsylvania
• WhiteWave Foods Company

DOE Green Power Supplier Awards

New Green Power Program or Company

• AmerenUE

Small Residential/Commercial Green Power Program or Supplier of the Year

• City of Palo Alto Utilities

Large Commercial/Institutional Green Power Program or Supplier of the Year

• 3Degrees
• Sterling Planet

CRS Market Development Awards

Green Power Beacon Award

• Portland General Electric
• Honorable Mention: Detroit Edison

Green Power Pilot Award

• Energy Action Coalition
• Honorable Mention: Green Mountain Energy

Green Power Pioneer

• Dr. Jan Hamrin

Related link:

• The Green Power Network –  U.S. government web site provides green power market information