SGN selected 26 contenders for the honor from what it said was the longest list of nominations yet for the annual competition, now in its third year. Readers then voted for the company they felt was the one to watch in 2012. The results, in alphabetical order, were announced Tuesday, January 31. SGN reports that 7,000 votes were cast.

Says Powerit Solutions CEO Kevin Klustner: “We are delighted to be one of the 26 companies selected for the polling, and it’s an honor to be in such good company in the top 12. We want to thank everyone who voted for Powerit.”

Technology Fast 500, which was conducted by Deloitte & Touche LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte LLP, provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies – both public and private - in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2006 to 2010.

In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company's operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD or CD, and current-year operating revenues of at least $5 million USD or CD. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of five years, and be headquartered within North America.

Powerit Solutions won a Connectivity Week Buildy Award for its work with Four Star Fruit of Delano, California. The award was in the Smart Industrial category, which recognizes the application of innovative ideas and technologies to device and system connectivity in the industrial automation and manufacturing field, particularly for energy management, sustainable manufacturing, and industrial-to-grid applications. This successful project speaks to the kind of real value our technology is bringing to businesses. Spara EMS enables optimal energy management, providing an unparalleled balance of demand control, effective participation in Auto-DR, and ability to meet production needs. This is the second Buildy Award Powerit has won at the annual Silicon Valley smart grid show.

Each day, the Lead411 research team scours through 600+ press releases and business articles including venture capital fundings, company launches, new office openings, customer press releases, etc. This information has given insight to which are the fastest growing companies in the U.S. Their "Hottest Companies" awards have been created to recognize these fast growing companies in different geographic regions. This particular list originally started with over 700 companies and it has been narrowed down to the top 55.

Climate Change Business Journal solicited its contacts via e-mail, website and word-of-mouth fornominations for the CCBJ Business Achievement Awards. Nominations were accepted in 200-word essays ineither specific or unspecified categories. Categories may have been adjusted depending on the volume ofnominations or the number of worthy recipients. Final awards were determined by a committee of CCBJ staff andCCBJ editorial advisory board members.

Each year companies innovate, overcome obstacles and systematically defy the odds. The Technology Fast 500™ program recognizes these efforts in its annual ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in the United States and Canada.

The program is based on percentage revenue growth from 2005 to 2009 and recognizes all areas of technology and includes both public and private companies.

The Global Cleantech 100 highlights the most promising private clean technology companies around theworld, recognizing companies at the forefront of cleantech innovation, who are offering solutions to some of theplanet's most pressing environmental challenges.The final list represents the collective opinion of hundreds of leading experts from cleantech innovation andventure capital companies in EMEA, North America, India and China, combined with the specific input of anexpert panel

Seattle‐based Powerit Solutions, a leading provider of intelligentenergy management systems to more than 2,500 commercial and industrial facilities worldwide, won aConnectivity Week Buildy Award June 10 for its work implementing automated demand responsetechnology (Auto‐DR) for Amy’s Kitchen of Petaluma, California. Using Powerit’s technology, Amy’sreduced its electricity use 44% during a simulated Auto‐DR event. 

Powerit Solutions, a leading cleantech provider ofintelligent energy management technology systems for industrial and commercial facilities, has been named the2008 Rising Star in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program for Washington State. The Technology Fast 50 annuallyrecognizes the fastest‐growing companies within Washington State.