Green Blog » green web hosting alternatives http://www.green-blog.org Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:58:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 German web host goes green http://www.green-blog.org/2007/10/01/german-web-host-goes-green/ http://www.green-blog.org/2007/10/01/german-web-host-goes-green/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:56:42 +0000 Simon Leufstedt http://green-blog.org/2007/10/01/german-web-host-goes-green/ ]]> The German web host Strato has stated that it will be completely carbon-free in January 2008. The impressive thing is that they will go the whole way with real renewable green energy and not just purchasing green tags (RECs).

Does it sound like a mission impossible or a PR-coup to you? It’s not. Strato has already proven that they mean serious by having reduced its energy usage with 30 % per customer in the past 18 months.

In an interview with The Register the CEO of Strat, Damien Schmidt, said that “while people may be more aware of reducing their individual carbon footprint, it was also important for tech firms to “look behind the screen” and consider the sizable, carbon-munching emissions spat out by IT equipment.”

Green Blog is happy to see that more and more web host companies are taking their responsibility by going green and wish Strato the best of luck.

http://www.strato.de

In business web hosting, hosting services are preferred with extra features. There should be shared hosting services because in other case, affiliate sources cannot be shared. The hosting services providers are well aware of this weakness of people in internet business. This is the reason ixwebhosting has a certain edge over the older reliable services of hostgator.
]]> http://www.green-blog.org/2007/10/01/german-web-host-goes-green/feed/ 4 Green Web Hosting Alternatives http://www.green-blog.org/2007/06/15/green-web-hosting-alternatives/ http://www.green-blog.org/2007/06/15/green-web-hosting-alternatives/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:13:55 +0000 Green Blog http://green-blog.org/2007/06/15/green-web-hosting-alternatives/ ]]> It takes a lot of energy to power and maintain servers for a web host. Therefore one of the most important things you as a blogger or webmaster can do is to choose a green web host.

With green web hosts I mean hosting companies that power their servers with renewable energy such as wind and solar power. Some of these green web hosts generate their own energy via renewable energy sources. Other web hosts offers carbon offsetting, discounts to non profits, letting their employees telecommute, etc.

Please check out our Green Web Host page for a more up-to-date list on Green Web Hosting Alternatives.

  • WebCtel – Solar powered hosting
  • SolarWebWorks – Solar powered hosting
  • EcoSky – Both wind and solar powered hosting
  • The Green Web Host – Mostly wind but other energy sources too
  • Locomotive Media – Wind powered hosting
  • Elfon – Wind powered hosting
  • SustainableMarketing – Wind powered hosting
  • Aiso – Solar powered hosting
  • Dreamhost – Insure that the power they use is generated in an ecofriendly manner. This is typically wind or solar, but it could also be biogas or geothermal.
  • Acorn Host – Sustainable growth, Non-profit discounts and purchases Green Certificates. Green-blog.org uses Acorn host and we are so far very happy with the service.
  • Green WebHost – Solar powered, paperless and will also plant a tree on your behalf.
  • Athenaeum – Solar powered hosting
  • Ilisys – Solar and wind powered hosting. Will also plant a tree on your behalf.

So which host should you choose then? Which is the best? I am sorry but I can’t tell you which host is the best because I haven’t tested all of them. You should always do a background check on any host you are interested in. See if they got some testimonials from customers. But any of these web hosts are better than your current one that isn’t doing anything at all to prevent global warming.

With numerous webhosting issues, it is truly a wonder that people still wish to have the best domain host. Both lunarpages as well as hostmonster effectively deliver website hosting services. In an era of such competition, it is tough pointing out to any one revolutional step.
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