Green Blog » green webhost http://www.green-blog.org Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:58:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The greening of the SUV’s of the tech world http://www.green-blog.org/2008/05/21/the-greening-of-the-suvs-of-the-tech-world/ http://www.green-blog.org/2008/05/21/the-greening-of-the-suvs-of-the-tech-world/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 22:38:19 +0000 Simon Leufstedt http://green-blog.org/?p=397 ]]> Data CenterWhen you are browsing around on the Internet, reading your emails, watching online videos, chatting with friends and co-workers etc you probably don’t think about the many and massive data centers that are needed to run all those things.

Just in USA alone these data centers used enough energy to power nearly 6 million homes during 2005. And the energy usage is expected to double by year 2011.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton takes a closer look on what is being done to make these “SUV’s of the tech world” more energy efficient and green, something that might not be as easy as you think.

If you run a website or blog you can help speed up this process by choosing a green web host from our green webhost list. These hosting companies power their servers with renewable energy such as wind and solar power or offers carbon offsetting by buying green tags or RECs.

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]]> http://www.green-blog.org/2008/05/21/the-greening-of-the-suvs-of-the-tech-world/feed/ 2 Green WebHost http://www.green-blog.org/2008/03/24/green-webhost/ http://www.green-blog.org/2008/03/24/green-webhost/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:09:34 +0000 Miguel Dias http://green-blog.org/2008/03/24/green-webhost/ ]]> Green WebHost is an UK company that started providing environmental guided hosting in 2003. They were, according to them, the first ISP in UK that took this issue seriously.

Their datacenter is located in California, east of Los Angeles, and uses 120 solar panels which generate all the electricity they need to power the servers and their offices, becoming the first and only solar-powered hosting company in the UK.

We “assist” in the offset all of our estimated 25 Tonnes per year of CO2 (by “sequestration” or “Carbon Fix”) by working with TreeSponsibility, a community based Climate Action Group, we also plant a tree for every new Broadband and Web Hosting customer.

One of their plans for the near future is to build the first “Solar Powered Data-centre” in Europe. This data-centre is expected to be built in Portugal. They are currently looking for Investors or Internet companies wishing to help.

During 2007/08 we will be liaising with investors and technical experts in the field of Internet backbone connectivity and data-centre design to complete Europe’s first “Solar Powered Data-centre” build, we will be meeting with key people interested in making this vision a reality, this is looking more likely to be in Portugal.

Website: http://www.greenwebhost.net

]]> http://www.green-blog.org/2008/03/24/green-webhost/feed/ 0 Two new green web hosts added http://www.green-blog.org/2008/02/27/two-new-green-web-hosts-added/ http://www.green-blog.org/2008/02/27/two-new-green-web-hosts-added/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:02:44 +0000 Simon Leufstedt http://green-blog.org/2008/02/27/two-new-green-web-hosts-added/ ]]> Two new green web hosts has been added to our growing green web host list.

The first one is Host Papa, a web host located in Canada who purchases Green Certificates (Green Tags or RECs).

The second one is Lightbeing Creations. Lightbeing Creations is a green reseller host. They buy server space from the 100% solar powered hosting company Aiso.

Aiso are one of the few that truly offers green web hosting. Live Earth choosed to host their site with them. Asio is also a member of the U.S. Green Building Council and was featured in Inc. Magazines’ Top 50 Green Companies. If you want you can learn more about Aiso here.

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