Green Web Hosting
May 2nd, 2007
Web hosting company DreamHost, employee-owned and fun-loving, went carbon neutral last week, bringing over 400,000 domains with it into a new, greener world. Good for them! Every business, from the corner store to the virtual economy, can participate in reducing CO2 emissions, recycling waste, and just generally making the planet a better place.
Now, there have been more than a few discussions here about carbon offsets, whether they do anything but make us feel self-satisfied. DreamHost’s blog, after announcing their change, became another battleground, as dozens of users argued about the existence of global climate change and the efficacy of carbon neutrality. Responses were surprisingly negative, but such is the Internet.
My favorite quote: “Free market economy FTW! 
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Link to DreamHost Blog
May 9th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
What about having your web site powered by actual solar panels….AISO (http://www.aiso.net) is 100% solar powered, both their servers and data center are powered by onsite solar panels. And they also have a partnership with Co-Op America, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Green Building Council. Plus, they are doing more then just making sure their electricity is green. Their data center and office is green too by using environmentally friendly air conditioners, solar tubes to bring in natural light, a propane powered generator instead of diesel, VMWare virtualization to reduce their server electricity usage, 6 watt energy saving desktops computers for their employees, and soon to be LEED certified as a green data center, the only public one in North America.
May 15th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Hey Vestal friends, it’s jeremiah from Podtech.
I was also inspired to look into green webhosting and put together a list of ways to make any website green, from Web Hosting, Hardware, Storage, Servers, Recycling, and process!
http://tinyurl.com/yqs7vv
Feel free to leave a comment if you’ve some other suggestions.