| Increasing numbers of web hosting companies have | | | | achievable " go green " strategy which all of us can |
| started to go green even with web hosting because | | | | start contributing in, so start now and don't hesitate |
| there are way too many advantages that all of us | | | | any longer for earth saving needs all of us, both you |
| can benefit from by working towards a greener and | | | | and me.e. Award employees who contribute in |
| cleaner environment by utilizing ecology operated | | | | preserving the natural balance of ecology - |
| web hosting methods. Building and driving towards an | | | | Employers should always emphasize on the |
| environmental friendly society is one of the most | | | | importance of eco-systems and encourage their |
| critical objectives. | | | | employees to contribute in sustaining the overall |
| Below are some of the qualifying factors for web | | | | well-being of these natural eco-systems on earth to |
| hosting companies to go and get qualified for green:a. | | | | cultivate the best optimum results and outputs for all |
| Data center power source - | | | | living creatures. Encourage employees who support |
| Instead of electricity, green hosting recommends | | | | car pooling strategy and those who cycles for |
| other alternative of power source such as solar, wind | | | | commuting with cash incentives as they represent |
| or geothermal. These are all energy efficient type of | | | | the role models for others to follow in foot-steps in |
| power source which would save up to at least 30% | | | | terms of preserving our earth and making it a better |
| of electricity cost as compared to data center | | | | place to live in.f. Carbon-free and carbon neutral |
| operated by electricity.b. Servers with high energy | | | | energy - |
| efficient - | | | | All the green web hosting companies are requested |
| Stand-alone servers require a considerable duration of | | | | to equip with the latest state of the art features |
| time for cooling down, and this demand a lot of | | | | which must fulfill the criteria of being environmental |
| energy which is unlikely to be energy efficient at all. | | | | friendly. All their adopted features must be 100% |
| Green hosting strategy encouraged the use of blade | | | | with carbon neutral energy to reduce and minimize |
| servers instead of these stand-alone servers to save | | | | the contribution of CO2 emission for a better and |
| as much energy consumption as possible.c. Server | | | | healthier environment. |
| Virtualization - | | | | Every employer should start to encourage their |
| Some great thinkers have started to explore the use | | | | people in taking leads toward greening their business |
| of server virtualization as a great wonderful way to | | | | gradually, by taking one step at a time to promote |
| save energy and to prevent over-heating of the | | | | greenness in your working place, in your community |
| earthd. Paperless - | | | | and in the society where you all live in. Being |
| Even web hosting companies have their own | | | | paperless, using glassware instead of plastic-ware, |
| administrative tasks and functionalities as well. Green | | | | using recycled printer cartridges as well as |
| web hosting companies are more than eager to go | | | | remanufactured toners are some of the cost |
| paperless, in an effort to save the earth where we | | | | effective strategies to go green. |
| dwell in. Moving towards paperless may be the most | | | | |