Objective Reviews of Green Web Hosting Providers

Sunday, November 21st, 2010 at 7:13 pm

Green web hosting means the company uses green energy with carbon neutrality to supply energy to servers and facilities. There are a number of ways of doing this, but the most reliable way is to buy credits from wind or water turbine facilities who generate power to the local grid.

The objective reviews of green web hosting providers must confirm first-hand that the hosting company does indeed use green energy that is carbon neutral. These are best of the unlimited bandwidth and “green web hosting” providers:

HostGator and fatcow hosting companies use green energy and both are “A+” for services. I currently have accounts with both providers for diversity for my sites. Having two hosting companys and local backup of my sites, in the case of a national disaster, I have improved my odds of recovery.

Fatcow.com

How FatCow Web Hosting is Green: Producing wind power ourselves is udderly impossible, so our company has purchased Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to offset our energy use. RECs represent the environmental benefits of wind energy, and reduce the amount of electricity in the energy grid that’s produced by fossil fuels.”

HostGator – Goes Green

“What makes HostGator’s program so special?
If you’re thinking about switching to green hosting, good for you! Green hosting is an important step in dealing with climate change. But be aware- once you start asking some questions you’ll find that not all of the .green. hosting options out there are nearly as green as they claim to be. HostGator’s program stands out from the pack for a number of reasons . . .

One, HostGator is using renewable energy to both power and cool their servers, whereas a number of green hosts only offset the electricity used to power their servers. That represents a big difference, because servers generate a lot of heat. For every watt of electricity that a server uses, 1-2 watts of electricity are typically required to cool it. What that means is that HostGator is investing in about twice as much renewable energy, on a per server basis, as those green hosts only using renewable energy to power their servers.

Two, HostGator has invested in Green -e certified Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). That means that all of HostGator’s RECs are verified, tracked and monitored. Sure, there are cheaper carbon credits out there, but HostGator wanted to go green the right way. HostGator can’t very well build a windfarm in downtown Houston, so it’s doing the next best thing and greening its energy at the source with rock solid RECs.”