How does something as immaterial as a website even leave a (carbon) footprint? The answer is backstage: it comes down to the electrical energy consumed by the very material devices that host and process all the data, and the heat and by-emissions released. Here’s how to help from your end.
Use green hosting
This is the first and most obvious step. Considering the literal millions of data centers operating around the world, you can imagine how resource-intensive it is to keep the coolers running 24/7 in all those warehouses every single day of the year for the whole of the internet.
A green web host is a company that offers hosting services tailored to reduce the carbon emissions of their business via various channels. In most cases, this usually means relying on renewable energy sources or other green solutions to optimize the massive amount of electricity…
Read the full article originally published at usgreentechnology.com.