The green web hosting options have expanded quite a bit over the last couple of years. Who should you use and which service should you choose? Well, there are two main methods by which Green Hosting companies power their data centres. The Carbon Neutral Option purchases Renewable Energy Certificates - these insure that the power they use is generated in an ecofriendly manner. There is a balanced effect at play here. Normally wind or solar, but it could also be biogas or geothermal as well. The second method, Carbon Free, actually generates their own power directly from renewable energy, usually wind and solar. In the case of Green Leaf hosting, we offer both. Carbon Neutral hosting is Government assured and focuses on Biomass projects in South America. The Carbon Free is solar power and the data centre is built from the ground up with the environment in mind.  

In the last 3 years, the Web hosting business had a dramatic change in it's awareness of bringing green practices to the industry. Now to choose the correct green hosting package and the most suitable green hosting company is next on the list. Today there are a handful of 'green hosting' companies that use carbon offsetting or  claim to use environmentally friendly methods. There are also a small number who offer Carbon Free, zero emmission green hosting of which  Green Leaf Hosting is proudly one of that select group. Data centres are large consumers of power for the computer equipment and cooling systems needed and currently stand on equal par to the aviation industry.

Green web hosting is becoming familiar to more and more green conscious companies, with a multitude of companies proudly taking on the description and promoting clean renewable methods of powering their data centers now a days. The fact is that many technology consumers are concerned about the human potential to degrade the environment and the sense that our hundreds of millions of cars and computers are not helping the planet. Rising temperatures may or may not be related to global warming, but the notion that humans, in general, have had a negative affect on the environment has begun to be absorbed by the web hosting industry.

Green Web Hosting is responsible for lowering our carbon CO2 footprint and uses renewable energy. Trees are desperately needed in many countries to restore soil fertility, help in the battle against global warming and improve the lives of impoverished communities. Powering of a business through solar power or wind energy can be possible by purchasing green certificates (90% wind/10% solar), the electricity generated by these sources isn't routed directly into their various premises. For every kilowatt worth of green energy purchased, a kilowatt less is fed into the grid via non-renewable means. The solar/wind generated electricity they purchased simply goes into the grid, in their case. Still, the result is the same - carbon neutral web hosting.