Dreamhost goes green

by Alexandra Samuel – April 28, 2007 - 3:18pm
I've just discovered that Dreamhost, which we use to host all of our personal sites, is carbon neutral. They're buying carbon credits so that their users can proudly note that they have carbon neutral sites. Bravo, Dreamhost.

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Anonymous Says:
May 24, 2007 - 12:36pm

What about having your web site powered by solar....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 desktop computers for their employees, and soon to be LEED certified as a green data center, the only public one in North America, at least that I have found so far.

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Anonymous Says:
July 23, 2007 - 12:02pm
I like anon's comment above, buying a few carbon credits seems to be excuse to keep polluting for many these days. The only real way to be sustainable is to use alternative energies, not just buy your way out of feeling guilty.

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Rob Cottingham Says:
July 23, 2007 - 9:00pm
But it's impossible not to have some environmental impact. Isn't there a benefit to having a mechanism where you can mitigate the impacts you can't help, even indirectly?

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