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Green Web Hosting
We care about the world we live in, which is why our web hosting is now 100% green and sustainable
Sustainable websites
About our green web hosting
As a responsible business, sustainability is something we take extremely seriously.
That’s why we’ve partnered with 20i, one of the UK’s leading web hosting providers, to offer green web hosting to all our clients.
It means we use servers and data centres that run on 100% renewable power, for fast and reliable web hosting that’s energy-efficient, sustainable and doesn’t harm the planet.
With our green hosting, you can be assured that your website is stored on servers that pass the Green Web Foundation’s sustainability checks and doesn’t contribute to climate change.
We care. A lot!
Why green web hosting is important
You can’t see the internet, so it’s easy to think it’s not there.
But the truth is, the internet burns through a lot of energy every year – more than 400 terawatt-hours, to be precise. That’s enough to power every household in the UK for a year.
The internet, and the devices that connect to it, are responsible for around 3.7% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, more than the entire global airline industry.
While your business’ website may play only a tiny part in this, with 65% of the population now online, it soon adds up.
Facts and figures
Did you know…
Every action online – from sending an email or streaming a YouTube video to hosting a website or ecommerce store – uses CO². They all contribute to climate change. For example…
Sending an email
A 1MB email emits 20g of CO², enough to power a 60W electric lamp for 25 minutes.
A single web search
An internet search emits around 10g of CO², enough to make a nice, warm cuppa.
Sending 20 emails
Twenty emails a day for a year creates the same emissions as a car travelling 620 miles.
A year of web browsing
An average internet user generates the CO² equivalent of around 2,900 litres of water.
A data centre
A large data centre uses around 100m watts, 10% of the output of a thermal power station.
A sustainable approach
How green hosting works
Our hosting provider, 20i, has partnered with renewable energy suppliers to ensure its web hosting, cooling and network are powered by 100% renewable energy.
It means the data centres we use to host websites for our clients excel in energy efficiency. Most data centres have a power usage effectiveness (PUE) score of 1.2 or higher. PUE measures how efficiently a data centre uses energy. The lower the score, the better.
Ours is 1.12.
The servers also auto-scale – when websites become busy, they are allocated resources from multiple servers to cope with the demand. However, when they are less active, they take up fewer resources, use less electricity, and produce fewer harmful emissions.
And as more efficient technology becomes available, 20i replaces its hardware with the latest sustainable alternatives.
It means everyone wins, including the planet.
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Ready to go greener?
In today’s business world, with climate change and sustainability at the top of the global agenda, we all have a part to play in reducing emissions and our impact on the environment.
So, if you want to make your website cleaner, greener and more sustainable, we can help.
Whether you’re looking to upgrade your existing website to more efficient servers or start from scratch with a shiny brand new one, we can help you meet your business – and CSR – objectives.
It all starts with a conversation. To find out how we can help, get in touch today.