As more and more web hosting companies are beginning to change their ways and become more ecologically friendly, it’s refreshing to see a company that truly knows what it means to be green. There are plenty of hosting companies that purchase carbon offset credits to balance out what they use in energy but very few who actually use clean energy to power their services and sites. AISO.Net is one such company that knows what it means to be truly green.
Sun
AISO.Net uses one of the best and most abundant sources of energy on this planet solar energy. With two arrays housing 120 company-owned and operated solar panels, the hosting company is able to power both their data center and their office. This makes the company one of the only 100% completely solar powered hosting companies available.
By powering their servers and office with energy produced from the sun, AISO.Net effectively eliminates the amount of harmful emissions standard hosting companies produce. This is the equivalent of planting about 8 acres of reforestation trees each year. The company saves over 34,000 pounds of greenhouse or CO2 emissions each and every year.
Not only does the hosting company harness the power of the sun to produce energy but it also uses solar tubes and windows to bring in natural lighting to its building. Each and every tube (and they utilize at least 7 of them) replaces what would normally be used energy-wise by the equivalent of 300 watts of power produced by an electric lamp used 8 hours a day each weekday. The solar lighting saves over 600 pounds of greenhouse emissions on a yearly basis.
Water
To cool its buildings in true ecological fashion, AISO.Net utilizes evaporative cooling. This process is similar to the feeling one has after coming out of a pool and the wind kicks up a bit – the skin is cooled by the wind. The air conditioning systems that AISO.Net has in place uses this exact same process to eliminate excessive heat in all of its buildings. This process means no refrigerants, 90% less use of electricity and saves over 72,000 pounds of greenhouse emissions yearly.
Another green tactic taken by this company is its use of a green roof. By placing plants and greenery on the roofs of their data center and their office, the web hosting company reduces the temperature of each building by about 20 degrees or more.
Adding into these cooling measures, AISO.Net collects its water from rain. This rainwater in turn is used within their air conditioning system and to water the green roofs during dry seasons. This collection process includes flushing to remove contaminants, storage for over 10,000 gallons of water and both the green roofs and the AC systems are designed to drain water to be reused.
Air
If harnessing sun and water power weren’t enough, AISO.Net also looks to how nature works with regard to latent cooling. Latent cooling is basically the process that, through atmospheric air, transfers heat to a thunderstorm. The company’s AC units evaporate water into air in one chamber and then cools the air in another chamber. The water vapor produced in the exhaust air holds the heat and then can be used to cool the 120 solar panels the company has in place.
AISO.Net’s entire air conditioning system completely eliminates the need for any refrigerants simply by using 100% fresh outdoor air. The total greenhouse emissions saved on a yearly basis is over 72,000 pounds.
Conclusion
Instead of taking the easy route and purchasing offset credits, AISO.Net has taken being a green host to heart. With a combination of clean renewable energy in the forms of solar, water and air, this web hosting company is one of very few that can call itself truly green.
Sun
AISO.Net uses one of the best and most abundant sources of energy on this planet solar energy. With two arrays housing 120 company-owned and operated solar panels, the hosting company is able to power both their data center and their office. This makes the company one of the only 100% completely solar powered hosting companies available.
By powering their servers and office with energy produced from the sun, AISO.Net effectively eliminates the amount of harmful emissions standard hosting companies produce. This is the equivalent of planting about 8 acres of reforestation trees each year. The company saves over 34,000 pounds of greenhouse or CO2 emissions each and every year.
Not only does the hosting company harness the power of the sun to produce energy but it also uses solar tubes and windows to bring in natural lighting to its building. Each and every tube (and they utilize at least 7 of them) replaces what would normally be used energy-wise by the equivalent of 300 watts of power produced by an electric lamp used 8 hours a day each weekday. The solar lighting saves over 600 pounds of greenhouse emissions on a yearly basis.
Water
To cool its buildings in true ecological fashion, AISO.Net utilizes evaporative cooling. This process is similar to the feeling one has after coming out of a pool and the wind kicks up a bit – the skin is cooled by the wind. The air conditioning systems that AISO.Net has in place uses this exact same process to eliminate excessive heat in all of its buildings. This process means no refrigerants, 90% less use of electricity and saves over 72,000 pounds of greenhouse emissions yearly.
Another green tactic taken by this company is its use of a green roof. By placing plants and greenery on the roofs of their data center and their office, the web hosting company reduces the temperature of each building by about 20 degrees or more.
Adding into these cooling measures, AISO.Net collects its water from rain. This rainwater in turn is used within their air conditioning system and to water the green roofs during dry seasons. This collection process includes flushing to remove contaminants, storage for over 10,000 gallons of water and both the green roofs and the AC systems are designed to drain water to be reused.
Air
If harnessing sun and water power weren’t enough, AISO.Net also looks to how nature works with regard to latent cooling. Latent cooling is basically the process that, through atmospheric air, transfers heat to a thunderstorm. The company’s AC units evaporate water into air in one chamber and then cools the air in another chamber. The water vapor produced in the exhaust air holds the heat and then can be used to cool the 120 solar panels the company has in place.
AISO.Net’s entire air conditioning system completely eliminates the need for any refrigerants simply by using 100% fresh outdoor air. The total greenhouse emissions saved on a yearly basis is over 72,000 pounds.
Conclusion
Instead of taking the easy route and purchasing offset credits, AISO.Net has taken being a green host to heart. With a combination of clean renewable energy in the forms of solar, water and air, this web hosting company is one of very few that can call itself truly green.
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