{"id":244534,"date":"2021-03-05T11:22:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T11:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottpearson.co.uk\/?p=244534"},"modified":"2024-02-26T16:11:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T16:11:14","slug":"powered-by-nature-how-ive-switched-my-business-to-renewable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottpearson.co.uk\/powered-by-nature-how-ive-switched-my-business-to-renewable\/","title":{"rendered":"Powered By Nature - How I've Switched My Business To Renewable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Digital companies are HUGE consumers of power. Data Centres are one of the biggest contributors to energy consumption and it's often overlooked!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Picture this, you're sitting down in the evening scrolling through Facebook or doing some online shopping, watching the latest trending video. Did you think about the environmental impact?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It might not seem like much, but when you visit any website you're using energy from large data centres, often not carbon neutral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I didn't want to be a contributor to that.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to lower my carbon footprint by taking action against what services and providers I was using to power websites and office equipment every day. Not only that, but increased my performance too. Challenge Accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sustainability at Equinix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F9-xypAaa_s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Renewable Datacentres<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I found a data centre who are committed to providing 100% renewable energy as well as providing a super reliable service, Equinix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They're a London-based data centre who follow strict certifications such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>OHSAD 18001<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ISO 27001<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ISO 9001<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PCI DSS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SSAE 16\/ISAE 3402<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ISO 50001<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>They're currently running at 92% renewable with the future goal of achieving 100%. I found a range of providers that utilise these datacentres of which I now use to host websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equinix.co.uk\/data-centers\/design\/green-data-centers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out more about Equinix's renewal committment here<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Green Office Power<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Another area to tackle was how the machines were running in the office, with iMacs, Laptops, iPads and Internet all using power I needed to find a way of getting renewable energy into the home office. We're using Bulb who are 100% renewable. Check!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overal, it wasn't actually too difficult to find renewable energy companies out there, but you do need to actively seek them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital companies are HUGE consumers of power. Data Centres are one of the biggest contributors to energy consumption and it's often overlooked! 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