With the ever increasing concerns with environmental and green issues, many companies are trying to find ways to do their part in decreasing their carbon footprint.  As a web development company, we have taken it upon ourselves to find ways to contribute to the environmental effort, without sacrificing the quality that our clients demand.

Rochen’s green hosting programs consist of both carbon offsetting as well as development in technology and green business processes. Rochen is partnered with Green Mountain Energy, which is the leading provider of cleaner energy and carbon offsetting solutions.

According to Rochen’s website, many steps have already been taken to build a better environment. For example, Rochen is investing in more powerful and efficient computer processors, like Intel's latest Nehalem line of CPUs. Furthermore, where in the past they would install sixteen 1GB RAM sticks in a server they now install four 4GB RAM sticks instead, giving the same computing power but reducing power usage by around 30 watts per server. This adds up to substantial savings across an entire data center. With the rising cost of electricity, reducing our energy consumption makes both business and environmental sense for Rochen.

It is common for people to think that the internet is green, but the reality is the internet is not very eco-friendly and specifically, the web hosting industry is far from being entirely green. However, Rochen is doing their part to change this perception by creating awareness for those seeking to improve our environment.  Rochen lets clients implement a “Green Hosting Seal” on their website to show their visitors that they take environmental issues seriously.