Step 180: Is Gmail The Greenest Email Ever?

1000 Green Steps have told you before on how technology has affected our life, along with the list of greenest brand to the least green ones. Now that we know that email could be the greenest method of delivering mails, do you know which ones are really green?

Gmail or Google does a remarkable job greening its massive data centers, using techniques such as water evaporation for cooling, and in general streamlining their electrical infrastructure. He says “They even take the Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) out of their servers to lessen energy requirements.” Google takes other steps to reduce the carbon footprint of its data centers, such as using renewable energy in some of them, recycling their cooling water, and so on.

Another recommended green company would be Hotmail, since it used a lot of green techniques in their offices, too.

~Happy Green Living!~