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Business and individuals are increasingly we are having to consider the long term well-being of the
planet and the sustainability of operations.

Located in Eco Friendly Business Centre

Weycrest have relocated their business operation in an eco friendly business centre in East London,
next to the River Thames, opposite the "famous" O2 Arena. The buildings are constructed entirely
from recycled shipping containers! This tends to play havoc with local wireless networks due to the
"Faraday Cage" effect, but this is to some extent appropriate as Michael Faraday conducted his
original lighting experiments in conjunction with Trinity House from adjacent Lighthouse on the
site (the only lighthouse on the River Thames).
Our entire ethos is geared towards being eco-friendly and green. All non essential electrical
equipment is turned off at night and energy saving appliances are used wherever possible
throughout the office. Wherever possible paperwork is minimized with most systems including
billing available online. We have also ensured the electricity supply for our unit is sourced from
renewable, sustainable sources.

Greener Data Centres - Reducing Carbon Footprint

Some time ago we realised our web servers may be contributing to CO2 emissions so decided to
take some time helping to reduce the effects of global warming by cutting down on our 'carbon
footprint'.

The UK's first Carbon Neutral Datacentre.

This is traditionally the least green aspect of a web hosts operations. Racks of servers, extensive air
conditioning to keep things cool. So the first step in making our operations more environmentally
friendly was to find a data centre that would voluntarily offset all the CO2 emissions caused by our
servers.

World Land Trust

Our data centre has chosen the conservation charity - World Land Trust as the organisation to carry
out their offset World Land Trust. Working through local partners World Land Trust regenerates
degraded forest in Ecuador, planting native species on land next to standing forest. This not only
takes CO2 out of the atmosphere it also extends existing wildlife reserves, thus preserving
threatened habitat and biodiversity.

Buenaventura Reserve
Buenaventura is the only conservation area in this habitat and is one of the richest ornithological
sites in the country. It is also important for amphibians (a new species has recently been discovered)
and orchids. But the flagship species is the endangered El Oro Parakeet Aratinga orcesii . only
discovered in 1980 and reduced to 180 birds.
Carbon Offsetting secures land
Our contributions have helped towards the purchasing of the property, which is a 45 hectare
extension to the Buenaventura Reserve managed by Fundaci�n Jocotoco in the foothills of the
Andes in south-western Ecuador. This area was once covered by low-altitude cloud forest with
exceptional biodiversity including many species found nowhere else in the world but the tree cover
has now been reduced to scattered patches in pasture.

Carbon Offsetting removes grazing pressure

This property was targeted because it is an important breeding site for parakeets. It also lies at the
headwaters of the streams serving the Municipality of Pi�as, so conserving the watershed and the
water supply for the town. Some 75% of the land parcel has been cleared of forest . The carbon
offsetting is achieved by the reforesting of the land through a combination of natural regeneration
by removing grazing pressure and by re-planting a range of native species.

Protection against Land Clearance

This is a long term future and will take twenty years before the forest becomes well-grown. Three
acres of protected forest have been secured in the remaining 25% of the parcel. The benefits are
swift as the real and imminent threat of clearance (and release of Carbon stored in the wood) has
been removed. Incorporating the land in the Buenaventura Reserve means these benefits remain
permanent.

Planting Process
The planting programme uses seedlings produced in family nurseries while the regenerating forest
needs long-term maintenance.

Carbon Offsetting
The whole Rodas project is expected to sequester some 4500 tonnes of CO2 while making a real
contribution to wildlife conservation. There are benefits to the local community too such as clean
water supply and also local jobs.

Weycrest Green Web Hosting 27th April 2008