Our servers are now 130% wind powered! We're not just neutralizing our environmental impact, we're reversing it!
Our server provider has purchased certified Renewable Energy Credits representing 130% of the electricity used to both power and cool every last one of their servers!
Did you know that the average server produces the same emissions as a 15 mpg Sports Utility Vehicle?
3Degrees enables businesses and individuals to fund clean energy and carbon reduction projects through the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates and Verified Emission Reductions.
We offer green hosting services for all of our customers that we have developed Actinic eCommerce websites for. A great sales point will be that you can tell your customers you're not impacting the environment with the hosting of your website.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Contact us now to find out more about how we can help your online business take steps towards climate change solutions.
This Renewable Energy Certificate purchase supports 4,009 MWh of electricity generation sourced from Texas wind farms.
It prevents the emission of 3,117 metric tons of carbon dioxide, which is equivalent to the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed annually by protecting 708 acres of forest.
GOING GREEN
Just how big a dent in climate change does this change to green servers make?
It is equivalent to:
Removing 444 cars from the road for a year, or
Powering 321 homes with clean energy for a year, or
Saving 5,654 barrels of oil, or
Protecting 551 acres of forest for a year
All of our server providers REC's have been registered, verified, and retired from the market.
Our server provider hosts over 1,800,000 websites on its shared and reseller web servers. That means a lot of servers, and a lot of carbon emissions. They asked themselves:
"What can we do to be part of the climate change solution?"
They took steps to minimize their environmental impact at their office, but still they weren't satisfied. They then switched to 36% more efficient servers, but still they weren't satisfied!