Green Web Hosting that is 100% Wind & Renewable Energy Powered

Our customers have the added peace of mind that their web sites are powered by 100% renewable energy provided through BullFrog Power and Planetair. All of our hosting plans include this at no extra cost to you!

EthicalHost offsets its energy usage and Carbon footprint in several ways:

1) We purchase about 8,000 kilowatt hours yearly of green energy for our office directly from Bullfrog Power, a supplier of clean energy in Ontario and Alberta.  This amounts to the prevention of 3,918 kg of CO2, Nitric oxide and Sulphur dioxide emissions.

2) For 2011, We have purchased 12,000 Kg of CO2e energy offsets from Planetair to offset the energy used by our web server, routers, air conditioning and other power uses related to the data centre infrastructure. Planetair sources only Gold standard CDM renewable energy projects as recognizes by the David Suzuki foundation, the WWF and other leading climate change organizations.

These offsets also include other utilities and activities connected with our business such as natural gas for heat and hot water, and travel. View our certificate.

3) We use tele-commuting to reduce travel related emissions, and use transit to get to meetings, the bank and other business related destinations. Our office uses custom built energy efficient computers that use both 80+ certified power supplies and RoHS compliant components. Our heating and hot water system is a high efficiency combined gas furnace and on-demand water heater.

4) We use 100% post consumer paper and printing products wherever possible.  When this is not possible we source out the highest post-consumer fiber products available. We also minimize our paper use by doing as much paperless accounting as possible, and re-using paper whenever possible.

5) Our commitment to corporate social and environmental responsibility drives us to look for ways to minimize any negative impact our web hosting business has on the planet.

How do we do it?

For our office, we now source our green power directly from Bullfrog Power. For our server and datacenter related equipment, we audited our energy usage, and were able to calculate the electricity usage of the computer, router A/C and other related equipment. We then  purchase the necessary amount of Renewable Energy Certificates (REC's) through a CDM Gold Standard offset provider Planetair.

The projects supported by Planetair employ a process known as Additionality. This expression means that the purchase of emission reductions makes a decisive contribution to the success of the project. So the contribution is not merely synergy for projects that will be built anyway.

How does it work?

By purchasing the green certificates, we have offset the amount of greenhouse gases produced by our electricity use by purchasing wind power elsewhere on the grid in Canada. This helps to further increase the amount of renewable energy coming online and to reduce the dependence on non-renewable energy sources.

Does your host use green energy?

If your business is environmentally minded or wanting to do more to reduce your impact, then you might want to consider hosting with Ethical Host, a green hosting solution. Once you are hosted with us, you can advertise this fact to your customers to help improve your environmental commitments. You can use any of the banners/logos found here to put on your web site. Consumers are starting to become more aware of our increasing energy demand and the impact that has on the environment.

You might also want to consider extending this to other areas of your business including your offices. There are many accredited providers of green energy and your local utility may even have an option to purchase green energy certificates or the energy directly. The cost to you is simply the value over normal electricity rates.

The faster we all start to support and adopt renewable energy, the faster we will become less reliant on polluting fossil fuels by creating more demand for wind and solar power projects.

Hosting with Ethical Host my be your first step it might be your last step in greening your operation but either way we can help consult with you on green options for your business and we would certain love to work together with you. See our Green Web Hosting plans here.

The power supplied from Bullfrog Power is EcoLogo Certified