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All of our servers are now 130% wind powered! That's right! 130%!
We're not just neutralizing our environmental impact, we're reversing it!

Synervation Green Hosting has purchased certified Renewable Energy Credits representing 130% of the electricity used to both power and cool every last one of our servers!

Just how big a dent in climate change does that make?
It's the equivalent of:

1. Removing 444 cars from the road for a year, or
2. Powering 321 homes with clean energy for a year, or
3. Saving 5,654 barrels of oil, or
4. Protecting 551 acres of forest for a year

The IT sector has a huge climate impact. At present, between 3 and 4 percent of all electricity (and the associated carbon emissions) used in the world goes to running data centers. If you’re one of the four and a half million registered users of Second Life, consider this: the average Second Life avatar consumes 1,752 kWh of electricity per year, or about two thirds that of an actual person (globally averaged). One server alone has roughly the same climate impact as a 15mpg SUV!

Synervation Green Hosting has gone green, and it’s gone green in a BIG way. If you’re thinking about switching to green hosting, good for you! Green hosting is an important step in dealing with climate change. But be aware- once you start asking some questions you’ll find that not all of the .green. hosting options out there are nearly as green as they claim to be. Our program stands out from the pack for a number of reasons . .

Synervation Green Hosting uses renewable energy to both power and cool our servers, whereas a number of green hosts only offset the electricity used to power their servers. That represents a big difference, because servers generate a lot of heat. For every watt of electricity that a server uses, 1-2 watts of electricity are typically required to cool it. What that means is that Synervation Green Hosting is investing in about twice as much renewable energy, on a per server basis, as those green hosts only using renewable energy to power their servers.

Synervation Green Hosting has invested in Green -e certified Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). That means that all of Synervation Green Hosting's RECs are verified, tracked and monitored. Sure, there are cheaper carbon credits out there, but Synervation Green Hosting wanted to go green the right way. Synervation Green Hosting can’t build a windfarm, so it’s doing the next best thing and greening its energy at the source with rock solid RECs.

What the heck’s a REC?
Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) are tradeable credits representing all the environmental benefits of 1 megawatt hour of renewable energy. So when Synervation Green Hosting purchases 4,009 wind RECs, it’s basically paying a windfarm to generate renewable energy on Synervation Green Hosting's behalf. Synervation Green Hosting doesn’t own the windfarm, but for every REC purchased by Synervation Green Hosting, that windfarm generates 1 megawatt of wind power and puts it into the grid. When Synervation Green Hosting draws power from the grid, it can then claim credit for that wind power generated on its behalf.

Synervation Green Hosting has purchased RECs for 130% of the electricity used to power and cool its shared and reseller servers. Good luck finding another green host that has gone this far. Believe me- if they had, they’d let you know it.