Green Web Hosts

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It is estimated that the Internet uses 868 billion kWh (kilowatt-hours) of electricity per year.

Of that about 112.5 billion kWh is used to power the servers that house the data for websites. That is roughly equivalent to the output from 14 coal-fired 1,000 mega-watt power plants.

Carbon pollution produced from all web servers worldwide is equivalent to that produced from 12 million cars.

Fortunately, there are now eco-friendly choices available. Host your site with a Green web hosting provider to minimize the environmental impact of your website.
 

List & Basic Overview of Environmentally Friendly Web Hosts

	ThinkHost	100% Wind & Solar Energy Powered	wind and solar green energy tags accredited by Green-e	Co-op America approved
	AISO.net	100% Solar Powered	Own Solar Array	Co-op America approved
	HostPapa
	Dream Host	Carbon Neutral	RECs & ERCs (offsets)	Jump to review
	Solar Energy Host	100% Solar Powered	Solar Array
	Sustainable Websites	Carbon Neutral
	GoGreen Hosting
	GlowHost
	Good Avocado

 
 
 

   Powered by green energy:                                                     

ThinkHost
 
ThinkHost.com offers web hosting powered entirely by green, renewable energy sources.
 
It’s plan (“The Plan II”) offers 100GB server space & 1TB (=1,000GB) bandwidth for only $7.95/mo!!
 
 
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Besides being powered by 100% solar & wind energy, ThinkHost will also plant a tree on behalf of every new account. They also operate their business with integrity and support positive social change.
 
NOTE: If you are a non-profit organization, click here for a special discount.
 
Additionally, their security, reliability (100% uptime guaranteed), customer support, & rich features – which allow for greater customer control & development of websites – earn them top notch rank with us.
 
(ThinkHost does also offer domain name registration. It is pricier than many, but they offer new clients an additional discount of 3 months free on their web hosting when they register a domain with ThinkHost and sign up for a new web hosting account.)
 
NOTE: This is, in our opinion, the best green deal out there. 
All of the other green hosts (with the exception of HostPapa and DreamHost), that we have found thus far & which are listed on this page, offer far less space & bandwidth for the money. However, some of them have other features you might favor, especially if you don’t require that much space/bandwidth. For example, there are a few hosts (AISO.net, GreenestHost, & PlanetMind) that actually own their own solar arrays! There are also some (HostPapa) that offer plans for less per month.
 

 
 

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AISO.net
 
AISO.net is 100% Solar Powered from their own array of 120 solar panels. (You can visit their site to view a live web cam feed of one of their solar panel arrays.) Hence, in regards to the electricity consumed, they are Carbon Free as opposed to Carbon Neutral. They’ve been in business since 1997.
 
Plans start at $9.95/month.
 

 
 
 

 
 

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HostPapa

HostPapa.com – offers affordable, 100% Green Energy Web Hosting packages. 
 
All of their servers – as well as the lights, faxes, phones, office laptops & computers, and office space of their data center – are run on 100% Wind generated power.
 
They achieve this by purchasing green energy tags or certificates from certified green energy suppliers for the total amount of energy they consume in the previous year, as determined by energy audits performed by 2 independent outside providers.
 
Thus, they pump 100% equivalent energy back into the power grid from green renewable sources. In so doing, they state that they have completely offset their CO2 emissions from electricity consumption.
 
The HostPapa plan ranges from $5.95-7.95/mo, depending upon whether you choose 1, 2, or 3 years.
 
Their plan includes (as stated on their site – as of May 2008):
 
       * Unlimited Disk Space
       * Unlimited Domain Names
       * 1 Free Domain Name for Life
       * Unlimited Bandwidth
       * Personal Website Tools
       * Free Setup
       * Free Soholaunch site builder software
       * 30-day money-back guarantee
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Reliable web hosting $5.95 per month
 
 
 
 
 

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Dream Host  
 
Dream Host is a (newly) green web host owned by its employees and has been Carbon Neutral since 2007.
 
They purchase green energy in the form of RECs – Renewable Energy Credits (from the Green Office); and they’ve invested in Emission Reduction Credits (a.k.a. “offsets”) to neutralize their remaining impact: They calculate the impact of everything that DreamHost uses and leaves behind in the course of daily work: all of the resources that they use – including office paper, electricity for the servers, even the gas used in their cars to bring them to work.
 
The credits they use to green their energy consumption and neutralize the rest of their emissions meet the highest standards in the industry. Their Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) have been certified by Green-e. (Click here to view DreamHost’s Certificate of Carbon Neutralization.)
 
Besides using clean, renewable energy, they also practice resource conservation: turning off the lights, reducing travel, printing on both sides of the page, etc.
 
 
DreamHost claims to recognize that Carbon offsetting alone will not solve the climate crisis and does not “excuse anyone from taking direct, onsite action to reduce emissions”. They’re looking for more ways to reduce their resource usage. (Currently they use coffee cups made from fully renewable resources, and in the last couple of years they’ve also deployed many more servers with power-efficient AMD processors. As processor and server technology continues to evolve, they intend to follow the path of power efficiency.)
 

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Good Avocado Web Hosting
- wind powered, carbon neutral professional eco-hosting. Web hosting packages available for $4.99/mo.
Get more info on Good Avocado Scalable Cloud Hosting Solutions

 

Greenest Host

Greenest Host is powered not by renewable energy credits (offsets) like most green hosts; but rather by their own array of 120 solar panels harnessing the year-round sun which, from their location in sunny southern California, generates an excess of power 365 days a year – more than enough to power their servers without fail.

Greenest Host’s plans start out at $9.95/mo for 2 domain hosting with 500MB of storage space & 3GB of bandwidth. For $24.95/mo you can host up to 10 domains with 2GB storage & 10GB monthly bandwidth. All plans allow for unlimited subdomains; and they also have business & dedicated server plans available.

 
 
 
 

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Solar Energy Host

Solar Energy Host is a green web host powered 100% by

 
 
 

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Sustainable Websites

Sustainable Websites is a Carbon Neutral webhost. They purchase 100% of their power usage equivalent for their servers and office equipment in wind-powered Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). The RECs are purchased through their partnership with 3Phases Energy Services.

The green power they purchase is generated at the Mountain View Wind facility in San Gorgonio Pass, California, about 18 miles west of Palm Springs. The Mountain View Wind Project consists of 111 Mitsubishi MWT-600 wind turbines, began commercial operation in September 2001, and generates enough energy to serve over 40,000 homes in California.

Sustainable Websites is also Co-op America approved.

SustainableWebsites.com is a project of SustainableMarketing.com. Profits from the web hosting service are re-invested in the Sustainable and Green Marketing community – “a unique community giving green entrepreneurs advice and tools needed to bring their marketing to a professional level, in an ethical and sustainable manner”.

Plans start at $10/month for a Basic plan which includes:

       * 1 GB Web Space
       * 10 GB Bandwidth
       * 100 Email Addresses
       * 1 database
       * 5 parked domains
       * 5 add-on domains
       * 30 day no questions asked guarantee or full refund.

The Professional Plan ($30/month) includes:

       * 3 GB Disk Space
       * 30 GB bandwidth usage per month
       * Unlimited POP and/or webmail email accounts
       * Unlimited MySQL databases
       * Unlimited Parked and Addon domains
       * 17% discount for yearly rate – only $299

Sustainable Websites also offers domain registration via their sister site. Currently .com domains are listed at $6.95/yr.

 
 
 
 

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ecoSky

ecoSky is a green web host & ISP that operates a server infrastructure which relies on Renewable Energy Credits. However ecoSky differentiates itself from many other REC-based green web hosting providers by generating renewable energy on-site: They use solar panels mounted on the roof of their administrative office to produce their energy.

Their solar panels are also grid-connected, which means that they feed excess energy into the grid to be utilized by others (such as in summer) and draw upon the grid when their needs exceed their production (such as in times of low sunlight). The energy that they do purchase goes directly to support the production of wind power.

They have developed some revolutionary techniques in utilizing low-consumption technology to power their operations. This coupled with effective day-lighting, CFLs, and creative heat-transfer design helps them use energy efficiently.

For web hosting, they provide all services using their solar-powered data services.

For internet access, local POP service is not entirely powered by renewable energy, however, DNS, mail, web and authentication services are.

Their plans start at $19.95 for a Personal plan which includes:

       * 500MB Disk Space
       * 5 GB Bandwidth
       * 1 Domain
       * 50 e-mail addresses w/ unlimited aliases
       * 5 MySQL databases
       * $25 set-up fee

Their Business plan ($29.95) includes:

       * 1GB Disk Space
       * 10 GB Bandwidth
       * 1 Domain
       * 100 e-mail addresses w/ unlimited aliases
       * 10 MySQL databases
       * $25 set-up fee

Their Professional plan ($39.95) includes:

       * 2GB Disk Space
       * 20 GB Bandwidth
       * 5 Domain
       * 200 e-mail addresses w/ unlimited aliases
       * 20 MySQL databases
       * $25 set-up fee

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PlanetMind

PlanetMind’s servers are powered by 100% solar power, provided by a grid inter-tied solar array at their office building in Nederland, CO.

Plans start at $9.99/month for a Basic plan which includes:

       * 1GB storage
       * 5GB bandwidth
       * domain registration: $25/year
       * 10 e-mail addresses
       * 100MB e-mail storage
       * 10 e-mail aliases

The Deluxe plan ($14.99/month) includes:

       * 10GB storage
       * 20GB bandwidth
       * domain registration: included
       * domain aliases: 3
       * 20 e-mail addresses
       * 500MB e-mail storage
       * 50 e-mail aliases

The Pro plan ($19.99/month) includes:

       * 50GB storage
       * 100GB bandwidth
       * domain registration: included
       * domain aliases: 10
       * unlimited e-mail addresses
       * 1GB e-mail storage
       * unlimited e-mail aliases

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–U.K.–

Athenaeum

Athenaeum is an ecologically minded web host based in the U.K. They have a data center in Southern California that is powered 100% by it’s own solar array of over 100 panels which generates up to 60 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day and provides all power for the data center offices, air conditioners and all computer equipment (network and servers). Solar tubes have also been installed for daytime electric-free natural lighting.

They also have plans to build a data center in the U.K.

Their U.K. based servers (mainly used for backup and ancillary services) operate on their own network in the U.K. powered by Ecotricity (wind power).

Athenaeum uses recycled paper in its office and recycles its used office paper. They also repurpose older computers in an aim to reduce waste. The owner is a strict vegetarian & uses renewable energy for his home and offices.

Personal Plans start at £23.50/year for 10MB disk space and 500MB bandwidth.

They also have business plans, virtual private & dedicated servers.

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Acorn Host
Acorn Host (an offshoot of RedAcorn) is a green web host. Their plans start at 2 GB space & 50 GB bandwidth for $7.95/mo to 10 GB space & 250 GB bandwidth for $24.95/mo.

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Treecentric
Treecentric provides domain registration, web hosting, & e-mail all powered by solar & wind powered renewable energy through an offset program. Their web hosting plans start at $17.95/mo. for 1GB storage space & 50 GB bandwidth with unlimited e-mail accounts on a shared server. They do however also offer domain registration at $9.95/year.

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-*** No longer accepting new clients ***-
Elfon – elfon.com – is still in operation, but seemingly has reached capacity. It is no longer accepting new customers and is referring all new inquiries to ThinkHost.

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