We have partnered with 1&1
and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) to offset
100% of the energy usage of our data center in Lenexa, Kansas
by purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). The majority
of the RECs will be sourced from the Bowersock Mills and Power
Company’s hydroelectric facility in Lawrence, Kansas.
This hydroelectric facility is certified low impact by the Low
Impact Hydro Institute (LIHI).
1&1’s renewable energy purchase for the facility
is enough clean energy to power at least 300 U.S. homes for
one year!
1&1 and BEF work in tandem with Green-e,
the nation's leading voluntary certification program for renewable
energy, to power our data center with clean, renewable energy.
Green-e certifies renewable energy that meets environmental
and consumer protection standards that it developed in conjunction
with leading environmental, energy and policy organizations.
1&1 has also been recognized by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a Green Power Partner
for its annual purchase of 17.5 million kilowatt-hours (kWh)
of green power (electricity that is generated from environmentally
preferable renewable resources, like wind, solar, hydroelectric
and geothermal). |
