100% Clean Wind Power Web Hosting

• Introduction to Sustainable Business
• 100% Wind Power Web Hosting
• Greener Mini Dedicated Servers
• Sustainable Business Memberships
• Waste Reduction Programs
• Non-Profit Discounts
• Corporate Responsibility

Our goal: To reduce the environmental impact of web hosting through the use of new, renewable wind energy sources and sustainable practices.

As a Pacific Northwest web hosting provider, we at Canvas Dreams want to limit our impact on the environment. The major resource we use in the operation of our business is electricity. In addition to our servers and network equipment, power is used by the cooling, security, and fire suppression systems at our data facility.

Canvas Dreams utilizes energy-efficient servers and employs conservational technology where possible. Our newest line of greener dedicated servers use ultra-efficient CPUs created through a lead- and halogen-free manufacturing process, generate little heat, and draw considerably less power than do our enterprise servers. Still, for every Watt of power used by our hosting infrastructure, another Watt is used to cool the heat generated by our systems.

From an energy usage standpoint, web hosting is a costly business, and as such, its impact higher on the environment as compared to other industries. For this reason and many others, Canvas Dreams joined Portland General Electric's Clean Wind energy program.

Renewable Energy from Local Wind Farms

Clean Wind enables us to purchase renewable wind power generated at wind farms in the Pacific Northwest, including the Klondike energy facility and PGE's new Biglow Canyon wind farm project. The new power is fed onto the grid to offset our consumption of electricity from non-renewable sources. Unlike some carbon offset programs, PGE's program enables us to purchase new electricity from local wind sources to directly benefit the Pacific Northwest environment and economy.

As a business member of Clean Wind, we have chosen to offset 100% of our web hosting infrastructure with clean wind power. Not only is it one way for us to give back to Northwest businesses who have supported us, it is also one small step to helping the environment that has given us a home.

Our facility in Edinburgh (Canvas Dreams UK Ltd) also shares our sustainable objectives and is 100% powered by renewable wind energy through ScottishPower.

Show That Your Web Site is Green!

By hosting with Canvas Dreams, you can tell others that your web site is green! Use any of the image logos below, place them on your site, and link directly to this page. Not only can it help build interest in your site, it can also show that you too support renewable energy initiatives.

Learn More About Renewable Energy

We encourage you to learn more about how you can participate in renewable programs for home and business. Contact your local power utility, or read up on the residential renewable and commercial renewable programs from Portland General Electric.