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Choose an eco-friendly electricity provider

Identifiers

GreenIT	V2	V3	V4
67	85	87

Categories

Life cycle	Tiers	Responsible
4. Production	Datacenter	System Administrator

Indications

Priority	Implementation difficulty	Ecological impact
3	3	2

Saved resources
Greenhouse gas emissions

Description

Use the electricity source having the lowest environmental impact as possible during its production (e.g. hydraulic) to power your digital equipment.

Note that to this day there is no reliable way to ensure that the electricity has been produced with the lowest impact. As an alternative, you can either choose a provider that does not purchase any electricity produced from fossil fuels or buy EACs (Energy Attribute Certificate).

Example

Although restricted greenhouse gas emissions, https://app.electricitymap.org/map allows you to be informed about the carbon intensity of the supplier's country's electricity.

To learn more about energy attribute certificates and electricity: https://www.greenit.fr/tag/electricite

Validation rule

The number of ...	is equal to or less than
instances of failure of the host to provide proof of purchase of energy attribute certificates	0