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Sustainability

· 6 checks — CO2 emissions, green hosting, repeat-visit weight, carbon budget, and transfer efficiency rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
78
GRADE
C
FIX
1
REVIEW
2
PASS
3
INFO
0
Device:
Mobile Desktop
Checks
6
3 PASS 2 REVIEW 1 FIX
D
Green Hosting
Action
Not green
FIX
Not green
Info::
No confirmed renewable energy commitment detected
Consider providers like Cloudflare, Google Cloud, or Vercel that match 100% of their energy use with renewables.
Info::
AWS: Renewable energy varies by region; committed to 100% by 2025
Info::
AWS CloudFront: Renewable varies by edge location
Info::
Green hosting status based on known provider commitments
Green hosting detection uses a curated database of provider renewable energy commitments. This is not a real-time verification. For authoritative checks, visit thegreenwebfoundation.org.
Green HostingNot Green Hosted
Hosting AWS✗CDN AWS CloudFront✗

AWS: Renewable energy varies by region; committed to 100% by 2025

AWS CloudFront: Renewable varies by edge location

Based on known provider commitments. Verify at thegreenwebfoundation.org

B
Transfer Efficiency
86% efficient
REVIEW
86% efficient
Info::
Transfer efficiency: 86%
An estimated 121 KB (14%) could be eliminated: 0 KB via better compression, 0 KB via modern image formats, 121 KB of unused JavaScript. This wasted data produces 0.03g of unnecessary CO2 per page view.
86% efficient

Total waste: 121 KB (14% of page weight)

Unused JS 121 KB

0.03g unnecessary CO2 per visit

Actual transfer 860 KB
Theoretical minimum 739 KB
Potential savings 121 KB (0.03g CO2)

See Deep Analysis sections above for specific optimizations.

C
Green Hosting
Action
Whether the site is served from green-energy infrastructure
REVIEW

Green Hosting

No green hosting detected

A
CO2 Per Page Load
0.24g CO2 per view
PASS
0.24g CO2 per view
Info::
0.24g CO2 per page view
This page transfers 0.8 MB, producing an estimated 0.24g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.04g, network 0.04g, end-user device 0.15g.
Got: 0.24g CO2 Expected: < 0.50g (sustainability target)
Info::
At 10,000 monthly views: 28.6 kg CO2/year
With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 28.6 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 3571 smartphones.

0.24g

Carbon Footprint per page view

✓ Below sustainability target (0.50g)

Cleaner than 87% of websites

Sustainable Web Design model v4 · Page size: 0.8 MB

Your site
0.24g
Top 10%
0.20g
Target
0.50g
Median website
0.60g

Energy Breakdown

Data center
0.04g
Network
0.04g
End-user device
0.15g
At 10,000 monthly views: Monthly: 2.4 kg · Annual: 28.6 kg · ≈ 3571 smartphone charges
A+
Repeat Visit Weight
95% cached
PASS
95% cached
Info::
95% reduction on repeat visits
Returning visitors download only 40 KB (vs 860 KB first visit). 68 of 69 resources are served from browser cache, saving 0.23g CO2 per repeat visit.
Info::
Repeat visit: 0.01g CO2 (first visit: 0.24g)
First visit
860 KB
Repeat visit
40 KB

95% reduction on repeat visits

Saving 0.23g CO2 per returning visitor

68 resources served from cache · 1 resources re-downloaded

A
Carbon Budget
13th percentile
PASS
13th percentile
Info::
0.24g CO2 — below the sustainability target of 0.50g
Cleaner than an estimated 87% of websites analyzed. This page meets the Web Sustainability Guidelines target.
Info::
Estimated 13th percentile
Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.
Top 10%
Target
Median website

0.24g

13th percentile

Cleaner than 87% of websites

✓ Below the Web Sustainability Guidelines target

vs Median 60% cleaner ✓
vs Target 52% cleaner ✓
All checks on this page are automated. Results are estimates - run targeted manual reviews when the score affects a release decision.

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