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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
72
GRADE
C
FIX
2
REVIEW
2
PASS
2
INFO
0
Device:
Mobile Desktop
Checks
6
2 PASS 2 REVIEW 2 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

D
Carbon Budget
Action
55th percentile
FIX
55th percentile
Warning::
0.79g CO2 — above the median website (0.60g)
Heavier than an estimated 45% of websites. Reducing page weight, optimizing images, and removing unused JavaScript would lower the carbon footprint. See the Performance tab.
Info::
Estimated 55th percentile
Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.
Top 10%
Target
Median website

0.79g

55th percentile

Cleaner than 45% of websites

✗ Above the median website

vs Median 32% more
vs Target 58% more
B
CO2 Per Page Load
0.79g CO2 per view
REVIEW
0.79g CO2 per view
Info::
0.79g CO2 per page view
This page transfers 2.8 MB, producing an estimated 0.79g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.15g, network 0.14g, end-user device 0.51g.
Got: 0.79g CO2 Expected: < 0.50g (sustainability target)
Info::
At 10,000 monthly views: 94.7 kg CO2/year
With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 94.7 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 11841 smartphones.

0.79g

Carbon Footprint per page view

✗ Above sustainability target (0.50g)

Cleaner than 45% of websites

Sustainable Web Design model v4 · Page size: 2.8 MB

Your site
0.79g
Top 10%
0.20g
Target
0.50g
Median website
0.60g

Energy Breakdown

Data center
0.15g
Network
0.14g
End-user device
0.51g
At 10,000 monthly views: Monthly: 7.9 kg · Annual: 94.7 kg · ≈ 11841 smartphone charges
C
Green Hosting
Action
Whether the site is served from green-energy infrastructure
REVIEW

Green Hosting

No green hosting detected

A+
Repeat Visit Weight
100% cached
PASS
100% cached
Info::
100% reduction on repeat visits
Returning visitors download only 11 KB (vs 2854 KB first visit). 71 of 73 resources are served from browser cache, saving 0.79g CO2 per repeat visit.
Info::
Repeat visit: 0.00g CO2 (first visit: 0.79g)
First visit
2854 KB
Repeat visit
11 KB

100% reduction on repeat visits

Saving 0.79g CO2 per returning visitor

71 resources served from cache · 2 resources re-downloaded

A+
Transfer Efficiency
97% efficient
PASS
97% efficient
Info::
Transfer efficiency: 97%
Only 79 KB of potential savings identified. Your page is well-optimized for size.
97% efficient

Total waste: 79 KB (3% of page weight)

Unused JS 79 KB

0.02g unnecessary CO2 per visit

Actual transfer 2854 KB
Theoretical minimum 2775 KB
Potential savings 79 KB (0.02g CO2)

See Deep Analysis sections above for specific optimizations.

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