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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
1
REVIEW
4
PASS
1
INFO
0
Device:
Mobile Desktop
Checks
6
1 PASS 4 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::
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 Amazon Web Services✗CDN Not identified✗

Based on known provider commitments. Verify at thegreenwebfoundation.org

B
CO2 Per Page Load
0.59g CO2 per view
REVIEW
0.59g CO2 per view
Info::
0.59g CO2 per page view
This page transfers 2.1 MB, producing an estimated 0.59g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.11g, network 0.10g, end-user device 0.38g.
Got: 0.59g CO2 Expected: < 0.50g (sustainability target)
Info::
At 10,000 monthly views: 70.3 kg CO2/year
With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 70.3 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 8788 smartphones.

0.59g

Carbon Footprint per page view

✗ Above sustainability target (0.50g)

Cleaner than 52% of websites

Sustainable Web Design model v4 · Page size: 2.1 MB

Your site
0.59g
Top 10%
0.20g
Target
0.50g
Median website
0.60g

Energy Breakdown

Data center
0.11g
Network
0.10g
End-user device
0.38g
At 10,000 monthly views: Monthly: 5.9 kg · Annual: 70.3 kg · ≈ 8788 smartphone charges
B
Carbon Budget
48th percentile
REVIEW
48th percentile
Info::
0.59g CO2 — below the median website (0.60g)
Better than an estimated 52% of websites, but above the sustainability target of 0.50g. Reducing page weight would help reach the target.
Info::
Estimated 48th percentile
Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.
Top 10%
Target
Median website

0.59g

48th percentile

Cleaner than 52% of websites

✗ Above the median website

vs Median 2% cleaner ✓
vs Target 17% more
B
Transfer Efficiency
83% efficient
REVIEW
83% efficient
Info::
Transfer efficiency: 83%
An estimated 369 KB (17%) could be eliminated: 0 KB via better compression, 0 KB via modern image formats, 369 KB of unused JavaScript. This wasted data produces 0.10g of unnecessary CO2 per page view.
83% efficient

Total waste: 369 KB (17% of page weight)

Unused JS 369 KB

0.10g unnecessary CO2 per visit

Actual transfer 2118 KB
Theoretical minimum 1749 KB
Potential savings 369 KB (0.10g 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+
Repeat Visit Weight
100% cached
PASS
100% cached
Info::
100% reduction on repeat visits
Returning visitors download only 7 KB (vs 2118 KB first visit). 95 of 96 resources are served from browser cache, saving 0.58g CO2 per repeat visit.
Info::
Repeat visit: 0.00g CO2 (first visit: 0.59g)
First visit
2118 KB
Repeat visit
7 KB

100% reduction on repeat visits

Saving 0.58g CO2 per returning visitor

95 resources served from cache · 1 resources re-downloaded

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