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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
64
GRADE
D
FIX
3
REVIEW
2
PASS
1
INFO
0
Device:
Mobile Desktop
Checks
6
1 PASS 2 REVIEW 3 FIX
D
CO2 Per Page Load
Action
1.01g CO2 per view
FIX
1.01g CO2 per view
Warning::
1.01g CO2 per page view
This page transfers 3.6 MB, producing an estimated 1.01g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.19g, network 0.17g, end-user device 0.65g.
Got: 1.01g CO2 Expected: < 0.50g (sustainability target)
Info::
At 10,000 monthly views: 121.5 kg CO2/year
With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 121.5 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 15181 smartphones.

1.01g

Carbon Footprint per page view

✗ Above sustainability target (0.50g)

Cleaner than 39% of websites

Sustainable Web Design model v4 · Page size: 3.6 MB

Your site
1.01g
Top 10%
0.20g
Target
0.50g
Median website
0.60g

Energy Breakdown

Data center
0.19g
Network
0.17g
End-user device
0.65g
At 10,000 monthly views: Monthly: 10.1 kg · Annual: 121.5 kg · ≈ 15181 smartphone charges
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
61th percentile
FIX
61th percentile
Warning::
1.01g CO2 — above the median website (0.60g)
Heavier than an estimated 39% of websites. Reducing page weight, optimizing images, and removing unused JavaScript would lower the carbon footprint. See the Performance tab.
Info::
Estimated 61th percentile
Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.
Top 10%
Target
Median website

1.01g

61st percentile

Cleaner than 39% of websites

✗ Above the median website

vs Median 69% more
vs Target 102% more
B
Transfer Efficiency
85% efficient
REVIEW
85% efficient
Info::
Transfer efficiency: 85%
An estimated 559 KB (15%) could be eliminated: 0 KB via better compression, 0 KB via modern image formats, 559 KB of unused JavaScript. This wasted data produces 0.15g of unnecessary CO2 per page view.
85% efficient

Total waste: 559 KB (15% of page weight)

Unused JS 559 KB

0.15g unnecessary CO2 per visit

Actual transfer 3659 KB
Theoretical minimum 3099 KB
Potential savings 559 KB (0.15g 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
98% cached
PASS
98% cached
Info::
98% reduction on repeat visits
Returning visitors download only 84 KB (vs 3659 KB first visit). 91 of 92 resources are served from browser cache, saving 0.99g CO2 per repeat visit.
Info::
Repeat visit: 0.02g CO2 (first visit: 1.01g)
First visit
3659 KB
Repeat visit
84 KB

98% reduction on repeat visits

Saving 0.99g CO2 per returning visitor

91 resources served from cache · 1 resources re-downloaded

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