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Sustainability

· 8 checks — CO2 emissions, green hosting, repeat-visit weight, carbon budget, and transfer efficiency rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
60
GRADE
D
FIX
3
REVIEW
2
PASS
2
INFO
1
Checks
8
2 PASS 2 REVIEW 3 FIX
F
CO2 Per Page Load
Action
8.22g CO2 per view
FIX
8.22g CO2 per view
Critical::
8.22g CO2 per page view
This page transfers 29.0 MB, producing an estimated 8.22g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 1.52g, network 1.42g, end-user device 5.28g.
Got: 8.22g CO2 Expected: < 0.50g (sustainability target)
Info::
At 10,000 monthly views: 986.3 kg CO2/year
With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 986.3 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 123290 smartphones.

8.22g

Carbon Footprint per page view

✗ Above sustainability target (0.50g)

Cleaner than 5% of websites

Sustainable Web Design model v4 · Page size: 29.0 MB

Your site
8.22g
Top 10%
0.20g
Target
0.50g
Median website
0.60g

Energy Breakdown

Data center
1.52g
Network
1.42g
End-user device
5.28g
At 10,000 monthly views: Monthly: 82.2 kg · Annual: 986.3 kg · ≈ 123290 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::
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 Not identified✗CDN Squarespace✗

Based on known provider commitments. Verify at thegreenwebfoundation.org

F
Carbon Budget
Action
95th percentile
FIX
95th percentile
Warning::
8.22g CO2 — above the median website (0.60g)
Heavier than an estimated 5% of websites. Reducing page weight, optimizing images, and removing unused JavaScript would lower the carbon footprint. See the Performance tab.
Info::
Estimated 95th percentile
Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.
Top 10%
Target
Median website

8.22g

95th percentile

Cleaner than 5% of websites

✗ Above the median website

vs Median 1270% more
vs Target 1544% more
B
Web Font Weight Variants
No detectable Google Fonts weights
REVIEW
No detectable Google Fonts weights
Info::
No detectable Google Fonts weights
The analyzer detects font weights via Google Fonts URL parameters (~70% of font-using sites). Self-hosted fonts and non-Google CDN fonts aren't visible to URL-based detection. If you self-host fonts, manually audit how many @font-face weights you ship -- 2-3 weights per family is typically enough; 5+ is usually unused payload.
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 92 KB (vs 29719 KB first visit). 131 of 132 resources are served from browser cache, saving 8.19g CO2 per repeat visit.
Info::
Repeat visit: 0.03g CO2 (first visit: 8.22g)
First visit
29719 KB
Repeat visit
92 KB

100% reduction on repeat visits

Saving 8.19g CO2 per returning visitor

131 resources served from cache · 1 resources re-downloaded

A+
Transfer Efficiency
99% efficient
PASS
99% efficient
Info::
Transfer efficiency: 99%
Only 440 KB of potential savings identified. Your page is well-optimized for size.
99% efficient

Total waste: 440 KB (1% of page weight)

Unused JS 440 KB

0.12g unnecessary CO2 per visit

Actual transfer 29719 KB
Theoretical minimum 29278 KB
Potential savings 440 KB (0.12g CO2)

See Deep Analysis sections above for specific optimizations.

Image Optimization
80 images, 1468 KB total, 155 KB wasted
INFO

Image Optimization Audit

Total Images

80

Total Size

1468 KB

Oversized

1

Wasted

155 KB

5 missing dimensions 6 missing lazy loading
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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