Nicola Zambello
Frontend developer. GitHub addicted, curious, perfectionist.
A Sustainable Web
is it possible?
Nicola Zambello
Frontend Developer
Founder & CTO @ RawMaterial
Plone Foundation member
@nicolazambello
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Green and environment
- Carbon emissions
- Fossil fuels vs renewable energy
- Carbon footprint and responsibilities
Have you ever thought about web emissions?
Internet emissions are huge
- 20 billion devices in 2020
- 1 Google search uses energy as light bulb for 17 s
- Internet generates emissions like airline industry
- If internet were a country, would be 6th for electricity usage
- < 3% websites are powered by renewable energy (2020)
Websites use electricity in
Data centers
Network transmissions
End user devices
Understanding the impact
Understanding the impact
Websites use electricity in
Data centers
Network transmissions
End user devices
but also, as an industry we have
Operations
Design
Development
Hosting
Understanding the impact
Is this
green washing?
Understanding the impact
Carbon Footprint
Understanding the impact
Life Cycle Assessment
Understanding the impact
Practical speaking: what is having impact?
Understanding the impact
What Draws Power?
- CPU
- GPU
- Networking
- Screen
Rendering behavior and CPU usage
Understanding the impact
Performance
Understanding the impact
Good power usage
Efficient user interaction
Drive idle power usage towards zero
GO IDLE ASAP
No green technologies,
but green practices
Valuable content & UX
Good practices
Design
Good practices
Reduce images
and videos
Good practices
Take care of fonts
Good practices
Reduce JS and rendering
Good practices
Good practices
CSS
💚
Prefer static websites & PWA
Good practices
Caching
Good practices
Prefer/allow
dark mode
Good practices
Keep it simple
Good practices
KISS
Keep Internet Simple and Sustainable
Good practices
How do I measure energy consumption?
Measurement
Safari Web Inspector
Measurement
Measurement
Measurement
Web Sustainability Checklist
by MightyBytes
Let's talk about
Plone 6 (Volto)
Wrapping up
- Energy
- Environment
- People
Sustainability for:
Sustainability for people
Social Sustainability
Privacy
Social Sustainability
Technical debt
Overworking
Inclusivity
Open Source
Accessibility
Security
Community impact
Ethical
development
Social Sustainability
Vegan
development
Social Sustainability
Sustainable Web Manifesto
if you want to dig deeper
Don't rush for commercial interests, work for
a clean and equal world
Thank you!
Take part and help our world
If you are interested,
contact us!
A sustainable web: is it possible?
By Nicola Zambello
A sustainable web: is it possible?
How much do we know about the impact of technologies we use everyday? How much the web industry is responsible for carbon emissions? Can we define an ethic development? I wrote the Sustainable Web Manifest and I'll tell you what does it mean. We'll look to the things that need to be fixed and the process to make a sustainable website. Finally, I’ll introduce an introspection in Volto issues and the future works as the result of my analysis. https://2021.ploneconf.org/schedule/a-sustainable-web-is-it-possible
