Website Environmental Impact Assessment: A Case Study of FoodEmissions.uk
Using the Green Software Foundation’s 6 Green Software Principles. Here’s what I’ve learnt…
For some context, I built a website called FoodEmissions.uk to help conveniently measure the environmental impact of food. It’s free to use, open source, and privacy focussed. I wrote an article about it which you can find here:
Given the environmental motivations for the website (lowering food emissions), this article aims to assess the environmental impact of this website in the context of the Green Software Foundation’s (GSF) 6 Green Software Principles. Read on to gain some insight into the technical decisions made to ‘environmentally optimise’ the website, and consider applying the principles to your next web software project!
Also, stick around for an ✨ exciting announcement ✨ at the end.
Let’s begin. So, what is green software and why should you care?
