Measuring the carbon footprint of websites

Many organizations use websites to support activities.

These websites are hosted in a data center where the electricity consumed may or may not be green.

Organizations could verify how much CO2 the pages generate and also measure accurately with offsetting as a target.

There are many actions we could take to be more environmentally friendly:

  • Moving to pure powergreen hosting
  • Planting trees to compensate for generated CO2
  • Reduce the size and images of the website being more focused.
  • Stop the website if it is not really necessary

To estimate how much CO2 the website generates there are many sites that help such as:

Estimates are based on Green Web Foundations databases. Request the free service by clicking the button

Find out if your hosting is Green - IT

Once you measure you can get different badges as well as a report from the supplier if it is green.

Ex: metering and rating on your site: Free Green Energy Badge

This website is hosted Green - checked by thegreenwebfoundation.org