TLDR; Kopp, David & Kirchner, Jan - Green Frontend

ecoCompute 2025
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David and Jan tackle the topic of energy consumption in modern web frontends.

  • Latest studies claim that energy consumption is more prominent than manufacturing for carbon emissions (2/3 vs. 1/3)
  • They present measurement tools to tackle this massive consumption
    • Websitecarbon.com
    • Digital Beacon
    • Ecograder
    • Cardamon
    • Greenframe
    • webNRG
    • Greenspector Studio
  • They also touch on the differences between Byte-to-Carbon proxy models and compare them to direct measurement approaches
    • Hint: Both have upsides and downsides :slight_smile:
    • Especially measurement can reveal a technically “good“ site in terms of download size, which however has constant rendering actions that cost energy. Example: DM.de

If you like the Sneak Peak you can find the full slides on the ecoCompute website: https://www.eco-compute.io/files/slides_2025/01_Thursday/01_SoHa/05_Kopp_Green_Frontend.pdf

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