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Is your Web site/ Blog CO2 Neutral?

Written on January 16, 2010 | Posted in Blogging Tips |

nature greenforest Is your Web site/ Blog CO2 Neutral? You will agree with me that our environment is deteriorating gradually. Global warming is one of the impact that we already have started to suffer. Although, having some controversy about the success or failure, it is true that “COPENHAGEN Climate Conference 2009” have created massive awareness among the world people. Now, everyone realize that without protecting our environment we can’t survive.

CO2 (Carbon-Di-Oxide) , a greenhouse gas is one of the main culprit which is mostly responsible for environment pollution. It emits mainly from different types of manufacturing process including power generating plant. Now , environment conscious peoples are raising their voice against CO2 emission. And manufacturers also trying to minimize CO2 emission by optimizing the process as well as looking for alternative ways to save our environment.

But how we the web developers/designers and online entrepreneurs can contribute to keep our environment green? Yes, developing Green websites is a good idea to save our environment.

Is a “Green Website” means a greenish design or greenish look? Actually, the idea is not like that.

A “Green Website” is that which helps to minimize power consumption, ultimately results in low CO2 emission (as CO2 emits during power generation).

If I claim that web masters/developers can help to reduce CO2 emission by optimizing their design, many of you can ask a ques. How to? Do web pages emit CO2?

Obviously, not. Let me make you clear about it.

green website 1 Is your Web site/ Blog CO2 Neutral? The exchange of information via the Internet increases rapidly. This is a fantastic development that has made many things a lot easier, faster, less expensive and environmentally friendlier.

When you and I use the Internet, we consume power. The production of power equals CO2 emission. Power is consumed by the servers behind websites, but especially also by the
users (computers, monitors, modem, etc.).

We are talking small streams - we are all on the Internet - but combined they become a huge power consumption. The disadvantage of “small streams” is that it takes a lot of people to do something about it. The benefit is that our individual contribution only needs to be very small.

This initiative, “Green Website” or “CO2 neutral websites“, is determined to assist companies in taking action voluntarily. The result is green, climate-friendly surfing for the visitors.

OnlineLeaf.com: A Solution for Greener Web

Every minute a thousand visitors spend browsing a website an average of about 1.2kg of CO₂ is emitted into our atmosphere.

Now, that is not a very large number individually for a website, but if you consider the amount of time you spend on the internet along with everyone else, Online Leaf might be a step in the right direction, when trying to make the web much greener as well as less of a burden to the environment.

It’s standby engine is a fully functional and simple way to help your website run requiring less energy to generate. It hides heavy animations, covers the window in dark colors (as these, in many cases are less energy consuming) and pauses heavily running background processes.

To make your website a “Green Website” is a simple and easy job. It’s free as well. How to do it is available here: OnlineLeaf.com

The idea is that a lot of small improvements make a large impact if they are spread out on a large enough number of websites. As “Green Website” or “CO2 Neutral website” is a brand new initiative, your comments on it to start a discussion or to participate in the discussion will be highly appreciable.