Working alongside the Digital Marketing Team, we have managed to reduce the page weight of the University’s homepage, www.ed.ac.uk, so that it produces 13 less tonnes of CO2 per year. Implementing the change As part of the wider EdWeb2 update, the university’s homepage has undergone changes to improve its performance and reduce its environmental impact. […]
Read moreAbout me Hiya! My name is Zbigniew, a fourth year undergraduate student doing Product Design at the Edinburgh College of Art. This summer I joined the ranks of the UX team as Green Digital Design Intern, to build on the foundation created by the previous sustainability intern, in order to: improve the University’s web estate […]
Read moreWe’re estimated to save 25 tonnes of CO2 annually because of better web design choices. And that’s just the start… What’s changed? The new EdWeb2 update has made our sites greener! We’ve made two key changes to reduce the page weight of our websites. Simply put, this means the file size of our web pages […]
Read moreThis post was written by LLB student Dervla Craig on her first month as Information and Data Literacy intern this Summer. My name is Dervla and I am going into my second year of the Graduate LLB at the University of Edinburgh. This summer I am doing a 12-week internship with the University’s Information Services […]
Read moreThe question “what is the environmental impact of a digital service?” is very open ended. It’s hard to come up with a neat answer because there is just so much to consider. Even if we restrict our attention to carbon emissions (far from the only environmental impact that digital services have) the question is still […]
Read moreOn the 5th June, I had the privilege of presenting at the annual UCISA Sustainability Conference titled ‘Will New Technology Help or Harm the Planet?’. Here’s a run down of how it went. Will technology save us? Technology plays a crucial role in sustainability. Many of the environmental and social challenges we face today can […]
Read moreAs the UX Service begins our next digital sustainability initiative, it was timely to pull together insights from our recent work for ideas on ways to reduce the environmental impact of digital content. To support the University’s pledge to become net carbon zero by 2040, in 2024 the Website and Communications team supported three interns […]
Read moreHow do we measure web service emissions? is one of the questions that I have been hired to tackle. My name is Otis Laundon, and I’m the new Green Web Platforms Intern. My first 2 weeks in the office have been super enjoyable, from familiarising myself with our beloved Argyle House, to meeting some of […]
Read moreI’ve had an exciting week so far (and it’s only Thursday), in a good way rather than a bad exciting week (which sometimes happens but is less fun….!). We had 3 new interns join us in DLAM (David, Hera and Otis) more about that in a future blog post) to …
Read moreChoosing a green hosting provider is a great way to improve your digital sustainability. But, as I’ve found out, this is only one part of the puzzle towards responsible digital ownership. Read more to understand the complexities behind a green hosting certification. With global data use is skyrocketing, so the push to decarbonise the […]
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