The Awareness and Practices of Web Developers Toward Sustainable Web Design
Hulleberg, Ola; Granum, Henrik Landgraff; Hansen, Sivert Gullberg; Moen, Magnus; Vicient Monllao, Carlos; Inal, Yavuz
Journal article, Peer reviewed
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3135228Utgivelsesdato
2023Metadata
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). 2023, LNCS 14030 134-145. 10.1007/978-3-031-35699-5_11Sammendrag
Sustainable design should be one of the main objectives of digital systems and services to use the resources efficiently. Designing low-carbon websites through careful implementation of images, fonts, videos, and colour is useful to minimise environmental impact. Yet, low awareness and practices of web developers are the main challenges in developing sustainable digital systems and services. This study explores how web developers view and practise sustainable web design. We collected data from 77 developers in Norway using an online survey. Our results show that, generally, web developers are aware of the web's impact on the climate, however they do not use the correct practices such as image file format, font subsetting, video codec, dark mode energy, and compression of audio/software to reduce this impact. We discuss the practical implications of the study results and provide preliminary recommendations for addressing the need for delivering sustainable web design. The Awareness and Practices of Web Developers Toward Sustainable Web Design