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Implementations
- 10x (US Gov) - Mentions us regarding government websites - potentially good?
- Aline - This organisation has a sustainability policy that includes WSG adherence.
- Alverdae - This individual states that he is utilizing the WSG within his work.
- Bristol University - Talks about how they are implementing the WSGs.
- Cantankerous Coder - An individual’s journey to implement all of our guidelines.
- Digital Gene - Sustainability Agency utilizing our guidelines (no details of usage).
- Enjoy Digital - Commitment to utilization of our specification (no details yet though).
- Esatto - A sustainability statement that is basic, but mentions the WSG.
- Finder Design - This organisation states that they use the WSG to make decisions.
- Forum One - A digital product that has committed to following the WSGs.
- Greener Service Principles [source] - UK Gov (Defra) mention WSGs in their work.
- Hasi - Sustainability statement outlining which WSG they comply with.
- Howlround - Group detailing the application and progress of our guidelines.
- ILFU (Dutch) - Attempting to make their entire web stack WSG compliant.
- Interdato (Spanish) - Another company that is attempting to adhere to the WSG.
- James Chudley [1,2,3] - Created a Checklist & Progress Tracker based on the WSG.
- Kojordan - They cite our guidelines as part of their efficiency methodology.
- Liip (Switzerland) - This studio has made a commitment to implement the WSG.
- Lime Soda (German) - One of the first external agencies I’ve seen applying our spec!
- ManyFold - App developer providing a complete self-assessment of implementation.
- Mike Gifford [1 & 2] - He has created two WSG-based tools using the JSON API.
- Mightybytes - A case study explaining how Tim’s company has approached WSG.
- Morgan Murrah [1 & 2] - Using our APIs, these experiments showcase the WSGs.
- NTNU - This university is attempting to include sustainability within their courses.
- Pixel Fridge [1,2] - Employing the WSGs and have put together a pack for its use.
- Screen Span - The first example I’ve seen of someone utilizing our JSON API!
- StratML - Implementation of our specification in an open XML format for researchers.
- Sustainable Screens Scotland - This organisation has also implemented WSG BPs.
- Sustainable Web Design - Implementation of the JSON API alongside other info.
- Team UX (French) - This group has used our spec amongst others in their work.
- Torchbox - They have been working on tooling that is inspired by our specification.
- TSMG - Commitment to compliance with our guidelines on their public ESG page.
- Valu (Finish) - An agency that is looking to use our spec in their day-to-day work.
- Web Sustainability 4 U - A great lightweight, searchable implementation of WSGs.
- Web Sustainability Guidelines Checklist - Nicolas of LowwwImpact created this tool!
- Web Sustainability Guidelines - Another implementation of our work in practice.
- Web Sustainability Index - Tooling for measurement that is based upon the WSGs.
- Wordpress - They previously noted our work on their sustainability track.
Papers
- A Framework for Sustainable Web Design in the Era of Digital Transformation [Source]
- Activating sustainability in the design process [Source]
- An empirical study on the performance and energy costs of ads and analytics in mobile web apps [Source]
- Building a Sustainable ICT Ecosystem [Source]
- Du Low Code au Green Code : concepts, méthodes et outils [Source]
- Empfehlungen für UX Design for Sustainability [Source]
- Entwicklung eines Werkzeugs zur Reduzierung des Energieverbrauchs von Websites durch statische Code-Analyse [Source]
- Environmental Sustainability Perceptions of Machine Learning Practitioners [Source]
- Goal Setting for Carbon Footprint Reduction Integrated into Web Development Toolchains [Source]
- Inclusive Practices Reflective Report [Source]
- Kaltana: Formació en línia d’educació per una cultura de pau [ Source]
- Navigating sustainability : Understanding user experience and credibility of sustainable web design [Source]
- Nessi. Appunti per l’ecosistema digitale dell’università (Italian) [Source]
- Regrowing a greener web [Source]
- Review of Web Analytic Tools for Sustainable Design [Source]
- s12y : Développement d’applications durables [Source]
- SCOPES: System Conscious Of Potential Energy Saving [Source]
- Sustainable Design: From Principles to Practice in Design Education [Source]
- Sustainable digital design - integrating environmental considerations in the digital design process [Source]
- The impact of green it on organizational performance: an empirical study of sustainable practices [Source]
Sustainable Web Design Guidelines [Source]
Articles
- 21CTO (Chinese) - A great article overviewing our guidelines plus why it’s important.
- 24 Days In - This overview has a brief mention of our group and guidelines.
- 24 Jours De Web - An advent calendar article mentioning the guidelines.
- Abstrakt - A good article about our guidelines with some useful links.
- Adapt Agency - News press release.
- Adresso - @Yelle has come up with a minimal set of essentials based on our work.
- Adrian Roselli - A great piece on earth day about the use of AI and sustainability.
- Andy Blum - This article is great, a couple of solid ideas, plus a cool interactive table.
Also: The Drop Times
- Angie Radtke - A quick start to Web sustainability which links to our guidelines.
- AppMaster - News release (but promoting amongst no-code groups!)
- ARCEP (Paper) - Mentions the talk I did with them about WSG in early 2025.
- Arts Professionals - An article on digital sustainability that highlights the WSG.
- B The Change - @Tim wrote a great roundup of our guidelines.
- Ballyhoo - A press release introducing our guidelines.
- BBC R\&D - Mentions the WSG but it’s poorly researched and got debunked by CAT.
- Bejamas [1 & 2] - Two very detailed articles on sustainability that refer to the WSG.
- Branch [1, 2. 3, 4] - These articles mention WSG and have great content.
- Burnworks - A solid overview of what we have produced, validating its reference state.
- By Intention - A nice overview article introducing the guidelines.
- Cerovac - The first article we got, and it’s explicitly A11y related (and a great read).
- Clever Age [1 & 2] - Mentions our work and how it could be a future standard.
- Climate Conversation Recap - James Christie outlines the WSGs and compliance.
- Connective Web Design - A guide to sustainability that includes our guidelines.
- Core Form Design - An article about sustainability that mentions the WSG.
- Craft Code - A lovely article about code ethics, including a bit about our work!
Also: Article & Glossary
- CSS In Real Life - @Michelle has given us a great introduction to the WSGs.
- Culture Hive - A good overview of sustainability that links back to the WSG.
- Delorean (Swedish) - An agency which talks about our guidelines and its importance.
- Design Futures - A cool Australian article which is focused on the UX side of our work.
- Design Whine - Interview with @Tim mentioning the WSG and its journey.
- Digital Services Coalition - Promoting our work as part of their earth day article.
- Digitalist (Swedish) - News press release.
- Distributed Digital - Overview of green marketing strategies that highlight the WSG.
- Drezner Digital (German) - A cool page overviewing the WSGs with the susty manifest.
- Eco Leads (German) - A marketing website that talks about sustainability and WSG.
- Edinburgh University - An interesting article about carbon data that mentions the WSG.
- Electro Strategy - Useful links on digital sustainability including the WSGs.
- Extra Mile Digital - Nice article overviewing the coverage of the WSGs.
- Fershad Irani [1, 2] - An overview of the goal of the WSG and other thoughts.
- From Bytes To Trees - An in-depth article about the link between perf & sustainability.
- Green Compute UK - A brief overview of sustainability, linking to the WSGs.
- Greenspector [1, 2] (French) - @Laurent wrote this great article for Greenspector.
- Grip On Minds [1 & 2 (Japanese) - A fully translated checklist and useful information.
- GSF - Mention of our work and how it relates to their work on SCI for Web.
- HackMD - This onboarding checklist includes a link to our work alongside.
- Harvey Banham - A good article about composable architecture using our guidelines.
- HdK - An interesting case study that mentions us, though they confused our position.
- Hippo Digital - A good article on sustainability that mentions our work in resources.
- I-Programmer - News press release.
- IAB Europe - Our guidelines have made their best practice list in their knowledge hub.
- IEEE Spectrum [1 & 2] - We got a mention in this respected journal RE sustainability.
- Ideas For Good - (Japanese) Mentions our guidelines and underlines our message.
- Internet Society - A great article for Earth day (that mentions us!) on climate change.
- ISSOH (Japanese) - A very detailed overview of WSG, well worth reading.
- IT Ops Times - A news article relating to our formation of a W3C Interest Group.
- James Chudley [1, 2] - Great articles on sustainability and the WSG.
- Jim Mccool - A lot of content in here and some stuff we can adopt into the guidelines.
- Jut-So [1 & 2] - (German) A fantastic overview document of our guidelines.
- Kanoppi - A guide to Wordpress sustainability that includes our guidelines.
- Knapton Wright - A good overview piece on why our guidelines matter.
- Kojordan - About dark mode, but it links to our guidelines and its coverage.
- Kom Digital - A detailed article about sustainability that talks about the WSGs.
- Liechtenstein - A basic article about design trends in which we got mentioned.
- London Ruby Users Group - They are talking about making their stack sustainable.
- Lucia Harcegova [1,2] - Two great articles about the WSGs
- Marko Heine - Nice quick bullet point overview article.
- Manifesto for a Humane Web - @Michelle created this (we’ve linked to it in the spec).
- Matt Lion - A rapid overview of digital sustainability that mentions our work.
- MDN - @Michelle has written a great article on sustainability which includes our work!
- Metamatrix (Swedish) - News press release (roundup article).
- Mightybytes - @Tim’s awesomely extensive introductory post to our guidelines.
- Minimal Carbon - We’ve been included in the resources of this sustainability site.
- Mitsue (Japanese) - This blew up on social media, it’s brief but has great links.
- Morgan Murrah - A brief blog post.
- Munkun (Spanish) - This friendly post overviews the importance of sustainability.
- Orange - The telecoms company has linked to our guidelines!
- Page Online (German) - @Thorsten helped with this, and it has our happy faces!
- PetBen (Czech) - Mentions the WSG and talks about how to be sustainable.
- Piano D (Italian) - @Nicola’s post introducing our guidelines.
- Plan A - A good article on decarbonising that mentions the WSG.
- Public Good - A quick overview of STAR and the Web Sustainability Guidelines.
- Remy Marrone [Also] (French) - MANY factual errors in this summary (page base).
- Reindeer - An article on web sustainability and it includes a backlink to our spec.
- Rickety Roo - Talks about sustainability, but confuses who wrote the guidelines.
- RinenWeb (Greek) - A good overview of sustainability that mentions our work.
- Rose Newell - An article about DIY’ing a website that mentions WSG.
- Rosenfeld Media [1 & 2] - Articles about UX and sustainability linking to WSG.
- Screen Span - Video and Slideshow which talks about sustainability and our content.
- SD Times - News press release.
- SEObility - An article on JavaScript SEO, but it mentions our work and its impact.
- Site Moderne (French) - A great article on sustainability that connects to WSG.
- Sopra Setria (Italian) - An article about sustainability linking to the WSG.
- Stéphane Lecorney - Research paper of Web Analytic tools for eco-conception.
- Studio Seventeen - Brand Incorporation advice (though they got the publisher wrong).
- Sustainable.dev - Straight to the point, but a great overview article about the WSG’s.
- SustyWeb CG - Our original press release and summary.
- SUX Network [1 & 2] - Lots of resources, articles, & tools, including citations to WSG.
- Tamar Solutions - A friendly website which introduces web sustainability.
- Tech Division - An article on web performance and its sustainability impact.
- Tetralogic - An article on inclusive design that mentions WSG and sustainability.
- The Public Good - Talks about STAR and provides a handy spreadsheet.
- Thibaud Colas - Posts by @Thibaud on the Web Sustainability Guidelines.
- Tollwerk [1 & 2] (German) - A good overview of the guidelines and their importance.
- UX Bulletin - An article about improving sustainability that mentions our guidelines.
- UX Collective - A great article which covers a lot of detail relating to our guidelines.
- ValTech - About digital procurement and sustainability (linking to our work).
- Velociwebtor - An article about dark mode, using the guidance we published.
- Vincent Chevalier - Decoding W3C’s Web Sustainability Guidelines.
- Vitus Lab - A great article on the importance of green IT (including our work).
- Vived - This article speaks about Java, but it uses the WSGs among others to green it.
- W3C Blog [1 & 2] - Posts related to our Interest Group’s activity at W3C.
- Waveland Web - An article on sustainability that mentions good practices and us.
- We Made This - Has a fun article about sustainable graphic design and the WSGs.
- Web Almanac 2024 - The sustainability chapter has plenty of stuff from the WSGs.
- Web Performance Calendar - @Fershad did a great piece mentioning our work.
- WebPerf (Swedish) - Includes our work as a resource, and has lots of great advice.
- Website Planet - Interview with @Nicola that mentions our group’s specification!
- WebTan Forum (Japan) - A nice article about sustainability mentioning the guidelines.
- Windesheim - A thorough article on Green IT that mentions the WSGs.
- Wordpress - Actively seeking to adopt the WSGs through their manual of style.
- Wigital (German) - A nice article about digital sustainability linking to our work.
- Windesheim (German) - Links to our groups work in a discussion about Green IT.
- Xperience - An article about future trends, which apparently includes our work!
- Yamanoku (Japanese) - Advent Calendar which contains info about our work.
- Zuhlke - (German) - An article about sustainability that mentions the WSGs.
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